CERES MOLE PLOUGH - FORD FW 30

[@ryebob1568]

A very well designed and simple but effective, adjustments, for quick operation, in the field. A revolution in mole plough technology. Looks a really strong implement. Credit to Ceres Machinery. You obviously, took a lot of time in research and development, before beginning manufacturing.

[@peterfarbrace3604]

The sound of that engine is amazing.... takes me back to many an hour sat in the cab with my dad as a kid. Great job, thats some vit of kit 👍

[@garycook9903]

Great video George, can’t wait to see the FW pulling that plough !!!!!

[@andrewstubbings5628]

Omg I love this old horse power, I remember as a child making my Dad stop to watch FWs ploughing with ten furrow reversibles I could watch all day, I love my little cat challenger 55 but hanker for a beast like this, doors open I take aircon not working if it has it?!!! 👍👍👍👍

[@fredharrowven1040]

Good Evening George, That is some beast of a tractor 🚜 there is no effort in pulling you even look small sitting in that house on wheels, Well thanks for your time and video George, Take care of yourself and stay safe.🚜🚜⭐️👍👌

[@ianhaggart1438]

Well George theres nothing quite like knocking your pan in... 😊 .. or out i suppose 🤣.. even better getting the FW out working.. 😊 . Nice looking and well made mole plough there.. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sandymcghee3328]

Great to see the fw working in the field that is a nice pit of kit on the back of the fw George 👍👍👍

[@JonDingle]

Grand job that young man. Good to see the FW in action.

[@onelonleyfarmer]

LOOK AT THOSE PORKCHOPS!!! I had that 5 shank ripper and had to get rid of it because it pulled up rocks that never saw the light of day ever. my grandfather had a mole on a single shank ripper and it worked well. for those that do not know what it does its for drainage. it will dry up wet spots and wet up dry spots. it will allow roots to go deeper for water in the dry years and the water to drain away in the wet years. I liked the results of the ripper I had but I hated the rocks it drug up from satins grip.

[@summerfarmestates]

nice bit of kit and good to see the FW in action

[@stephenross1581]

That crash box is going to take a bit of getting use to lol, your a star George helping raise a few quid for that brave young man ❤

[@chrislovejoy8249]

Great video George FW don't no it's got mole on its back nice sound though reminds me off my old mate back in the early 80s he drove one.👍🚜

[@charleshart6992]

Excellent video George!

[@geoffreymoore2204]

Fair play to Martin, well thought out an built piece of kit

[@DonaldFraser-c9v]

Good evening George. That could be a working scene from late 70s or early 80s an FW 30 with a big mole plough behind it looking good. As for tractors and spool valves that didn't have a float position I seem to recall Same Explorer models had 3 spools, 1 single acting with float and 2 double acting valves without a float position was the standard equipment for the late 80s / early 90s models.

[@patkelly7999]

Great work Everybody, and very well done Ernie👌👍🙏😎

[@gmartin8240]

The FW is doing well , a nice bit of kit from Ceres. Great video George 👍 🚜 🔧

[@keithgraham8906]

Love the sound of that engine

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

Gorge it is no different than a conventional Tractor to keep straight, a couple of hours on it you will be well away. A tip when turning, do not hold it in full lock, just back off a 1/4 of a turn, you will not stress the pump that way. One of the problems with the American Big Iron is they were about 10 years behind Europe. Back in the day we had a MF 1250 a superb tractor, we upgraded to a American based MF 1505 with a Cat V8 engine, we did not keep it long, after the 1250 it was crude, and years behind the times.

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Holding the steering on full lock applies to any machine, it wasn't on full lock when turning. Soon got better at driving straight 👍

[@kevinwillis9126]

Thanks George cracking vid nice to see her out working.... Take care sir...

[@bete9387]

George .the Master Fan of Ford tractors !! Best greetings from East Frisia in North West Germany from Bert !!

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Cheers Bert 👍

[@jimbostruckingvids8173]

that's just a picture mate seeing that in a field working .top job

[@neilfeatherstone2246]

George great to see the fw working

[@mrtrusty101]

Awesome mate, the "trusty" FW finally does a little bit of work.. and she sounds so sweet..

