Impressive combo

[Northeastfarmer]

 

[Two Tone]

Yes, interesting insofar as it can be done.
However IMO: Thanks, but no thanks!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Yes, interesting insofar as it can be done.
However IMO: Thanks, but no thanks!

I wasn’t offering you it...just thought it was impressive

 

[yellowbelly]

Jeeez, I hope the bloke that welded the pivot on that power harrow knew what he was doing - it'll make for a good post in 'Wreckers' when it drops on the bonnet

 

[Clive]

that looks horrifically unstable ! imagine it on the road !

 

[Northeastfarmer]

imagine it on the road !

Imagine it on your farm

 

[Farma Parma]

Imagine it on your farm

Carefull now the mere sniff of the word PLOUGH too Clive is like saying he has too swop his Fendt for a Massey.
Tin hat at the ready

 

[Henarar]

A mechanic who use to come here said he set up one of those furrow presses that swing over like that on a JD he said if you really watched you could see the tractor twisting as it was swung over

 

[Flat 10]

I’ve seen that before and always thought it would be better towed like a furrow press with an engine on the top.

 

[bovrill]

Mac Beanland designed and made a press on a swing over arm many years ago, back in the '80s I think, that Dowdeswell started making.
A nice idea, that never caught on.

 

[yellowbelly]

With all them spare blokes riding on the drill it'd probably be cheaper not to have forked out all that brass for fancy linkages and just bought a little tractor to do the power harrowing

 

[yellowbelly]

Mac Beanland designed and made a press on a swing over arm many years ago, back in the '80s I think, that Dowdeswell started making.
A nice idea, that never caught on.

The only ones I saw round here just knackered the front axles on the tractors
Like you say, good idea, but just not quite good enough.

 

[GeorgeK]

Well that's the end of combi drill sales!

 

[icanshootwell]

Mac Beanland designed and made a press on a swing over arm many years ago, back in the '80s I think, that Dowdeswell started making.
A nice idea, that never caught on.

They never caught on because they wore out the axles on the tractors, a straight push would be ok.

 

[Clive]

Imagine it on your farm

imagine the bills ! ?

 

[chaffcutter]

Imagine something breaking as the ph swung over and the blades were still turning...

 

[Chae1]

A mechanic who use to come here said he set up one of those furrow presses that swing over like that on a JD he said if you really watched you could see the tractor twisting as it was swung over

@quattro still has one.

 

[Fraserb]

Mac Beanland designed and made a press on a swing over arm many years ago, back in the '80s I think, that Dowdeswell started making.
A nice idea, that never caught on.

Farm my dad used to work on had one for years, originally on a Ford 8210 then a 8240, never had any bother with the tractors.

 

[Lincsman]

What they could try is putting the power harrow on another tractor with a drill attached and actually plant something.

And why is the deere on rowcrop tracks?

 

[quattro]

The only ones I saw round here just knackered the front axles on the tractors
Like you say, good idea, but just not quite good enough.

Quite a lot working up here,I think they were designed before tractors had strong enough chassis frames or front linkages don’t seem to bother tractors now