Demolition Man
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- Wales
Just wondering why these never took off in a big way. Less horsepower more furrows, what’s not to like?
Push/Pull plough, anybody running them these days?
- Thread starter Demolition Man
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- Shropshire
We used to, ransomes TSR 300 3 furrow on the front (still got it in the shed) and a TSR 300 5 furrow on the back of a Ford 8210. As said, not handy on the road, we had to have the front tyres ballasted for traction, as no front draught control. But they did have a place, with the right man on, worked well on a run with an electric pole, you could run with 5 or 8, if the going got hard on the odd steep bank. Went surprisingly well considering only 110hp, you wouldn’t see that these days
, minimum of 200 for 5 furrows most places, and ploughs are supposed to be easier to pull now!
spikeislander
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- bedfordshire
And most tractors have draught on the front now , I worked on a farm which pushed 3 pulled 7 , was pretty handy tbh and the extra on front seemed to come for free iyswim
Cameras make that easier to solve? Might be tricky with them turning over?
Mr Charisma
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Keith Williams who was Dowdeswell demonstrator likened it to trying to push a piece of string up the field on all but the best of land 
Keith Williams who was Dowdeswell demonstrator likened it to trying to push a piece of string up the field on all but the best of land
Nowt to do with Dowdeswell not making front ploughs then!
CORK
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- East Cork, Ireland
Would the power requirement per furrow be less?
They have always interested me too.
I remember dealing with a farmer in Fife who used to have a couple of Fords with push pull combinations, he liked the output.
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- Shropshire
I disagree, it pushed perfectly, and you can move about in the furrow to straighten the run too. The depth wheel is on the very front and runs in the furrow, it’s steel with an extra wear plate on the side that runs against the furrow wall.Keith Williams who was Dowdeswell demonstrator likened it to trying to push a piece of string up the field on all but the best of land
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- Suffolk
Could solve the transport issue by moving them separately, one at a time both on the back, in the same way you'd move a furrow press around? Obviously it's extra time but if you're getting more done anyway?
I guess you'd have to have some sot of front weight available that you sort of take round with you too, for moving the rear plough on it's own. Not as easy as I thought.....
I guess you'd have to have some sot of front weight available that you sort of take round with you too, for moving the rear plough on it's own. Not as easy as I thought.....
Fish
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- North yorkshire
Ploughed thousands of acres pushing 3 and pulling 5, Lemken on a Fendt 612, never found it a problem. Still got it all parked in a shed, but hasn’t been used for years as I’ve seen the light and gone no-till.
The dowdeswell used an on land front wheel setup which didn’t help it’s cause.
The dowdeswell used an on land front wheel setup which didn’t help it’s cause.
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- Yorkshire
Like many things in life we all have different opinions on things, you clearly have more patience than others! If you'd ever had the pleasure of meeting Willy you'd know if he thought it was rubbish, he was probably right!
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
The camera turn over
Nearly
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- North of York
It could look both ways?
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Well you can have two cameras one split screen and they always going to be same way up transporting .
Abandoned some time in the early '90's when folks gave up buying proper tractors....
Simon Chiles
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- Surrey/ Kent Border, UK
Abandoned some time in the early '90's when folks gave up buying proper tractors....
Note how they weren’t daft enough to push it to running a whole week.
I don’t think you’d get away with swapping drivers and re fuelling on the go nowadays. The most impressive bit of that film for me was that they managed to get a set of points to last the thick end of 500 acres.