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Excellent video George, that mole plough certainly looks like a great manufactured bit of kit. As for the FW …..sounds awesome 🙌 and if the back end diff has loosened up it should be so much better on the road hopefully! 👍😊

[@kenrobinson9989]

Tat mole plough looks a good bit of kit George, in my day I used a trailing Ransomes mole plough pulled by either a Fordson County Crawler or either a Track Marshall 55 or 75? regards Ken

[@farmerchelsea1905]

good on ernie thats what i say i was that ward when i was in addenbrookes for my cnacer treatment for about 2 weeks or so so yes we will be definitely putting some donation in for the cause cant be a bit of mole draining we do it most years well done again for updates

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Cheers buh👍

[@tonysargent7787]

Good luck Ernie Bit of a funny place put the gear stick could of put somewhere more convenient Another great video has George and liz 👍

[@terabyte1695]

Fantastic tractor george love it😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@glennjackson7210]

Hi George. 35 years ago I worked in farming og drove a Ford 7700.there was 3 double action spool valves .on the hydraulic block where we connected til hydraulic pipes there was a adjust screw/bolt you could turn to adjust the pressure/flow from each spool.. not knowing but thinking.. would it be possible to turn this adjust screw all the way in or out to stop the flow the flow of oil and there by making it to a float valve.. maybe that system is on your fw 30.. its a long shot.. worth a look..

[@RaysFarming]

Hello George cracking video as always she looks a fair tool and a cracking explanation from Martin and good to see Darren aswell keep up the good work look forward to the next video 👍👍

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Cheers Ray👍

[@michaelfarrell8904]

Hi George great video as usual, that is some mole plough. GOD the FW is maken small work of that mole plough and she is just walking away with it and she is under no pressure. That beauty of a FW, she is perrin like kitten. Keep up the good work buddy 👍🏻 👏. Loven your videos. Will you be at the National Ploughing Championships next month George in Ireland 🇮🇪.

[@GeorgeSaunders]

I doubt I'll get there this year mate 👍

[@davidraynorsnow]

Class side burns

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great. Video George, my Theory about the FW 30's Hydraulics, and the float position, the majority of those tractors were sold in the USA and were used with trailed implements, thanks for sharing

[@vincentwalker7134]

Well done Darren nowt worse than getting a crash course on something especially getting filmed...👍

[@gunton21]

Great video george, some beast the fw

[@ianmckay1780]

Looks Good!!

[@DJC995]

Hi George Nice one Thanks again

[@mikejh321]

Would like to see that on the new Holland

[@markrussell147]

Definitely see a big difference if it comes a wet time again for that feild those moles will run like mad. fw looked the absolute nuts doing that draining. Keep seeing a few big trailed pig tail type cultivators for little money could see one on the fw for spring time

[@davidbaxter600]

Evening George hope you are well. That was a brilliant vlog, did enjoy the wonky GPS (George positioning system).

[@GeorgeSaunders]

😂I did get better 👌

[@michaellorio9774]

re bonjour George et Liz encore une très belle vidéo la on na fait la fête de la moisson ici dans le pas de calais on le fête tout les deux ans je suis bénévole es que tu pourrai venir avec liz dans 2 ans sa serai un bonheur , bon courage a toi pour la suite😍👍👍👍

[@GeorgeSaunders]

That would be nice if we could come over for the next one 👍

[@brendanl3071]

Hi George can you take her to the round about again to test the rear diff. Was 😅v funny watching you go around the round about 😅

[@petelamps6055]

Finally we get to see the big horse get some graft 👌 fdub marching on

[@spannerdog123]

APA232T is a Guildford registration, could this be the Ex Sir Frank Taylor tractor from his Wanborough farm nr Guildford? If so it was supplied by Watson & Haig from memory.

[@artur8403]

You can make spool into float using sharp screwdriver

[@matthiasaronjonsson3066]

I like the graphics on that Unimole :') Looks neat ;) So the main purpose of this kind of plough is to make drainage ditches for rain water? I've never seen such a plough before :)

[@glennlingard7851]

Very nice George but back in the day, and l don’t know what’s changed but we’d use our Ford 7600 to pull a single leg Blench subsoiler/ mole plough with the 4 inch expander at least 28 inches deep, by the time l went back for another run just like your doing they were running 🙂

[@GeorgeSaunders]

I think a lot to do with it Glenn is the weight of modern kit creates a lot more compaction 👍

[@glennlingard7851]

@@GeorgeSaunders ok that makes sense, cheers George.

