PLOUGH KEEPS BREAKING! IS THE FORD TW TOO POWERFUL?

More ploughing sports fans! The Ford TW25 is working hard! The Dowdeswell DP7 fell apart again so had to be welded up. Part 2 will follow soon, where i'll see if the TW will keep up with the New Holland T7 210

[@cibie01]

Bet Richard was enjoying sitting in the T7 reading your smoke signals thinking george has found some heavy ground lol.

[@SteveIOW]

Nice one George, was 1985 the last time i ploughed. Must say one of the best jobs you can do sat in a tractor trying to keep a straight line. Not easy.

[@jasondavies4887]

Love to see the old tractors earning their keep. It's so funny, but we all do it, talking to the tractor when she is struggling, dying down or losing grip. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@gmartin8240]

Great work and footage of the TW working hard ploughing 🚜👍. Keep the good work up.

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Wow, what an excellent video George!! I’m not surprised you love spending a day ploughing in the old TW - the sound it produces is absolutely awesome, fantastic tractor, I could watch and listen to it all day. Must be a cracking experience actually driving it? Your one lucky superstar!

[@ianhaggart1438]

Nice work with the tw. Think your needing a tool box for her though😉. Nice seeing the old girl out in the sunshine 👍. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@chrisharris4990]

Great vid George. We pull Dowdeswell 7 board with 300 horse and it has been really reliable but grass has tough old roots!

[@andyellis307]

Great vid good to see the TW working for a living doesn't look like that ground has been moved in a while.

[@ginggur17]

I bet that land smelled lovely, grass and fresh soil. 👍👍👍

[@comedyash]

Love to see the T-Dub out there working hard, legendary machine hope the Dowdeswell hangs in there, nothing like a good spot of ploughing. Keep up the great content :)

[@michaellorio9774]

re bonjour George c est un bonheur de voir le Ford laboure , sa me rappel le 110,54 et le 1455et le fiat 180.90 quand je laboure , une très belle vidéo bon courage a toi pour la suite 😍👍👍👍👍

[@steviechalmers1218]

Great to see the old TW at work George 👍

[@jackhume4532]

Good evening George, great work ploughing that grass field in and until next time TaRa for a bit.

[@tonymorgan3526]

Great video George, nice to see a bit of blue power for a change, love the old fords 🚜🚜🚜👍

[@fredharrowven1040]

Hi George hope you are well. There is something about ploughing I just love watching you ploughing keep it up 👍.you stay safe and well.🌈🌈🚜🚜🛠👀

[@TheSnafflepup]

If you're pulling the plough apart then firstly dowdswells were always pretty poor and often had more weld than metal when ours got binned for that reason went to kvernlands LB variwidth near unbreakable on cambs/northants thick clay. And secondly I can hear my late Dads words drive to ya conditions son..lol first thing he told me aged 7 first ploughing lesson 😁

[@bumpkinrocks]

Great to see the old girl chucking out plenty of smoke💪👌

[@andygraves3658]

Repairs. Bodge it and Scarper springs to mind :-D .. Joking, enjoying more quality content from your channel :-)

[@kevinsail3176]

Great Video love a bit of ploughing with the tw

[@duncanmardell6688]

whats not to like great video love seeing the tw pulling hard with lots of nice black smoke !!!!!

[@DJC995]

Nice One George Thanks

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great George Saunders Video, thanks for sharing

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Cheers Tony 👍

[@charleshart6992]

Great video George!

[@bobpaterson1845]

Was really surprised to hear the TW just dyin when 7 hit that piece o ground 😳 reckon that been well compacted 🤔 plough makin a decent job good video 👍👍

[@stevbrkr]

George, I think that depth wheel hits the deck when you turn the plough over. Are you catching it as you reverse and turn it over at the same time, putting strain on that pin? I am certain I saw that happen at one point in the vid but cannot find it in a review. Have a look and you may need to make sure you only turn over with the tractor stationary. Love your videos here in Aus.

[@kevinwillis9126]

Thanks George great vid sir. And i must admit the TW sounds great under load.. Take care sir..

[@timmimagic3337]

Great vid as usual George, keep up the good work! Soon b spring 💪👍👍👍

[@sandymcghee3328]

Nice to see the tw ploughing keep them coming 👍😂😂🤣🤣🚜👩‍🌾

[@LD-jk1qy]

Goooooooodddddddd old TW POWER old school all the way never let's u down. Another quality video George 💪

[@deanfryers1407]

Good ole boy George, love the video . T Dub. Keep em coming.

[@ballyhoulihanagrivideos397]

Lovely. The tractor seems to be going well.What depth the ploughing ?

[@vincentwalker7134]

That's a bit of tuff going George. Guessing you don't get to plough to much grassland. I noticed your trees are still in leaf as they are here in the north. Seasons are changing.....

