kv no8 to no28

[sixrow]

I am needing new boards on my plough just wondering has anyone changed from 8 to 28 whats all involved have you to change all the other metal as well?

 

[DieselRob]

I'm planning to do the same this winter, will watch the replies with interest but as far as I, aware all you need is the longer stays to support the back of the board, all other metal is the same

 

[Adeptandy]

I was told that it was just longer stays and the new boards fitted straight on ok, well thats what agrilinc told me when I was looking at a KV with No8's on last year but needed No28's to fit the wide tyres in

l didn't spend in the end on a plough

 

[Zebbedee]

Longer stays and they tend to have two stays on the front furr

 

[sixrow]

Spalding's have a kit board and stay on their website

 

[DrDunc]

Next door neighbour swapped out no. 8 for 28's when they bought a tractor with ridiculously wide tyres (well 650's, instead of a sensible livestock farm 520).

Boards fit onto the existing frog with different stays. They found the 28's wear quicker than 8.'s though.

 

[Genesis]

Went from 9's to 28's. I have 2 stays on each board now, the original and a longer one. Everything else is the same, apart from a longer bolt to mount the 2 stays to the frog.
Ploughs much nicer now by the way!

 

[Mark C]

As above. Use your original stays and the longer ones on each board.

 

[KB6930]

You only need longer stay rods on the back of the boards the brackets they go onto will fit but not perfectly so they're better to be changed as well. They come out the factory with 1 stay so no need for putting 2 on.

 

[oval]

We went from 9s to 28s and put longer stays on plough a mixture of soils and only have single long stays not been a problem . A reason for them wearing more quickly is that they have maybe be adjusted to far on the stays.

 

[Genesis]

I've welded a few cracked no 28 boards on ploughs in their first season, cracked between bolt holes. 2 stays might not be necessary, but I don't think it would hurt either! Mike Roche, the plough guru here in Ireland, fits 2 stays to all no. 28s.

 

[oval]

If u are changing stays u will have short ones to fit anyways so no harm to fit them we have worn out 2 sets of 28 boards and not had any cracking

 

[Genesis]

If u are changing stays u will have short ones to fit anyways so no harm to fit them we have worn out 2 sets of 28 boards and not had any cracking

Ours haven't cracked either, but the ones I have welded are ploughing stony ground.

 

[oval]

We occasionally crack a share or shin due to stone/Rock usually they stay on until worn out

 

[KB6930]

2 stays will be fine on a longer clearance plough but on a short one if you're trying to go at a decent pace it's likely to choke up with the skimmers throwing soil and dirt onto the back of it. I've got experience of this with my slatted plough it has 2 stays once demo'd an 85 I was having to crawl with it whereas my 100 I can sit at a good 4.5 mph in a good coating of muck and it hardly ever blocks up.