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<blockquote data-quote="Tarw Coch" data-source="post: 7954176" data-attributes="member: 1008"><p>Talking of technology or living up to expectations, I have a funny shaped field , not a straight hedge on it but a couple on slight curves.</p><p>Put maize on it last year and at the suggestion of one of the lads from the contractor, decided to plough and work with a slight curve to save on short turns as when the drillman came to drill it he could plot a curved A B line on his green star.</p><p>When he came to drill he explained to me how the first run was very important, the slightest twitch and it would get worse with every pass. Field was drilled and rows came up in a nice curved line , perfect.</p><p>After maize the field was put into wheat, and was drilled in similar fashion with another hedge but I guess driving with a steady hand on first pass on furrows I’m the dark with drill combi ain’t quite as easy as on worked land when drilling maize.</p><p>So whilst the first pass is almost perfect, almost wasn’t good enough and the further across the field you go, the more crooked the rows get so that by the far side of the field there is a turn of almost 90 degrees in the tramlines.</p><p>So whilst the technology is marvellous when everything is right, when things ain’t going quite to plan it just makes things worse. In this particular case the field could have been drilled tidier without the green star.................probably after the driver had consumed 10 pints.</p><p></p><p>We have agreed that next time the field is drilled it’s going to have a straight A B line and we’ll live with the short turns.</p><p>Obviously green star makes the drivers life easier most of the time but the reality is that he was perfectly capable of drilling dead straight before and if he had opted to drill on a curve would have taken any twitches out on the next pass, but that’s progress for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tarw Coch, post: 7954176, member: 1008"] Talking of technology or living up to expectations, I have a funny shaped field , not a straight hedge on it but a couple on slight curves. Put maize on it last year and at the suggestion of one of the lads from the contractor, decided to plough and work with a slight curve to save on short turns as when the drillman came to drill it he could plot a curved A B line on his green star. When he came to drill he explained to me how the first run was very important, the slightest twitch and it would get worse with every pass. Field was drilled and rows came up in a nice curved line , perfect. After maize the field was put into wheat, and was drilled in similar fashion with another hedge but I guess driving with a steady hand on first pass on furrows I’m the dark with drill combi ain’t quite as easy as on worked land when drilling maize. So whilst the first pass is almost perfect, almost wasn’t good enough and the further across the field you go, the more crooked the rows get so that by the far side of the field there is a turn of almost 90 degrees in the tramlines. So whilst the technology is marvellous when everything is right, when things ain’t going quite to plan it just makes things worse. In this particular case the field could have been drilled tidier without the green star.................probably after the driver had consumed 10 pints. We have agreed that next time the field is drilled it’s going to have a straight A B line and we’ll live with the short turns. Obviously green star makes the drivers life easier most of the time but the reality is that he was perfectly capable of drilling dead straight before and if he had opted to drill on a curve would have taken any twitches out on the next pass, but that’s progress for you. [/QUOTE]
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