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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 5967834" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>Try to find which skimmer or skimmers are doing a good job and set the rest the same. Remember that the trash that is not being buried will be 14” over from where it started, so don’t confuse it with the skimmer in front.</p><p></p><p>Ploughing is an art and far too many do it with a that’ll do attitude.</p><p>That’ll do will not ever do when ploughing properly.</p><p>There is nothing more pleasurable than making a good job, knowing that nobody else could have done it better, because you set that plough as well as anybody could possibly do.</p><p></p><p>Don’t be afraid to tinker. I’d want to make sure all the points and mouldboards are in the same ware condition first. The make sure the plough is level ( front and rear furrows are ploughing at the same depth) and even more importantly that is is running vertical and not leaning over when you look at it from behind. Also make sure that the front furrow is taking exactly the same width as the others.</p><p></p><p>Only when these are right, can you set the skimmers to finish the job of buying the trash. They need setting so that that trash ends up at the bottom of the furrow ahead of it and NOT up the sloped side of it.</p><p></p><p>Make sure all the skimmer bodies are in the same ware condition and that the skimmer points are too. Do not mix Ransomes and Dowdeswell skimmers up. The are quite different. Only when they all match can you set them the same.</p><p></p><p>Forward speed can drastically alter their effectivenes. On older ploughs you can alter theie angle to compensate. The later types you couldn’t, but this had the advantage of them not twisting round on the shaft it they hit a stone.</p><p></p><p>Using a disc on the rear furrow can sometimes make that skimmer need a slightly different setting than the rest.</p><p>[USER=2119]@DrWazzock[/USER] settings are spot on. I’d follow his advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 5967834, member: 44728"] Try to find which skimmer or skimmers are doing a good job and set the rest the same. Remember that the trash that is not being buried will be 14” over from where it started, so don’t confuse it with the skimmer in front. Ploughing is an art and far too many do it with a that’ll do attitude. That’ll do will not ever do when ploughing properly. There is nothing more pleasurable than making a good job, knowing that nobody else could have done it better, because you set that plough as well as anybody could possibly do. Don’t be afraid to tinker. I’d want to make sure all the points and mouldboards are in the same ware condition first. The make sure the plough is level ( front and rear furrows are ploughing at the same depth) and even more importantly that is is running vertical and not leaning over when you look at it from behind. Also make sure that the front furrow is taking exactly the same width as the others. Only when these are right, can you set the skimmers to finish the job of buying the trash. They need setting so that that trash ends up at the bottom of the furrow ahead of it and NOT up the sloped side of it. Make sure all the skimmer bodies are in the same ware condition and that the skimmer points are too. Do not mix Ransomes and Dowdeswell skimmers up. The are quite different. Only when they all match can you set them the same. Forward speed can drastically alter their effectivenes. On older ploughs you can alter theie angle to compensate. The later types you couldn’t, but this had the advantage of them not twisting round on the shaft it they hit a stone. Using a disc on the rear furrow can sometimes make that skimmer need a slightly different setting than the rest. [USER=2119]@DrWazzock[/USER] settings are spot on. I’d follow his advice. [/QUOTE]
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