High Cut, Oat Seed Furrow ploughing

[Pennine Ploughing]

as some of you might know, I have for a few years wanted to have a go at it, and last November I though now is as good a time as any, so within a couple of weeks I managed to locate a plough not far from me, the owner had bought it about 10/12 years ago, but had done nothing with it and was not all complete, but the main bits were there, and I had some bits, so all the work started,
it was a total nut and bolt rebuild from the ground up, the beams were checked to be straight. and machined where the legs bolt on etc, thus to get it all true and straight
it took lots of my spare time over the next 14 weeks to sort it out and put it back together,

then I had 1 day in a friends field before my first go in public at a ploughing match, I was the only 1 with a high cut, but I just needed the practice so I went for it

I must say a very good well known trailer ploughman did help me with the start, thank you Ray

 

[Petetheploughman]

as some of you might know, I have for a few years wanted to have a go at it, and last November I though now is as good a time as any, so within a couple of weeks I managed to locate a plough not far from me, the owner had bought it about 10/12 years ago, but had done nothing with it and was not all complete, but the main bits were there, and I had some bits, so all the work started,
it was a total nut and bolt rebuild from the ground up, the beams were checked to be straight. and machined where the legs bolt on etc, thus to get it all true and straight
it took lots of my spare time over the next 14 weeks to sort it out and put it back together,
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then I had 1 day in a friends field before my first go in public at a ploughing match, I was the only 1 with a high cut, but I just needed the practice so I went for itView attachment 304372 View attachment 304374 View attachment 304372 View attachment 304330 View attachment 304332 View attachment 304338 View attachment 304340 View attachment 304342 View attachment 304344 View attachment 304346 View attachment 304370
I must say a very good well known trailer ploughman did help me with the start, thank you Ray
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That's a very good plough that is brilliantly engineered John and that ploughing is exceptional for a person that is new to the high cut class!! The high cut class ploughman in my opinion needs to be keen and needs to have a lot of patience like you. Don't suppose you have got any pictures of the finished plough?

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

no more pictures at the mo, and anyway the plough is not finished yet, there is some on going mods to be done, it was painted in bits, but once finished it will be painted again, I will keep posting as time goes by, and please all feel free to post good or bad comments on here

 

[Roy Stokes]

Ray is the master of that type of start, a top ploughman, probably one of England's finest ever.

 

[Fergie Ploughman]

Lovely job and lovely plough, if that's your first attempt, that's excellent......it was watching my uncle (John Shepherd) in action with his no. 9 behind his 35 that got me into match ploughing. It's beautiful to watch when done well and even nicer to watch when done with horses.

 

[Timo@hattonfarms]

you've probably seen this John but plenty of high cut talk and demonstrating

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

you've probably seen this John but plenty of high cut talk and demonstrating

no not seen it, thanks Tim

 

[Timo@hattonfarms]

no not seen it, thanks Tim

Fair amount of talking in it though....

 

[Ley253]

I knew Doug read well when I lived nr Swindon, and I also know many of the people on the film. Thanks for putting it on Tim, was a nice memory to revive.

 

[Owd Fred]

This was the nearest I got to High cut ploughing at home

The plough and press were one matching unit from new, the drawbar was factory made with a row of holes to line up the press.
The cast iron press wheels had scrapers and at one time had a seed box mounted on the press, and on the cross member at the back had a drawbar to drag a harrow behind . It was a one pass drilling of wheat.

I tried ploughing on rubber tyre with it but with having no diff lock the land wheel ripped the surface to be ploughed and blocked the plough, but with the full set of iron wheels it was a good matching set

Ploughing with this outfit tomorrow but on rubber tyres, the plough is the original model that came out with that year of tractor 1946

 

[Ley253]

You dont use the Elite now then? I too am restricted to the mounted class by my trailer plough getting heavier each year! I must say I do like to see tractors on their original steel wheels, it brings home to spectators just how things have moved on.

 

[Owd Fred]

Yes I made a special trailer to carry it on ,on iron wheels, and I carried a County crawler on that also.
No when I retired some had to go and an outfit like that took some setting up and loading up again afterward (Om getting on a bit)
I had a two furrow elite to suit a standard Fordson and the three furrow had the long extended handles to suit the Fordson E27N