[@thomassteadman6781]

Amazing video George tdub sounding fab pulling that plough there is nothing wrong with having to powerfull tractor for that sort of job bet on that sort of ground the fastrac would struggle to pull that plough

[@obfarming6224]

See that’s where the old case magnum where better because u could drop down the gears on the go. Good to see the old TW at work

[@sggibson62]

I’m amazed when you overlap you don’t bring more trash up 👍

[@billupstateny9151]

Always great content 🚜🚜👌👌

[@rolnics]

Didn't quite catch what you said in the quick clip when the wheel feel of your plough.....was it "fudge"?! TW was growling nicely on those hard spots!

[@upthereds4939]

Nope , its just a dowdswell . Get a Kverneland George 😂 great vid as always 👍🏻

[@super6954]

Thats what we did in 1988 never got a full season out of a used Dowdeswell, it kept breaking points off or the holders as well, if it didn't blow the factory spec shear bolts ploughing on shale in West Wales. bought a brand new auto reset kvernland 4 f reversible, and added a furrow press that wasn't on the 4f DP. We still pulled it with the same 1046 IH she'd go as fast as you'd ever want. It would never stop as she'd trip out all 4 legs in a row if it got close to the shale, and rip it up in the furrow. A local contractor pulled the same plow without the press, he figured his opened up 155 + horse 1255 with fluid clutch wouldn't pull it being equal to 5 f with the press L.O.L

[@upthereds4939]

@@super6954 Great memories I bet!! Was that one of the packomat Presses thats built onto the plough and you flip it over hydraulically when you flip the plough ? They’re a great job still see some going around here

[@super6954]

@@upthereds4939It was a fully towed flexicoil with 2 coil rolls in. it had a hitch either side on the roll unit. Then an arm mounted by the headstock on the plough to catch it at the start of the next run,. it worked ok on long runs, but it had to be towed between fields with another tractor. It was a pain on headlands or the first pass to so we power harrowed them, but it still saved time with seed bed prep on 90% of our land. we never contract ploughed with it either . I have great memories of the 1046 tractor even after 20 years in Canada. I wish we'd shipped it. It was rarer in the Uk with the comfort 2000 cab. she did us well with over 10,000 hrs on with 1 rebuilt motor because it spun a bearing. at 5000. Last time I saw it was a picture in a tractor magazine I get sent over about 15 years ago when it was sitting in the back of Richard Baggots tractor shed with others he had advertised ,Hopefully she still lives as a classic and wasn't converted for a tractor puller or scrapped.

[@SaoPauloNX]

love your new intro.. last one was fairly loud... :D

[@rufus_farming_life]

Great video

[@Lordwilliams1990]

how do you find the ucn boards in sward? Just bought a ma 100s fitted with them, Yet to try her out in the field, needs a little bit of work on the wearparts.

[@berrypainter]

George, does all your ground require moldboard plowing ?

[@robertkeable1627]

Nice. Thanks.

[@antonyfarming]

Great job tw working hard 😬👍

[@lukeduffy2158]

Savage fecken tractor George.no smoke no poke.👌👌👌👌👌

[@samdunphy2003]

How many weight slices do you need George?

[@Hugh.Gilbert]

Looks like the old TW might be struggling a bit on the tough areas with the plough Good excuse to start looking at an FW at last? ;) lol

[@bfprentice]

What happened to the window wiper ,nice ploughing

[@guylewis4770]

What no base ball cap George.? Plough seems to be working well.

[@farmerchelsea1905]

thats looks very good soil for wheat crop lt of body to it was that up towards railway crossing

[@svengranzow3702]

Hallo george you ploughing the greenland for field.the gras bring a little organic in the ground

[@landyandy7]

A nice 5 furrow reversable lemken with slatted mouldboards would be a better plough behind the Tdub , lighter but a lot stronger & easier to pull

[@MrJumaLOkal]

TW 15 I think was made stronger and heavier than assignments we give it. I had chisel oft breaking in 1993 wheat plantations of Narok Olepolos.

[@wolfe1970]

Looks like you being playing with that hedge cutter on your hair again George 🤣

[@Branno46]

Any reason why your ploughing up what looks like a good hay/ haylidge field

[@johngilbert5430]

Are you putting it in to arable or just resending.

[@langanagri8144]

Will we see the tw get a led light kit ?

[@lesthompson5907]

That looks bit of heavy work son ,

[@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9]

That ground is heavy if you were over here in Tennessee you could send it and never get in a hard pull unless you grabbed a rock

[@dafyddmason4559]

Don't think Greta will be sending you a Christmas card with what came up the exhaust 😂😂

[@HarryVigers]

If you need any pins or anything else give Dunn’s ploughs a call we sell everything for dowdeswell

[@byronlyford7075]

Seeing an old girl work is so good, love the videos!

