Plough boards

[Massey 6470]

Been thinking about changing to a slatted board plough, I was talking to a fella the other night and he said I want to try a half solid half slatted board made by Bolotta I think this is the one in the picture it’s the same profile as a Kverneland No 8 currently on 28s using 650 tyres
I’m getting fed up with soil sticking to the boards
Has anybody tried these

 

[Lincs Lass]

My old boss had a 5fr kuhn 140 on full slats ,they work well and turn in nicely but if you have stoney land ,they get stuck in the gaps and then they dont run clean .
Ideal on heavy land as they tend to shatter instead of smearing

 

[Boohoo]

Have you tried flush points? Soil starts sticking behind the point, if you can stop it from sticking there the boards might stay clean.

 

[Massey 6470]

Have you tried flush points? Soil starts sticking behind the point, if you can stop it from sticking there the boards might stay clean.

a fella told me the other night to cut a new point in 2 and weld it on to the top of the plough point on its edge like a shark fin and that will held a lot as it lowers the vacuum that’s created between the board and the soil when ploughing therefore reducing sticking. ?‍

 

[ploughman1963]

Big disadvantage of the board you put a picture of is that when the second slat down wears through, you have to change the whole board. If you have individual slats, you just change the worn out ones.

I ran Rabe slatted boards for many years and was always plased with them in all soil types, arable and grassland. Now running Kuhn on slats and they do a really nice job - just been ploughing some turf and every bit as good a job as with a solid board.

Fair point about the stone getting stuck in the slat - but it is only occasionally, quickly sorted and usually due to a build up of soil on the frame holding the slats

 

[Happy]

My old boss had a 5fr kuhn 140 on full slats ,they work well and turn in nicely but if you have stoney land ,they get stuck in the gaps and then they dont run clean .
Ideal on heavy land as they tend to shatter instead of smearing

I keep reading this about slatted ploughs on here.
Have run a Lemken with BS40 slats for 15 years and never had a stone stuck in them yet.

Not for the lack of them either.

 

[Landrover]

I run a lemken on slatted boards and they do break up heavy ground more than a solid board but seem to take more pulling in light conditions as they seem to be"bulldoze" the ground instead of turning it over, just my view though

 

[snipe]

i don’t think it’s any different to a normal slatted body looking at the picture. Shin at the front followed by 4slats except it’s all one piece.

 

[Massey 6470]

i don’t think it’s any different to a normal slatted body looking at the picture. Shin at the front followed by 4slats except it’s all one piece.

Difference being it will bolt straight on to my plough frog
On a Kverneland the frog has to be changed to go from a board to slats think share and shin are different too

 

[KB6930]

Difference being it will bolt straight on to my plough frog
On a Kverneland the frog has to be changed to go from a board to slats think share and shin are different too

You're exactly right different head altogether but as said before slats wear out at different stages

On kv no 30 the middles wear then the bottom then eventually after a lot of acres the top one

Slats are not cheap to run in comparison to a board as metal isn't cheap and you'll change more of it than on a no 28 but if you've got real problems with sticky ground they will run clean (most of the time) I've got ground the skim moulds and the shins stick on the no 30 and the slats run clean.

We've one of each and I like them both for different reasons but I like my board mostly because I'm not changing as many bits of metal as it wore out. Now on 2500 acres and still on original boards where the slats I'd have started changing slats around 1200 and would have done the 2 middle and a bottom and probably be onto at least one middle again by now .

The halfway house thing in you're picture does it come with some sort of bracket to hold the rear of the slats and an extra stay ? If it does try a couple and see if they work.

 

[Massey 6470]

You're exactly right different head altogether but as said before slats wear out at different stages

On kv no 30 the middles wear then the bottom then eventually after a lot of acres the top one

Slats are not cheap to run in comparison to a board as metal isn't cheap and you'll change more of it than on a no 28 but if you've got real problems with sticky ground they will run clean (most of the time) I've got ground the skim moulds and the shins stick on the no 30 and the slats run clean.

We've one of each and I like them both for different reasons but I like my board mostly because I'm not changing as many bits of metal as it wore out. Now on 2500 acres and still on original boards where the slats I'd have started changing slats around 1200 and would have done the 2 middle and a bottom and probably be onto at least one middle again by now .

The halfway house thing in you're picture does it come with some sort of bracket to hold the rear of the slats and an extra stay ? If it does try a couple and see if they work.

im thinking it’s worth a try as they’re supposed to be similar price to a number 8 Kverneland board so £1000 would be a tenth of the price to changing the plough just to get slats

 

[KB6930]

im thinking it’s worth a try as they’re supposed to be similar price to a number 8 Kverneland board so £1000 would be a tenth of the price to changing the plough just to get slats

What width/ depth are you ploughing?

 

[MrNoo]

There was a KV demo plough doing the rounds around here last year or year before where they had slats on one side and solids on the other, never used it but a friend did. He runs slats on both his ploughs now.

 

[Massey 6470]

What width/ depth are you ploughing?

16” 6-7” deep
perfect in some fields a dose in others

 

[KB6930]

That's some light sticky stuff.
Going wider faster and deeper will help to get more pressure of soil on the board but not always

 

[jpd]

Have you tried flush points? Soil starts sticking behind the point, if you can stop it from sticking there the boards might stay clean.

besson shares can be run without points
i never do
but
in sticky ground?

 

[Boohoo]

besson shares can be run without points
i never do
but
in sticky ground?

No experience of besson but potentially it could help. Some land will stick whatever boards, shares or points you have. I've seen match ploughs with bodies like mirrors needing cleaned after every run.

 

[jpd]

looking at the photos
i wonder if they are genuine kv boards?

 

[grass man]

Plastic boards don't stick in any conditions

 

[ploughman1963]

Plastic boards don't stick in any conditions

Hmmmm - not altogether true - ive seen them block as easily as steel