Idiots guide to ploughs for heavy land

[Wigeon]

I know literally nothing about ploughs, so excuse my ignorance.

Plough models, bodies etc mean nothing to me, but does anyone have any recommendations? Heavy silty clay with a whole load of flints.

Have 130 or 200hp available, but the 200 is on 710 tyres with spacers, so I'm guessing not suitable, unless a change of wheels (which I dont have). I believe that 30-35hp / furrow used to be going rate around here in the last century.

Anyway, any advice welcome. Have some temporary leys to terminate, amongst other things.

Many thanks!

 

[Two Tone]

I know literally nothing about ploughs, so excuse my ignorance.

Plough models, bodies etc mean nothing to me, but does anyone have any recommendations? Heavy silty clay with a whole load of flints.

Have 130 or 200hp available, but the 200 is on 710 tyres with spacers, so I'm guessing not suitable, unless a change of wheels (which I dont have). I believe that 30-35hp / furrow used to be going rate around here in the last century.

Anyway, any advice welcome. Have some temporary leys to terminate, amongst other things.

Many thanks!

You can get away with the 200hp on 710’s if you use a make and model of plough that can cope. The critical bit is how much the furrow moves the soil sideways
I’ve got a Kvernland LS95 5 furrow hydraulic vari-width (12 to 20”) that I use(d) on my 195hp NH 7050.
I’m selling it because we have gone over to Direct Drilling and I don’t need it any more. I’ll still have a 4 furrow just in case I need it.
It would do you fine. Send me a PM if interested. It isn’t going to be stupid money.
You can’t be far away from me.

 

[Barleymow]

12" ucn bodies

 

[Lincs Lass]

130 with a slatted 4 fr ,,being heavy silt ,the slats will break up the seams better than solid boards

 

[Norfolk Olly]

6 furrow KV lo85 300 on 28 boards would be my choice. On land so no worries being on 710s and would save the tyre walls on the flints, but gives the option to run in furrow if you have to as the 28’s would be fine for 710 tyres

 

[Al R]

6 furrow KV lo85 300 on 28 boards would be my choice. On land so no worries being on 710s and would save the tyre walls on the flints, but gives the option to run in furrow if you have to as the 28’s would be fine for 710 tyres

I had a EG85 300 on 28’s on 710’s and it was a perfect setup in furrowcould do all types and angles of land with ease, LB85 300 being the non auto version.

Not sure what difference the spacers will make on the tractor with 710’s though.

 

[grainboy]

Sorry to break the mold away from Kverneland but have these available,
No pun intended,
Dowdeswell is in exceptional condition ,

 

[Nearly]

That DP100 is tidy!

 

[grainboy]

Off Fen farm I think all original metal work ,

 

[Nearly]

Off Fen farm I think all original metal work ,

I have 3 already so don't need another.
(One per arable field)

 

[kevindb880]

Wont beat DP100 and very easy to weld!

 

[grainboy]

That one hasn’t been welded !!

 

[Farmer Roy]

Just throwing it out there, but wouldn’t you just be better off getting a contractor in to do rare or “one-off” jobs, rather than buying equipment ?

 

[Wigeon]

Just throwing it out there, but wouldn’t you just be better off getting a contractor in to do rare or “one-off” jobs, rather than buying equipment ?

Yup, though I'm not convinced the job will remain all that rare, hence the asking

 

[Farmer Roy]

Winter

 

[Two Tone]

Off Fen farm I think all original metal work ,

That DP 100 is a bit of a quandary. To me it looks as if it might have been repainted with new transfers, which the likes of Ellis Machinery were good at.
Fenland farmers’ would NEVER allow the wearing metal to go rusty, as it will never come off again. To the extent that they often put oil or diesel on that metal overnight so that there is no chance of it ever corroding! Without doing so, the Peat/silt sticks to the metal like sh!te to a blanket. Resulting in the soil being moved sideways rather than turned over.
However, coming from the Fen might explain why it has never (yet!) seen a welder.

She does look good though.

 

[bobk]

That DP 100 is a bit of a quandary. To me it looks as if it might have been repainted with new transfers, which the likes of Ellis Machinery were good at.
Fenland farmers’ would NEVER allow the wearing metal to go rusty, as it will never come off again. To the extent that they often put oil or diesel on that metal overnight so that there is no chance of it ever corroding! Without doing so, the Peat/silt sticks to the metal like sh!te to a blanket. Resulting in the soil being moved sideways rather than turned over.
However, coming from the Fen might explain why it has never (yet!) seen a welder.

She does look good though.

Yes looks like an Ellis refurb

 

[ShooTa]

Best Plough ive ever seen was at Groundswell!

 

[grainboy]

That DP 100 is a bit of a quandary. To me it looks as if it might have been repainted with new transfers, which the likes of Ellis Machinery were good at.
Fenland farmers’ would NEVER allow the wearing metal to go rusty, as it will never come off again. To the extent that they often put oil or diesel on that metal overnight so that there is no chance of it ever corroding! Without doing so, the Peat/silt sticks to the metal like sh!te to a blanket. Resulting in the soil being moved sideways rather than turned over.
However, coming from the Fen might explain why it has never (yet!) seen a welder.

She does look good though.

Yes looks like an Ellis refurb

Possibly yes, but probably didn’t get oiled due to bereavement, !!

 

[bobk]

Possibly yes, but probably didn’t get oiled due to bereavement, !!

Soon clean up