Beginners Guide To Ploughing Part 1 Plough Set Up And Tips

[@jeffjefferson3364]

Finally someone explaining the draft controls. Thanks

[@simonprice1938]

As an experienced "commercial " ploughman of over 40 yrs this is an excellent video... Esp the tyre pressure. Most wouldn't bother to adjust them, but really important

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

Great video, thank you for posting. Very good point you have on crossing Tram Lines, and the importance of Tyre Pressures. Your plough is making a good job too. I use to enjoy ploughing on top with an MF 1250 and a 4 Furrow Dowdswell Reversible DP1 offset plough

[@tractor180350]

Thanks KV 6080 that was a really good guide on how to set up for ploughing my friend `s son as just started to learn so I will show him your video I am sure he will find it very useful.

[@pauleng883]

Saving up to try buy myself a good 4 furrow reversible plough to learn to do some good ploughing. Have done very little ploughing in my time but I love to see expert ploughing. Great video.

[@boothienz8021]

Thank you, first time plougher here so those were great tips

[@hiscifi2986]

Nice to see some ploughing on hilly and sloping land. We used to have the same sort of slope on one of our fields at the old farm. I noticed that the land in the field the other side of the hedge was 10 foot lower than ours... Must have been caused by many hundreds of years cultivating, making the topsoil slip down the hill..

[@perfectionist2032]

There are a lot of watch me plough videos but not many how to plough videos. Thanks for sharing! P.s I subscribed.

[@mauricecahill3385]

Fantastic stuuf here!! Great first hand instruction on the proper setup KV!! Mahoosive soil ya got lad and cracking work !!!! 110%!!!!

[@user-rd3vh3hw3n]

I would like to join you great stuff here

[@dennisbean7336]

Fantastic different from when I was ploughing a field Fantastic video

[@jhynes2116]

Thanks Jeff very helpful👍

[@casto-]

Nice job 👍 not sure my 2 furrow plough would work on my old girl 😂. I'd make a he'll of a mess but it would be quick 😂

[@paulgardiner472]

You Sir, are a star!

[@mikeclifton7778]

Redirected here from George Saunders' channel, excellent vid, thanks.

[@TheHalloweenmasks]

I am not a farmer but I have always had a fascination with ploughs. I would love to build one at model scale, is there any technical info for these ploughs anyplace?

[@ajadrew]

Really interesting! Have always wanted to know about ploughing even though, & coming from a farming background in Suffolk, I know nothing about! It's the headlands which you cover in pt2 which fascinate me. I've always wondered how & why is it done like that? Seems like you're not using GPS as well?

[@JonDingle]

Very interesting stuff. I have never done any ploughing but it has always fascinated me. What I would like to know is how do you where to start in the field? in other words, how do you recognize the lay of the land to know where to start/direction to start in.

[@GEOFFKV6080]

Thank you. With me been the plough man here and ploughing these fields every year, I know which way I've ploughed them the previous year so,

[@the-elite-firmtiger4881]

Brilliant video 📹 Everything nicely explained in detail which is appreciated by me and im sure by most of the viewers . Keep up the good work 👏 👍 All the best

[@matthewfitzsimmons6369]

Doing a good job, 👍🏻 a hydraulic front furrow makes it easy just to give it a little tweak as you go, I just knock it in a bit off 90 degrees to the ground and I never use the draft

[@paddyboy557]

Very good vid Kev the best beginner vid on the net

[@Lyndhurstkelpies]

Should you make sure the tyre pressures and link arms are same length before hitching the plough on??

[@OutofTownwithRobinBell]

Thanks Mate really great video👍

[@antonyfarming]

Fantastic very informative didn't know that tyre pressure was that important looks as good as jonny 1388😅 How many acres do you plough pre hour?

[@GEOFFKV6080]

Thanks Antony. Probably only 2 to 3 acre hour, not a great out put in our fields as we have alot of small ones, so have to spend a fare bit of time doing headlands. Tyre pressure very important

[@EAkSn]

Wonderful video KV! Not many of this kind! I’ll ne following you from now on!

[@timgulotta7595]

Not many rocks in my area. Looking at a Knerveland without auto resets. Told the force to shear bolts is higher than auto reset. Would you ever consider shear bolt style?

[@GEOFFKV6080]

@@timgulotta7595 I would never have a shear bolt plough. On land round us you would will be constantly replacing them

[@derektinkler4120]

Nice video thank you for explaining how to set a plough up regardless of what size plough would you set it up the same way? How does the tractor and plough react when you hit a patch of clay?

[@GEOFFKV6080]

Thanks Derek. Always hard in clay as it doesn't flow through plough very well and wants to stick to the mould boards. Tractor normally needs to come down a couple of gears

[@roberthiggins6401]

That was a good explanation KV and from what I can see it was matching up and looked nice and level. Do you enter in to your local ploughing match and or do you have your own vintage or modern tractor for matches and fun? I'd quite happily watch an unedited video of you are a match. Look forward to the headlands, take care.

[@GEOFFKV6080]

Thanks Robert. I have entered local match from time to time, often there as a judge. I don't own my own plough or tractor but am looking for a nice 2 furrow reversible

[@zzirSnipzz1]

Was just thinking aboout lift arms my ole boy always tells me that lol Thanks for the guide will hopefully get a chance to try it

[@jmurray236]

Cheers lad. Very helpful.

