glasshouse
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- lothians
Looking for one
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dunkie
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- Location
- West Lothian
grainboy
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- Location
- Bedfordshire
One in Farmads,
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Yes I’m selling it. This is it. 3 leg.
£500 plus vat ex yard. In reasonable condition With discs. Bolt on points, not knock on, but some spares with it. I upgraded to a 4 furrow as I have more than 120 hp and wider wheel settings(72”). Pulls more evenly and lifts tractor wheeling.
Transport probably more than it’s worth to Scotland.
Watch condition of feet / frogs, wear on inside of legs, and go for 4 plus rather than a 3 plus if I were you.
Not doing a very good job of selling my machine but it is as it is and don’t want to fob people off with something they are not happy with.
My 3 leg is brilliant, and after the struggle of pulling a two leg conventional subsoiler, is a breeze. It takes a lot less power to pull to the same depth and produces work that is broken up across its entire width, with no clods on the surface.
The only trouble for most people here is trying to find one that matches say a 200 photo tractor, which could easily pull six legs. Howard only went up to five I think, although later on, in the 80s, I remember an article in Profi showing a bigger one being briefly on the market. Probably sold as many as fingers on my hand so it would not be easy to find.
The only trouble for most people here is trying to find one that matches say a 200 photo tractor, which could easily pull six legs. Howard only went up to five I think, although later on, in the 80s, I remember an article in Profi showing a bigger one being briefly on the market. Probably sold as many as fingers on my hand so it would not be easy to find.
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- sh!t creek
glasshouse
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- lothians
Where is that?
Cant find it
its.... only me
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- sh!t creek
Sturton le Steeple, North Nottinghamshire
- Location
- Lincolnshire
^^^thats the frame size I use now. It’s right for a bigger tractor.?
glasshouse
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- lothians
Looks like a four
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Looks like a 4 + 1. Hard to see. It’s the right frame size IMO. But can’t tell condition of legs and frogs. For arable work I don’t use the discs. The legs can drag chopped straw into “ mouses nests” on light sand but any leg can. In heavy land it will leave it a bit lumpy and heaved but not as rough as a winged subsoiler and pulls more easily.
I never regretted buying ours but it was a few hundred and the legs were good. The smaller frame sizes didn’t work well with my tractor.
Knock on points and shins are still available, but I don’t think the bolt on points are still available though could make some from leaf spring etc.
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
I am going to do grass, so discs will be needed??
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Yes.
ive got one for sale
and I could deliver it end of this week @glasshouse
- Location
- Lincolnshire
We have subsoiled grass with the 3 leg machine. Our Lamborghini 105 hp struggled to pull it, and being off centre tended to screw the tractor round. Nearly pulled the lugs off the tyres. It’s a job best done in the autumn when it’s dry underneath but starting to get damper on top. If it stays dry and hot it’s easy to kill the grass due to cutting the roots off from moisture. My Renault 630 z (135 hp) will just pull 4 legs on heavy land grass, but only just.
I’d have thought there would plenty about the north of England probably blocking gate holes. Most would need the big burner and the pipe extension on the socket set to get them into shape though.
I’d have thought there would plenty about the north of England probably blocking gate holes. Most would need the big burner and the pipe extension on the socket set to get them into shape though.
glasshouse
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- lothians
Size ?
3 furrow
On my heavier soil my machine really misses having discs - I got it cheap on fleabay because it didn't have discs- and sometimes nearly blocks up with longer straw.
A 95 hp tractor easily pulls 3 furrows as deep as you want to go in arable.