How long to plough 250 acres?

[chaffcutter]

Here's another tale from the past...1965 on my year pre college boss bought a s/h Super Major and TS82 two furrow reversible, no cab, manual trip of course. Tractor driver set off to plough a fairly heavy 7 acre on a slope, boss was hoping he might finish it in the day. 12 noon lunch time he came back in the yard, boss says what you broke now? With great delight he said, all done and the headlands too !

 

[Thomas5060]

They should all start with a manual turnover

What's this turnover you talk of? how can a plough plough properly if you turn it over?

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

What's this turnover you talk of? how can a plough plough properly if you turn it over?
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What! No gravity turnover to stick or fail when mud clings to the boards

 

[multi power]

They should all start with a manual turnover

No they should start with conventional and learn how do set it all up properly before being let near a reversible

 

[Drillman]

What's this turnover you talk of? how can a plough plough properly if you turn it over?
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Hope you haven't used a bit of manky timber off the firewood pile to see if the boards are in line?

 

[Thomas5060]

Hope you haven't used a bit of manky timber off the firewood pile to see if the boards are in line?

Was a bit of drift wood off beach I used

 

[cfr1964]

What's this turnover you talk of? how can a plough plough properly if you turn it over?
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Something wrong with your plough
Oh I've got it the boards are shiny

 

[Thomas5060]

Something wrong with your plough
Oh I've got it the boards are shiny

Well shined and greased, ready to do a good job

 

[Drillman]

Well shined and greased, ready to do a good job

But i'm sure you have your excuses ready and know who to blame if it all goes pete tong....

 

[Thomas5060]

But i'm sure you have your excuses ready and know who to blame if it all goes pete tong....

First port of call is the man who topped the field.....

 

[colhonk]

As a 4 furrow plough is 33.333333% bigger than a 3 furrow, How come a 3furrow is only 25% smaller than a 4 furrow?

 

[Philip Watkins]

As a 4 furrow plough is 33.333333% bigger than a 3 furrow, How come a 3furrow is only 25% smaller than a 4 furrow?

That's a question for this thread https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/tff-answering-the-big-questions-in-life.13989/

 

[Thomas5060]

As a 4 furrow plough is 33.333333% bigger than a 3 furrow, How come a 3furrow is only 25% smaller than a 4 furrow?

Well that had just messed with my head

 

[Courier]

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

Ask dad to demonstrate for the first 75 acres [emoji6]Preferably 3 days in succession including changing some shares etc

 

[Courier]

As a 4 furrow plough is 33.333333% bigger than a 3 furrow, How come a 3furrow is only 25% smaller than a 4 furrow?

Cos the initial 100% you are comparing it with is different each time [emoji12]

 

[MrNoo]

It also would depend if it was a 10" or an 8" 3 furrow Fergie plough, as they made such a beast, very popular in the Fergie Class (minus the extra furrow) with those that know.

 

[Gone Shooting]

Out of a simple question about ploughing the replies have included such items of urinating , shorter dipsticks , church , deafness , horses , mathematic calculations and driftwood - this is the power of the forum -it makes you smile !

 

[Ray996]

Someone should take up the challenge and plough a 10 acre field with fergy tractor and plough .do your calculations then!

 

[mikep]

Out of a simple question about ploughing the replies have included such items of urinating , shorter dipsticks , church , deafness , horses , mathematic calculations and driftwood - this is the power of the forum -it makes you smile !

It also shows why notill is gaining popularity rapidly

 

[MrNoo]

We ploughed a 30 acre field with 2 Fergie 2 furrow ploughs to get them all set up and shone up (brash doesn't shine a plough like some sand!!!) But we did it over last winter on the odd day here and the odd day there, when the weather was nice and the going wasn't too sticky, so couldn't really tell you how long it took. I just looked at the 118 acre field next door and thought how lucky we were not having to plough that bugger!!