[@georgedoorley5628]

would a 3 furrow conventional 16 " plough be better on stony land , versus a 3 furrow reversible , both kverneland ......... ? can you plough without a dept wheel , or does having one make the plough run more even ..... have only a tl 90 , so am inclined to go for the standard ab plough as not to break up a small tractor with the extra weight of the reversible ...........

[@johncrimmins1087]

Brilliant video. I have a manual vari width ld100. Find that top link can be a bit off centre when plough either side. Not sure its something to do with vari width or the cross shaft?any advice.... Left the cross shaft as it was when i bought it. Ploughing 14 inches now on 520s...prob could run it out to 16 but ploughing mainly grass for reseeding and dont want to go to deep. Again great video and videos in general.

[@GEOFFKV6080]

Sorry I havnt got back to you till now. I plough on 520 and 14 inch. I would check the cross shaft make sure its centred, I think I would go back to basics and check everything from tyres to lift arms. And make sure all the adjustments on the plough are the same from side to side. It might just be the plough isn't stood 90 degrees to work, if its leaning towards your work it will pull wide, if leaning way it will pull narrow.

[@samrackham4774]

Any advice to a newbie wanting to get into farming I have an opportunity but just a little unsure

[@seanmoriarty404]

Another great vid. I was thinking of getting a 3 furrow rev plough, land here is heavy and stoney any advice for setting up in that type of land...and also i know combi wheel sets depth for back of plough, how do you set the depth for the front of the plough with the link arms

[@GEOFFKV6080]

Thanks Sean.If its stoney try not to be to deep but deep enough to make a job and not pull stone, make sure the auto resets are in good working order. Yes your correct you control the front furrow depth with the lift arms

[@seanmoriarty404]

Tks for reply. What size boards have you on the kv and what width furrow do you plough..? I would be looking to plough shallow here in grass approx 6inchs deep at most on 480 tyres...what size board and furrow width would you recommend.....tks again great vid on ploughing headlands aswell btw....

[@GEOFFKV6080]

@@seanmoriarty404 I've got number 8 boards on, the plough working on 14 inch furrows. 480 tyres would be ideal for these and 6 inch no problem, we've got stoney land I've plough at 5 inch no problem

[@SAB_Agri]

Good help ok 👍 what's your average speed on ground like that ?

[@GEOFFKV6080]

normally in stubbles about 5 mph any faster the skimmers start chucking trash on top

[@calumbourke4632]

Good video kv were are you from

[@GEOFFKV6080]

Near whitby

[@kalle8836]

what is the draft thing u needed to use?

[@agroGiann]

Would you like to give me a little help. I had plough a lot of acres but i cannot understand something. I got a few days ago a new lemken juwel 8 and pull it with a 6250r. From one side the top link runs straight, but when i reverse it the top link tilts to the furrow. Same adjustment both sides. If you help me i ll pay you if you ask me 😂 Greetings from Greece my friend

[@GEOFFKV6080]

Thanks for getting in touch. I will try to help you out. First thing i would do is start with the tractor. Check the tyre pressures are all correct, then i would check that all the lift arms are exactly the same length. If any thing here is wrong then that will put the plough out even if everything on the plough is set the same. Once you have them set correct then turn to the plough, make sure everything is exactly the same length. Start by getting your working depth the same, Then make sure it is running level parrallel to the ground, then you need to check the turn over stops are the same to get the plough to run vertical, if the plough is over towards the ploughed ground it will make the front furrow wider, if it lent away from the ploughed ground the front furrow will run narrow,.which will pull your top link out of line. Once you have all these set right you should check the front furrow width is at the correct width. Hopefully if everything is correct it should run fine. Hope this helps

[@agroGiann]

@@GEOFFKV6080 first of all thank you very much brother for your time to spend here helping me. I will make sure all of this you said to me is correct. One more thing if you may. Front furrow width should be exactly the same as the others furrows? I use 710mm tires and i ploughing in heavy and light(sandy) fields. Does this make any difference? Thank you again.

[@GEOFFKV6080]

No problem. In an ideal world your front furrow width should be the same as all the other furrows. In light land you will find it will run wider and in the heavier land will pull narrow. It's just a case of adjusting it and trying different settings to match the conditions, and hopefully you'll get it to run fine. Let me know how you get on and if you've managed to get it to run ok

[@agroGiann]

@@GEOFFKV6080 thank you sir. We had rain for a couple of days, so when i will be able to plough i will definitely tell you. The one thing i can tell is that i am ploughing corn fields after harvest and the fields is full of trash( not like after harvest corn silage) and skimmers makes wonderful job. Nothing stays on the surface. Thanks a lot!!!!!

[@brucelumsden94]

Do you do competitive ploughing?

[@davidmead731]

No seagulls? We get a lot them following the plough here in Hampshire. Any obvious reason?

[@stuartrose9540]

Seagulls only follow good ploughing,lol

[@georgedoorley5628]

they cannot be every where at once ....................

[@davidmead731]

George Doorley Ho Ho - how would you know unless you can be in two places at once!

[@pauleng883]

No seagulls = no worms in the soil I reckon.

[@TF856]

The video might not be bad but the audio is horrible! All I hear is the roar of the engine. I can't hear a single word he's saying!

[@liamkeane9159]

Tyre pressure ur arse