Match Plough Training Day 4

[@pauldeacy9989]

If I had the knowledge I'd give scores but as it is I'm just in awe of the skill. I'm amazed at the amount of adjustment involved. Another great vid

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@stephen4032]

These videos are invaluable. I went to a ploughing match this January as observer just to watch the different stages. Thanks from Ireland.

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Glad we are able to make ploughing matches more interesting for you.

[@holbrook134]

Thanks I’ve really enjoyed seeing how much effort these guys put into plowing I found a couple of two bottom plows in the next town over . People don’t do this around here but I would like to give it a try

[@Casterton-Vintage]

You should try it. Can you find someone to help you get started?

[@johnd7288]

Another great video ! Not easy ploughing with a crowd of people watching things some times go wrong ! But they are doing a good job ! I'll give them all 10 out 10 !

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the support.

[@charleshart6992]

Another excellent video! What these chaps achieve is brilliant in most cases! I'm not qualified to mark a score, just wonderful to watch!

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Many thanks!

[@betlw]

Wish I could be there, thank you for sharing.

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@bobpaterson1845]

Excellent video picked up a few pointers along the way 👌 as for points for the various rigs throughout the day afraid i dont feel qualified to comment on what for the most part was excellent ploughing 💪💪👍

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Glad to hear the video was useful.👍

[@johndeere1951a]

Just a spectator from New Hampshire 🇺🇲 I'm just a casual grass cutter with my 1951 John Deere midel "A" w/ No.5 7-foot sickle power mower, all same age as me. Cheers ✌️

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Sounds great!

[@charlespaynter8987]

Ah yes wine glass ends. Took a bit to work out how to avoid them when I first started my ploughing career with a TW20 and a 7 F semi mounted Dowdeswell reversible plough in the 1980’s near Dover. Later I moved on through TW35 plus a Rabe slatted furrow push pull set up and ended up contract ploughing in Bedfordshire/Northants first with 2 Cat D8’s plus 10/11 F Dowdeswell trailed ploughs and then finally a Challenger 75D & Dowdeswell 11 F DD high clearance plough. Very different sort of ploughing to turn in a lot of chopped straw fast into clay soils with crude semi digger setups leaving a rough surface ready to work down nothing like the video. I’m no match ploughman so don’t know the technical side of conventional match ploughing but I’ll have a go. Aside from the obvious technical points you highlighted I would mark most of those efforts in the high teens as below: Straight-Most were very good Matching furrow shape & sizes- Most did this very well Evenness of furrow height and form across the plots- Most were nice and even producing a level surface. Surface plant/trash material fully turned in a buried effectively.- All very good Ends- Mostly even & tidy with no bends. Furrows well formed and soil fully turned at the trip mark. Starts and finishes- too technical for me but they mostly matched up very well leaving even finishes with all surface litter properly buried Overall I would have struggled to sort a winner - there was a lot of extremely good work which looked a real picture👍👌 Thanks for the video

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Thanks for sharing your ploughing history. You have worked some very impressive setups! Thanks also for commenting on the match ploughing.

[@johnCurran-d8j]

Do you have any video on four sod opening split. Thanks

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Sorry to say, I don't.

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Just a great video. I certainly can’t make any comment on points. It all looks good to me. But I’ve been in that problem with the finish. That was wonderful ground to be ploughing. I seen thing in this video that are firmlar, but don’t understand some of it. But. I only plow once a year sadly. And it’s more of a fun thing for me. But would be nice to understand more. And I just have a Ferguson tractor and plow. So adjustments are limited. But a nice working basic Ferguson plough can do a very nice job at ploughing. A question. Are the furrows not judged the first 6 feet and the last 6 feet. I’ve heard of that, but the judges here judge it all. Thanks again for this video. I quite enjoyed it. I may watch it again. 👋👋

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Pleased to hear that there was useful info in the video for you. The judging process includes all aspects of the ploughing including the following items - Opening split, Start, Seed bed, Firmness, Uniformity, Finish, Ins and outs, Straightness and finally, General appearance. I think our UK system is similar, if not identical to, the world system.

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

@@Casterton-Vintage I think you’re right.

[@blackhat400]

Trailing Ploo makes the best job..

[@DavidGorey-up5tc]

Hi would you do one of these videos with horses ploughing

[@Casterton-Vintage]

I would if I could find a field full of horses ploughing. Have you seen this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6msZ3euiJ2Ljbc

[@davesanderson5229]

Really enjoyed the training day wouldn't presume to leave a score on folk who would rings around me ploughing. Keep up the videos, look forward to them

[@Casterton-Vintage]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks 👍

[@Ro33ie19]

7:45 looks like somat I’d do