which plough and press

[tupmaster]

thinking of ploughing with a furrow press next autumn for spring sowing
our ground is very light and often have problems with maize skims and mould boards choking up
indeed after oats this autumn skims had to be removed to make a poor job
please can anyone recommend an outfit for this ground? and what sort of press would be best for easily made ground?
TIA

 

[Flat 10]

thinking of ploughing with a furrow press next autumn for spring sowing
our ground is very light and often have problems with maize skims and mould boards choking up
indeed after oats this autumn skims had to be removed to make a poor job
please can anyone recommend an outfit for this ground? and what sort of press would be best for easily made ground?
TIA

Slats and a coil press

 

[Flat 10]

Roll it first if it’s that soft

 

[quattro]

thinking of ploughing with a furrow press next autumn for spring sowing
our ground is very light and often have problems with maize skims and mould boards choking up
indeed after oats this autumn skims had to be removed to make a poor job
please can anyone recommend an outfit for this ground? and what sort of press would be best for easily made ground?
TIA

Kongskilde with slats got one here that would suit 5 furrow
45degree ring press NRH

 

[robbie]

Slats and a coil press

Roll it first if it’s that soft

Something like this.

If your ploughing in the autumn for spring drilling I'd probably go for a lemken double ring press or a hill and Osbourne land packer type press both these will leave the grown a bit more open over the winter, the flexi coil is ace to drill straight onto.

Dont rip the ground up deep and leave it loose or no matter what plough you've got it wont do a job.
Skimmers should skim not act as another set of mould boards, they'll be next door to useless if run to deep.

 

[DanniAgro]

Ditto the 45 degree rings on the press, as quattro says, not the 33 which is better for cutting clay clods.

 

[Will 1594]

Some thing like this , on light land . How big a plough have you , plenty old presses at sales make scrap money , got old hill and osbourne to match 5 fur know of another dowsed well like in pic. £600

 

[Breckland Boy]

If your land is light enough try and find a minimat, drill and press in one

 

[DanniAgro]

Doing a great job there, and I always wondered how good a minimat was.
Just don't want to have to manoevure around those poles - that looks like an art form in itself!

 

[Breckland Boy]

Yeah its a pita going around obstacles. Good job those poles are 400 m away. Any closer and you wouldn't be so impressed

 

[jack6480]

ploughing is so last century don’t you know

 

[Breckland Boy]

ploughing is so last century don’t you know

That set up is a cheap way of establishing crops.
No sprays, can bury a cover crop if required too

 

[yellowbelly]

ploughing is so last century don’t you know

Aye, and the century before that....and the century before that one too.
In fact it's stood the test of time that well it'll probably still be around in the next century.

 

[jack6480]

Aye, and the century before that....and the century before that one too.
In fact it's stood the test of time that well it'll probably still be around in the next century.

and now we’re here lol