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Is it cheaper to run a bigger plough?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rowland" data-source="post: 6087580" data-attributes="member: 79664"><p>I’ve plough for 40 years or so might not be the best at it but never the less I been at it a while.</p><p>I started with a Ih 574 and a ransom 3 furrow conventional plough starts finishers sets no land wheel etc . It was horrible skimmers used to block up no tramlines to follow for equal distance between set for starts and finishes. At 12 years old this wasn’t easy never really got taught how to do it but bollickiced if it wasn’t right. Moved up to a 4 furrow with tad bigger tractor a still ransom plough. Changing metal wasn’t much fun as you had to sit under the plough to do it .</p><p>Moved on to a 3 furrow rev KV using it was like watching paint dry back to about 15 acer a day. </p><p>Got a 956 and 4 furrow rev KV which made life a bit better 20-25 acer a day depending on field size.</p><p>It’s true as far as I can see no matter how many furrows a plough has the metal will wear the same a set of points and shares will last the same if it’s 1 fur or 8 furs you just change them less frequently the more furrow ms you carry at the time. </p><p>I’m presently on 5 furrow KV doing around 30-40 acers a day depending on field size.</p><p>Bigger ploughs have less turns which means less time lost.</p><p>Bigger heavy ploughs means no more riding out in dry conditions never a problem with winter ploughing for spring crops but with mainly autumn drilling these days you’ll never get a conventional plough to go in these days.</p><p>Cheepest setup for ploughing I’d guess at would be 4 fur rev with around 100 hp tractor on it . </p><p>You will find quite a different in going from a 3 to 4 furrow and then more with each additional furrow out put is more than just the extra furrow it’s having to do less turns at the headlands</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rowland, post: 6087580, member: 79664"] I’ve plough for 40 years or so might not be the best at it but never the less I been at it a while. I started with a Ih 574 and a ransom 3 furrow conventional plough starts finishers sets no land wheel etc . It was horrible skimmers used to block up no tramlines to follow for equal distance between set for starts and finishes. At 12 years old this wasn’t easy never really got taught how to do it but bollickiced if it wasn’t right. Moved up to a 4 furrow with tad bigger tractor a still ransom plough. Changing metal wasn’t much fun as you had to sit under the plough to do it . Moved on to a 3 furrow rev KV using it was like watching paint dry back to about 15 acer a day. Got a 956 and 4 furrow rev KV which made life a bit better 20-25 acer a day depending on field size. It’s true as far as I can see no matter how many furrows a plough has the metal will wear the same a set of points and shares will last the same if it’s 1 fur or 8 furs you just change them less frequently the more furrow ms you carry at the time. I’m presently on 5 furrow KV doing around 30-40 acers a day depending on field size. Bigger ploughs have less turns which means less time lost. Bigger heavy ploughs means no more riding out in dry conditions never a problem with winter ploughing for spring crops but with mainly autumn drilling these days you’ll never get a conventional plough to go in these days. Cheepest setup for ploughing I’d guess at would be 4 fur rev with around 100 hp tractor on it . You will find quite a different in going from a 3 to 4 furrow and then more with each additional furrow out put is more than just the extra furrow it’s having to do less turns at the headlands [/QUOTE]
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