[@johnhyde8892]

Hi George you could have a camera, on the back so you can see the mole plough.

[@fenlandrob6203]

Hi George nice to see the FW out to play in the field but in the the new Holland would be better suited. Andrew Ward has a twin leg mole behind his JD 8RX and its pulling it with ease. Fenland Rob

[@artur8403]

With FW riding back from field there is chance discovering someone already has cut road

[@simondavis6921]

That’s right mate

[@GeorgeSaunders]

It all depends on the ground, you need weight to pull the moles

[@nickhill3362]

Could see the concentration 😳 as your getting used to the Fw and that's great 😎it shows that she's a different beast to what you're use to George 👍 she is a brilliant asset to your channel recon if she was on that flat lift the other year it would have saved the transmission on the fastrac mate

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Yeah would have definitely saved the Fastrac 👍

[@darrenlord5439]

Great job

[@Rickwardful]

It would be relatively easy to create a float on the linkage using that top RH (what was) spool valve. Just ‘T’ into the pressure down side of the ram circuit and dump the oil back into the tractor hydraulics. You could if you wanted add a restrict or pressure relief valve to still make it power-down.

[@jamessparrow6549]

Nice pice of kit 👌

[@sebhaines8264]

Our fw changes gear no problem if you just take slack up on clutch rather than all way down then it dosent engage clutch brake

[@markdonoghue1013]

Your not well that is a beast 😮

[@svengranzow3702]

Hallo george Nice Film from cutting fieldground say the German People

[@ianfaulkner4398]

Another great video to watch on a Saturday night, I noticed that you have a hell of a lot of round bales and a lot are all saggy and squashed surely that can't be good. Why do you not build a silage clamp and no faffing around opening round bales in winter.

[@colinmeatyard9093]

If it's frank Taylor old fw seen it working several times north side of hogs back guilford

[@PeteWilliams-sb7nf]

I think that FW has a really good engine in it,sounds perfect.

[@oliverprouduser]

We’ve just had hard oxe mole plough legs and shins made up by a local company £190 a leg a new leg which was not hard oxe was £300! Already done 100 acres leg still hasn’t been touched.

[@Ian6630premium]

Can you change your lift arm spool to single acting so it only lifts and drops with gravity or are the rams horizontal not vertical?

[@alexveldhuis6004]

The rams are vertical, so yes it can work that way, except they are double acting. But some equipment that is mounted via the 3 point linkage needs it to float, ie: let the arms go up and down without being locked. Without a float setting, there is no way to let oil flow in and out of the rams and they remain stuck. If for example there is a sudden rise or fall in the ground, the implement will not just follow the contours of the ground. What should be possible is to modify the hydraulic system to incorporate valving/circuitry that includes float capacity on all the spools as well as the 3 point linkage that it already had. it might just cost a bit to get it done.

[@jimgannon1917]

George, mole from the drain over pass.

[@bobpaterson1845]

Good video George 👍 no disrespect to you but think a foot throttle would help the gear changing a lot 🤔 really good looking bit of kit that mole plough an to be fair didn't really give the FW much of a load 🙄 did that field have flooding issues that you decided to mole plough it 🤔👍

[@craigdoig9486]

32:52 great content

[@Rx37Legacy]

I've never seen one of those machines! I'm guessing the function is to create a natural tile line without the actual pipe for the water to run in? Is that really worth doing?

[@richardthomasmillican3980]

A clay soil and existing pipe drainage system is beneficial, the mole crosses the existing system pipes above and at an angle and outfalls into the stone backfill. In heavy soils they last for several years.