[@farmerfuller87]

Still putting days work in good old bus.

[@jamesswanton9377]

TW super tractor but in reply to a previous comment maybe she was in low dua power and he couldn't change down.

[@M_Grezo]

Hi farmer guru: buy a double-sided universal wheel for plows there, or something simpler from another plow.

[@2626stephen]

Bice one George

[@joehames5441]

Is it neccesary to plough?

[@zaskarelite]

Wat horse is tw,, I used to get a shot of an 8210,are they similar, sounds similar?

[@GeorgeSaunders]

150hp, quite similar, the tw25 has a long wheelbase whereas the 8210 is a short wheelbase model and about a 115hp

[@jt-eb9fw]

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[@Pete68T]

Hi George Why Don't you Use Duel Power to Knock it down When it Gets Heavy ? Thats What they Invented it for So you Don't Break the Drive By Declutching to Change Down. I have heard you Say before You Like to Set off in High Duel Power But You Wont Hurt it Going Low to High or High Low in Difficult Spots Its One Of the Best Things Ford Made on These Tractors I used to Drive 7810/7610 5th Gear With Low then High Duel Power With 4 Furrow Dowdswell And Used it All the Time Under Heavy Loads And Never Brock Anything😊

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Optimum gear on this ground was 5th low dual power which is what I was in most of the time. The tractor goes from high to low no problem, but when he going from low to high there's is too much of a delay in the uptake of the gear, so when the tractor is under a lot of draught stress like when it's ploughing it stops before re-engaging which isn't very kind to any of the drive components. Hence why I avoid up changes under load, I have explained all this In one of the ploughing videos.

[@Joey0353]

I guess is just a material fatigue.

[@richardbath3645]

Looking a bit wet George but great video as all ways

[@johnlong3214]

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[@RichardJW1]

why not rotavate off the turf?

[@davepayne9162]

i loved plowing ,good video

[@joeinglis132]

See you still got the old plough metal on it

[@patkelly7999]

Good job George:):)

[@edfranklin1097]

Hope you treat your wife with the same care that you do the TW. 🤣🤣🤣

[@alanchatfield4271]

I think you should use a 7610 on the plough, 5 furrows no front weights

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Why?

[@alanchatfield4271]

@@GeorgeSaunders because the 6.6 litre 6 cylinder 12 valve cross flow head of the tw 25 is to powerful for the Dowdeswell,, to be honest I was only joking saying about the 7610, would love to see it tho, definitely need front weights and I would be frustratingly slow, don't bother with 7610 🤣

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Ahh I'm with you now lol! Think the 7610 might struggle to lift it😂

[@alanchatfield4271]

@@GeorgeSaunders double assistor rams and the 7610 would just lift the 5,, would need 1000kg on the front tho,, have you ever tried your tw25 on the 6 furrow with just the belly weights? Does she stay down?

[@GeorgeSaunders]

This 5 furrows heavier than normal, the depth wheel is foam filled and solid, it ways an absolute ton! Which is why it's not to kind to the turnover mechanism. Yes if you look at some of the videos from a few years ago, I used to pull a 6 furrow DP7 still with the front wafer weights

[@russellpetrie119]

drop it down a gear and higher revs that last bit must have been a road packed in tight making her grunt

[@keithroberthalliday9572]

Tw is awsome tractor get windows closed she a beauty

[@Countrystock]

No cap George???? Nearly didn’t recognise you!!!!

[@jamesmccambridge7457]

She is just an old girl george, l think you expect too much of her, she does very well after all that is a mighty plough, given a chance she'll get the job done, she keeps her head down and never gives in😂😂😂😂😂

[@bufferbridge]

never gives in?, thought she gave in a time or two there, typical of a ford, lovely if you can keep the revs up but not a lot of low down grunt

[@radharcanna]

It must be pretty noisy in that cab. Not good for the ears.

[@kevinramsey1040]

I would of sub soiled that field first

[@tommurphy6062]

He never said what they are planting 🧐

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Fairly sure I mention it in a following video. It's wheat by the way.

[@idontgetit3739]

George, help settle an argument for me please, we know you're in Beds. but you're accent sounds Lincs. to me but my mate reckons it doesn't, so are you or are you not a Lincs. lad?

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Bedfordshire born and bred 😂

[@idontgetit3739]

@@GeorgeSaunders ahhhh crap, that's me down a fiver then 🤣

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Haha sorry buh, I should have just lied for you😂

[@idontgetit3739]

@@GeorgeSaunders 🤣🤣

[@sweed58]

Old fords always looked like they ran on coal 😄

[@HarryVigers]

If you need any pins or anything else give Dunn’s ploughs a call we sell everything for dowdeswell

[@louisegoffin842]

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