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Competition Ploughing
The future for match ploughing
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<blockquote data-quote="Ley253" data-source="post: 882944" data-attributes="member: 4681"><p>One way to cut the cost is to buy a 1980s 7.5 ton truck. NFU insurance is around £70.00 per year, fully comp,but with a milage limit. Its their vintage lorry policy. Tax is the same as a car. No speed limiter required, and my MAN does 18 mpg, loaded and towing the caravan.</p><p> The thing which will kill ploughing is the uncontrolled cheating. This is also known as gardening, handwork etc. Newcomers who have done a good job will not return when they see the cheats picking up the prizes.We all know who these people are, and so do match organisers, these need to refuse entries to the cheats, it may cut the numbers down at first, but when their match gets a reputation for being straight, they will have more than they can find plots for!</p><p> Another area which needs attention is the knowlage of people chosen to judge several times last year I was at matches where the plots were not walked! When I asked one judge why he had not walked the work, he replied that he could see all he needed to from the headland, he walked off when I asked him how firmnes was seen!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ley253, post: 882944, member: 4681"] One way to cut the cost is to buy a 1980s 7.5 ton truck. NFU insurance is around £70.00 per year, fully comp,but with a milage limit. Its their vintage lorry policy. Tax is the same as a car. No speed limiter required, and my MAN does 18 mpg, loaded and towing the caravan. The thing which will kill ploughing is the uncontrolled cheating. This is also known as gardening, handwork etc. Newcomers who have done a good job will not return when they see the cheats picking up the prizes.We all know who these people are, and so do match organisers, these need to refuse entries to the cheats, it may cut the numbers down at first, but when their match gets a reputation for being straight, they will have more than they can find plots for! Another area which needs attention is the knowlage of people chosen to judge several times last year I was at matches where the plots were not walked! When I asked one judge why he had not walked the work, he replied that he could see all he needed to from the headland, he walked off when I asked him how firmnes was seen! [/QUOTE]
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