[@AlexLindley-u5f]

FW use to be a Big Tractor !- Seem average size nowadays

[@michaelslinn7472]

George are you going to put auto steer system in the FW like the TW

[@GeorgeSaunders]

I think it's got to be done 👍

[@Martin-t9s4y]

Love the tractor are you going to get GPS for it

[@GeorgeSaunders]

I think I'll have to put the Chcnav system on it

[@eddief3326]

do not drive across when wet. not deep at all . different dirt . we pulled 6, 32 in deep on most of are ground every year. pulled a subsoiler 38 in deep with 2 points and broke the cross bar. 2745 massy 2wheel drive

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Be absolutely pointless going that deep as it would break through all of the land drains, it's that deep for a reason

[@MasterBlue7225]

There design reminds me of a rytec

[@billupstateny9151]

Mole plowing not very popular here, we install permanent tile if we go through the effort to pull a single shank plow. 🚜🙏👌

[@alexveldhuis6004]

It really only works in conjunction with an existing permanent drainage system, where ideally the mole drains are run across the actual drains at angle for max impact. the mole drains are then only short runs while intersecting the gravel runs above the main drains and water feeds by gravity into the main drains. Main drains should be at 36 inch depth, mole drains at 24 inches. I personally feel George is too shallow at 20 inch because he may not always reach the gravel normally placed in a layer on top of the actual drains.

[@GeorgeSaunders]

In the next video we have a look at the job the mole is doing 👍

[@Easydrillman]

What year is your FW30

[@GeorgeSaunders]

78

[@geoffscott-coomber1408]

On the road just use range change leave gear box in top see you at old warden steam rally if you are going

[@GeorgeSaunders]

That's a good shout Geoff 👍 yes I hope to go, be good catch up 👍

[@EagleMiles]

What is the full purpose

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Helps with draining water off the field, full explanation in the next video

[@kenmonk8262]

as straight as a gun barrel 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenross1581]

You need another leg on that mole plough Gorge ❤

[@GeorgeSaunders]

On that test field it pulled it with ease, when I got going proper it would never pull 2, video out soon 👍

[@davepayne586]

nice but i want to see that big plow on that tw,

[@colincampbell3679]

Hey George, Hope you don't mind answering a question I've got? What is the propose of this odd attachment. I know a plough cuts and overturns ground and a Cultivator helps break up lumpy plough up ground, But what does this do for the ground that a plough don't do? Since it is one blade instead of say 4 to 10 plough blades.

[@alexveldhuis6004]

It creates a drain for the soil that will last about 5 years. it also acts as a subsoiler to really disturbs to soil at a deeper level, the effect of which spreads out from that low point at 24inches up through about 45 degree angle both sides of that leg, affecting about 2.5 m of soil per run. Each run is normally about 3 m (10feet) apart. The use of them though should not be considered a replacement to a proper drainage system. It should be considered only as a worthwhile helper to a proper drains system. Mole drains should be drawn across the drains to help it get rid of excess water. The ceramic blob on the chain should be following the leg and it is that bit that creates the drain. It is ceramic because it is much harder wearing than steel is and it gets very hot.

[@Jeff-bg7pt]

You didn't do a walk round check your nearside wing mirror is folded in😢

[@smallsuffolkfarmer]

What's the horsepower of that fw?

[@GeorgeSaunders]

300hp

[@smallsuffolkfarmer]

@@GeorgeSaunders so the big New Holland could handle it then.

[@GeorgeSaunders]

@@smallsuffolkfarmer power will be fine, it's just whether it'll be able to put that power to the ground, we'll find out....👍

[@MartinClayton-n1b]

Think it's going be to long Not going hit headlands drains if pulling down to Drains water will not hit Pipe still have wet field Must know were they run Need plenty of red great jop

[@marks7502]

FW don't know its there

[@Massey-Lee]

What is the point of doing that ant it wast of time

[@GeorgeSaunders]

It helps with drainage especially in wet spots, the next video will show exactly what it is doing

[@simondavis6921]

Total overkill George that FW on that moler

[@GeorgeSaunders]

It's really not when you get on tougher ground, you want something that can pull nice and steady to make a nice mole

[@mikebauer9202]

Poor mans tile.

[@GeorgeSaunders]

How so?

[@geraldbeard856]

mole plough's been out for donkey's years..........i've seen a few 3 legged one's........your tractor's would pull a 3 legger wouldn't they

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Not a chance, one leg is plenty in tight ground

[@PeteWilliams-sb7nf]

The old FW doesn't look like it has even a sweat on George,easy easy.