Hydrein

[wuddy]

Graeme Witty once told me to keep them as narrow as possible. Thats fine as far as it goes but it all needs to work around your finish and how you execute your finish. Obviously you have no PAVT wheels.
As I said bfore it may be beneficial to offset the wheels and always bear in mind you can always turn a tyre round on the rim to give yourself an intermediate setting. Fronts normally work in twos but you can even get thatdown to 1 on a Brown.
You might be better talking to a wordstyler here. Ater all most of us vintage guys take the third to last green furrow as a single along with any oddments, and the second to last green furrow as a single.
We are also allowed as many empty runs as we choose. In Scotland its only one - similar in World style.

Two empty runs up here Dave!

 

[Howard150]

Two empty runs up here Dave!

I stand corrected

 

[arcobob]

I stand corrected

Two empty runs up here Dave!

How do you keep both wheels on the stubble ? Does this mean wheels on both sides or both wheels on one side? What do you do instead of straddling the last four or ploughing off a single from the last two ?

 

[Howard150]

How do you keep both wheels on the stubble ? Does this mean wheels on both sides or both wheels on one side? What do you do instead of straddling the last four or ploughing off a single from the last two ?

Empty run as in run around the block (plough in air)

 

[arcobob]

You mean slipping back to the other end, not when actually ploughing. I must admit that I have never ploughed "on the land". Must be the lingo, far worse than Yorkshire.

 

[wuddy]

You mean slipping back to the other end, not when actually ploughing. I must admit that I have never ploughed "on the land". Must be the lingo, far worse than Yorkshire.

The wording was changed as a ploughman was once seen adjusting the width of his plot. With 4 furrs left they were slightly wide for the tractor to straddle! So ran down the plot with plough in air to make it a better fit, hence the "both wheels on stubble" wording.

 

[arcobob]

The wording was changed as a ploughman was once seen adjusting the width of his plot. With 4 furrs left they were slightly wide for the tractor to straddle! So ran down the plot with plough in air to make it a better fit, hence the "both wheels on stubble" wording.

Good idea. I have thought about doing that before now but then I thought about a certain affliction

 

[wuddy]

Good idea. I have thought about doing that before now but then I thought about a certain affliction

I would imagine it would be difficult to get front furr of last run to match up properly and would probably result in a low/deep wheel mark.

 

[arcobob]

Depends how drastic the action but if not too bad, just wind the front in and push the board out. Similarly push the board out a little on the single.

 

[wuddy]

Took me long enough to get my yl's set up and to stay tight so try to move them as little as possible.

 

[Hotbed]

Has anybody got a pair of 14 inch match shares for standard hydrein, westlake has run out ?.

 

[Hotbed]

Can anyone enlighten me to how much the front furrow widens or narrows moving it one notch on the adjuster handle please ?.

 

[Ray996]

Can anyone enlighten me to how much the front furrow widens or narrows moving it one notch on the adjuster handle please ?.

Would think bout half inch per notch?

 

[MF420]

Concerning wheel centres. I run my MF148 and TS86 on 56 rear wheel centres with an 52 / 60 off set. I notice with the 52 / 60 off set the front wheels have a slight tendancy to pull away from the furrow wall where as with rear wheels eque-distantly spaced the inside of front furrow wheel lightly kisses the furrow wall, thus allowing the odd sandwich to be taken on the go !!!!

 

[Mydexta]

Concerning wheel centres. I run my MF148 and TS86 on 56 rear wheel centres with an 52 / 60 off set. I notice with the 52 / 60 off set the front wheels have a slight tendancy to pull away from the furrow wall where as with rear wheels eque-distantly spaced the inside of front furrow wheel lightly kisses the furrow wall, thus allowing the odd sandwich to be taken on the go !!!!

Can I ask what furrow width you are set like that for, and also what the advantages are of having offset wheels?????

 

[Howard150]

Can I ask what furrow width you are set like that for, and also what the advantages are of having offset wheels?????

Puts the tractor so much closer to the ploughed land for running one off and suchlike.
Also has the plough in the right place once the left hand wheels go into the furrow bottom at the finish.
This is also the optimum width for even compaction and trampling rubbish down.
It means turning a rear tyre on the rim if I remember right. Mine have been like that for at least 15 years.