Ploughing
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Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
@deleted user 837354 will be a expert.
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- Anston Farm, Dunsyre
I was taught the front furrow width is the last thing to be set
First the plough needs to be level - set by land wheel and lower arm height
Then with the depth set and correct front to back, set the lean angle. The landslide should be vertical in the fur
Then set front fur width
And if it's reversible, obviously both sides need to be the same (land wheel depth, lean angle and front fur)
Then there's the skimmers and discs (if fitted) to be set. Skimmer should be deep enough to create a "hinge" for the fur to turn over clean, but not too deep that trash is thrown onto the fur to the sidei. In heavy trash or headlands of old grassland, moving skimmers forward helps clear, but sometimes they need removed altogether. Skimmer point should F free about an inch further until ploughing than width cut by landslide. Discs I was taught should be set no more than 3 fingers clearance to the point.
That's how a hill livestock farmers sets the thing to blacken ground. The arable boys will be along with how it should be done, if they're not out cutting grain...
.... Or off to the beach
Edit
Before starting, set the tyre pressures correctly and even side to side, and make sure the lift arms are the same height!
what is the best way to measure to set the front furrow widthI was taught the front furrow width is the last thing to be set
First the plough needs to be level - set by land wheel and lower arm height
Then with the depth set and correct front to back, set the lean angle. The landslide should be vertical in the fur
Then set front fur width
And if it's reversible, obviously both sides need to be the same (land wheel depth, lean angle and front fur)
Then there's the skimmers and discs (if fitted) to be set. Skimmer should be deep enough to create a "hinge" for the fur to turn over clean, but not too deep that trash is thrown onto the fur to the sidei. In heavy trash or headlands of old grassland, moving skimmers forward helps clear, but sometimes they need removed altogether. Skimmer point should F free about an inch further until ploughing than width cut by landslide. Discs I was taught should be set no more than 3 fingers clearance to the point.
That's how a hill livestock farmers sets the thing to blacken ground. The arable boys will be along with how it should be done, if they're not out cutting grain...
.... Or off to the beach
Edit
Before starting, set the tyre pressures correctly and even side to side, and make sure the lift arms are the same height!
Is there an easier way?
Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
If you have a disc on the front furrow, measure from it to the furrow wall. That's asumming that you haven't tramped the furrow wall into the bottom of the furrow with tyres that are far too wide...
No we don’t have a disc
Dman2
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- Durham, UK
we find the best way is to follow close behind with combi drill
Doesn`t feckin matter then as long as its somewhere near
Doesn`t feckin matter then as long as its somewhere near
A way I’ve seen and done ,when actually ploughing ,stop then in front of the tractor measure out on the land of the width of “you are supposed to be taking example four 16 inch furrows 64inch then add a yard or so and put a marker down on the ground,plough past and then measure if set correctly you should be left with a yard or you could work in metric,.
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
Don't bother measuring. Just adjust it till matches up.
Seems the easiest way
Have you got an experienced ploughman that can come along and help you set things up? Most are only too happy to help, will make a world of difference and they'll see things very differently to you being sat in the tractor seat- they'll have you set up very quickly. Your job at this point is to learn from them as to why they're adjusting things and where etc.
If you’re going to the bother, cost and time it takes to plough at least make a decent job of it or you may as well just use a stubble cultivator.
I really don’t understand the ‘bodge it brown’ approach to ploughing. Take the time and get it right or don’t bother at all and waste your money on something more pleasurable than ploughing!
The difference between good and bad ploughing on my farm is a crop of resistant wild oats.
I really don’t understand the ‘bodge it brown’ approach to ploughing. Take the time and get it right or don’t bother at all and waste your money on something more pleasurable than ploughing!
The difference between good and bad ploughing on my farm is a crop of resistant wild oats.
This is exactly why I’m asking for tips
Devil's advocate
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- Posh side of Barnsley
helped me
stop.tractor then measure from furrow wall to edge of skimmer. Adjust to match the width of the other furrows
Jasper
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That’s what I said