How long to plough 250 acres?

[multi power]

With a Ferguson 3 furrow plough , dad thought 25 acres a day in good going but i can't see it

 

[sleepy]

With a Ferguson 3 furrow plough , dad thought 25 acres a day in good going but i can't see it

We sometimes struggle to plough 25 acres a day with a 150hp tractor and 5 furrow plough

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

With a Ferguson 3 furrow plough , dad thought 25 acres a day in good going but i can't see it

he must of been on Irish 48 hour days to do that

 

[Boohoo]

If the field was 25 miles long it should be possible to plough the whole 250 acre in a day

Edit: Ignore this, my maths is all wrong, shouldn't try to multitask

 

[multi power]

I have a 4 furrow reversible and i don't think it would do 25 acres in a day

 

[Ray996]

10 sounds more like it

 

[wasted years]

I used to run a 6 furrow reversible at 16 inch and in the good fields in the middle could average 3 acres an hour, on the headlands ,short work and small fields 1.5 acres an hour.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

if you dropped the 3furrow fergie plough in the ground, and drove in a straight line, and none stop for 16 1/2 hours ay a speed of 4.25 mph you would plough 25 acre, and be really bursting for a pi55s

 

[multi power]

If the field was 25 miles long it should be possible to plough the whole 250 acre in a day

I think every mile would cover just over 3 acres, 3x 12 inch

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

I think every mile would cover just over 3 acres, 3x 12 inch

68.2 miles to cover it

 

[multi power]

if you dropped the 3furrow fergie plough in the ground, and drove in a straight line, and none stop for 16 1/2 hours ay a speed of 4.25 mph you would plough 25 acre, and be really bursting for a pi55s

So realistically 250 acres would be a months work

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

So realistically 250 acres would be a months work

165 hours just ploughing in a straight line no turning or lifting out that would be extra,
682 miles

 

[bovrill]

I think every mile would cover just over 3 acres, 3x 12 inch

You need to divide it the other way, a mile at a yard wide is just over 1/3 of an acre!

 

[Boohoo]

I was working on 10 inch furrows but I'm not so sure now. Having rechecked my maths I'm getting 825 miles to cover 250 acres in 1 pass.

 

[multi power]

You need to divide it the other way, a mile at a yard wide is just over 1/3 of an acre!

Somehow it didn't seem right, but i wasn't going to argue with the calculater

 

[multi power]

I was working on 10 inch furrows but I'm not so sure now. Having rechecked my maths I'm getting 825 miles

Miles must be longer this side of the water

 

[bovrill]

Somehow it didn't seem right, but i wasn't going to argue with the calculater

Press the 1/x button, it'll get you where you need to be!

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

on a different note I knew a man that worked for MF, went to eastern Europe to sort out a problem with the rear diffs on tractors, went to one place and they were ploughing 12/14 inch deep, the field was that long, it took 50 minutes to get to the other end, with the tractor leaning over it was staving it of oil under load,
cure was shorter dipsticks more oil

 

[multi power]

You need to divide it the other way, a mile at a yard wide is just over 1/3 of an acre!

So at 4.5 mph an acre and a half an hour

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

I was working on 10 inch furrows but I'm not so sure now. Having rechecked my maths I'm getting 825 miles

I was working on 12" furrows'