Ploughing 14" furrow suitable tyre size
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It wouldn't have been getting ploughed if it wasn't
I seem to remember that not all of what you farm is heavy clay either tho it was 25 yrs ago but my memory isn't failing me that much yet !!
Some of the knowe tops and brae faces are (usually) 'harder than a hoors heart', but in fairness the stuff we've ploughed and min-tilled this year has come up like garden soil.
The college soil lecturers used to talk about clay soils and the importance of 'wetting and drying'.
- It's had plenty of both this year
Yeah same up here it's rare the S***e is in the bottom of anything it's same as you on top or up a hill .Some of the knowe tops and brae faces are (usually) 'harder than a hoors heart', but in fairness the stuff we've ploughed and min-tilled this year has come up like garden soil.
The college soil lecturers used to talk about 'wetting and drying', and it's had plenty of both this year
One place is all a bit trickier stuff so it just gets 1.5 -2 days between plough and drill or you get concrete to deal with.
The rest is pretty light but the stones are pretty bad but you can't have everything . Good job we run kv ploughs as these are very common!! Unfortunately it was the sumo that I found that 1 with and took out 2 points and bent 2 new legs after 30 acres of use !!!!!
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Only because you have sqwished the soil you have shaved off , still same amount in the furrow , you dont notice when its settled , run them in really flinty land so it doen not shred tyre walls as much .
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- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
I was once told, and subsequently have proved to myself that if you shut the front furrow up a little more than you should it kicks the plough over which cleans out the furrow bottom a little better. In turn this means there is less squashed and it all matches up a bit better.
Foxcover
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Do you mean take less of a slice or more of a slice?
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
Less on front furrow cleans out the furrow bottom on the last furrow better.
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Totally got to disagree with you
If it has 2 bolt holes in the shin on the front edge, itās an 8, if it has 3 itās a 9, 28 has a right angled corner on the rear...
tullah
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- Linconshire
Then it's an 8.
I use 710s and an overum xl in some fairly heavy going . Once wheelslip climbs , I find 16" width a lot more forgiving but that may be because I find the overum rolls it over better with narrower shares . If I use the 16" share at 14 , it tends to leave the furrow more up right which I find makes it trickier to get the plough to meet up . In an ideal world I'd have a set of 20.8s as those are by far the best ploughing tyre I've ever had for grip.
How does a vari width work then? Does it not change the width of the furrow?This is 100 percent impossible as no matter if you're at 20 or 12 the share is still the same length probably 16 inch and the moulds are still the same length and shape so the size of the hole does NOT and cannot change only the amount of soil being turned over changes
Yes it changes how much soil you move. The shape and size of the hole you drive in does not .
Vari width changes the width between the legs of the plough so changes the amount of land you're moving from one point to another. The shape and size of the steel that moves the soil doesn't change so tge furrow / hole you drive in stays exactly the same size.
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Other 3 sides of field are all wiggly , I haven't the skills for that
Foxcover
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Are you doing all your ploughing with that now then and giving the Fords an easier life? Always loved your spread in Classic Tractor.
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