How long to plough 250 acres?

[Ray996]

50 years ago that's all you had

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

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 !

Yes, it's stayed remarkably on theme really compared to some threads

 

[MrNoo]

50 years ago that's all you had

Yes, but I guess there were a few more hedgerows and hence it was a lot of smaller fields!!

 

[mikep]

50 years ago that's all you had

Yes but vast numbers more and they were high tech then and didn't cost 1000 tonnes of wheat.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Yes, but I guess there were a few more hedgerows and hence it was a lot of smaller fields!!

but the work still got done, and today we need 250+ hp 6furrow + variwidth , and they say that's progress for you

 

[multi power]

but the work still got done, and today we need 250+ hp 6furrow + variwidth , and they say that's progress for you

And a ten ton tractor with another couple of ton of steel on front, and then wondering why there is so much compaction

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

And a ten ton tractor with another couple of ton of steel on front, and then wondering why there is so much compaction

and not really ploughing it, just making it black side up, then wonder where the weeds and black grass comes from

 

[mikep]

Seriously you lads (oops and lassies) are making the case for notill very well indeed.

 

[dannewhouse]

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

i drill every year with a 3m Fiona box drill on a massey 165, one year I did 100acre in 3 days, I had a red face from heat off the exhaust and plenty lipsill!!!
20 acre is a long enough day, 25 if its only 2 fields I'm always filling up with seed at only 250kg! and getting off to do tramlines fro 21m!

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Yes but vast numbers more and they were high tech then and didn't cost 1000 tonnes of wheat.

 

[Exfarmer]

i drill every year with a 3m Fiona box drill on a massey 165, one year I did 100acre in 3 days, I had a red face from heat off the exhaust and plenty lipsill!!!
20 acre is a long enough day, 25 if its only 2 fields I'm always filling up with seed at only 250kg! and getting off to do tramlines fro 21m!

What were you hanging about for?
Did 75 acres drilling with a 4 metre MF 30 and that was putting on fert as well. Behind a IH 785. All 1 cwt sacks too. I was a lot fitter then

 

[Bury the Trash]

I started on 2x 14inch furrows and have gone up in 1's to 5. Biggest jump (obviously in percentage) was from 2 to 3. 4wd at the same time was good though! I tell you it feels good. Kids these days don't know how lucky they are!

i'm not sure that they are any happier for it tho.

 

[essexpete]

And a ten ton tractor with another couple of ton of steel on front, and then wondering why there is so much compaction

So clearly DD is the way forward.

 

[Bury the Trash]

i can turnover 80 inches with a total gross weight of approx. 5.5 tonnes...that's tractor,plough and ballast....

anything round here that i cant plough with that outfit in good enough conditions isn't viable for sustainable arable cropping.

 

[Will 1594]

and not really ploughing it, just making it black side up, then wonder where the weeds and black grass comes from

However well it's ploughed black grass will come up

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

However well it's ploughed black grass will come up

where did the black grass start from

 

[Will 1594]

where did the black grass start from

It's a marsh weed Slender meadow foxtail .look on cropping there is a thread ,,,what is blackgrass

 

[multi power]

i can turnover 80 inches with a total gross weight of approx. 5.5 tonnes...that's tractor,plough and ballast....

anything round here that i cant plough with that outfit in good enough conditions isn't viable for sustainable arable cropping.

What tractor and plough is that?
My tractor is 3.5 ton, plough less than a ton , 56 inches every time, 4x14 inches, oh and under 100 hp
At work 200, at least, around 8/9 ton, turning 80 inches, 5x16 inches

 

[Flat 10]

i can turnover 80 inches with a total gross weight of approx. 5.5 tonnes...that's tractor,plough and ballast....

anything round here that i cant plough with that outfit in good enough conditions isn't viable for sustainable arable cropping.

Go on then what is this outfit?

 

[Drillman]

Assuming decent going i reckon i could black the 25 acres over in about 8 hours with our TM155 and 5 furrow dowdeswell.