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- March 18, 2011 at 4:17 pm #42545
jac
ParticipantFinally the rain stopped. We have had a good spell with slight morning frost . So couldnt wait any longer and hitched the 2 mares to my new plow. Old turf certainly tests your sense of humour but the horses were really patient with me..
JohnMarch 18, 2011 at 4:30 pm #66381Big Horses
ParticipantLove it John!! What’s all that green stuff on the ground?:confused: Ours is white.
March 18, 2011 at 5:47 pm #66383Andy Carson
ModeratorWoo-Hoo John! Are you the first to break ground this year? I am trying so hard to be patient…
March 18, 2011 at 6:13 pm #66386ParticipantI just couldnt stand it any longer Andy !!! the twitch in my left eye was getting worse.. John do you still have snow ?.. I have to say the kv bottom certainly pulls easy. Does exactly what it says in the ads:)…
JohnMarch 18, 2011 at 6:38 pm #66391FELLMAN
ParticipantThats fantastic yoke jac !! Ive often wonderd if you could get a plough like that for horses now i know you can, brilliant keep the pics comming ,shame to be ploughing that lovely grass in i could lend you sheep to graze it all off 🙂
March 18, 2011 at 6:47 pm #66387ParticipantI recon 4 of your Fell’s could manage a plow like that. They never caught on over here in the horse era. The British farmer was afraid of change. Our American cousins led the way with inovations.. though Scots did the initial inventing 😀
JohnMarch 18, 2011 at 6:58 pm #66385mitchmaine
Participanthi john, nice looking furrow. looks like you got that plow figured out. give her heck, mitch
March 18, 2011 at 7:33 pm #66392Participant@jac 25753 wrote:
I recon 4 of your Fell’s could manage a plow like that. They never caught on over here in the horse era. The British farmer was afraid of change. Our American cousins led the way with inovations.. though Scots did the initial inventing 😀
JohnIf i could get a team of 4 fells ploughing with a plough like that oh man it would be better than winning the lottery for me !!! where did you get the plough if you don’t mind me asking ? i was at the Scottish ploughing champs at jedburgh and thought the traditional brittish ploughs looked awful hard work , i had designed a plough with with wheels and a seat in my head before i got home:D and for the life of me couldn’t understand how it never happened at the time but as you say old farmers frightened of change !! brilliant really brilliant !!
March 18, 2011 at 10:03 pm #66384ModeratorIf you don’t mind me asking, what you planning to plant? I am also curious about the direction you have chosen to plow. It looks a little like you are going up and down a slight hill, but it might be the angle of the pictures…
March 18, 2011 at 10:53 pm #66376goodcompanion
ParticipantVery nice first furrow. I bet you are proud of that plow and the team that pulls it. We’re lonely enough in the northeast with such draft accomplishments as we can manage. But probably not one in a million, quite literally, in the UK can harness a team and open a land.
The landscape in the background is evocative too. It speaks of a human scale and benign patterns of use, in a way totally different from the landscapes of, say, the industrial ag of the (north american) midwestern plains. Except for those godawful utility towers that always seem to be in view…
March 19, 2011 at 12:09 am #66388ParticipantI have to admit the land I am in is my tractor neighbours.. the land I am plowing for myself is low lying and still way too wet..our land willget potatoes and veg this year and I plan to sow some oats next year… I just had to plow so started his field for him :o.. he will be sowing an arable silage mix of barley/peas for his dairy cows.. The plow came from Ohio and is made by the Pioneer company at Dalton. It has a 14″ Kverneland body on it. The area I am in was a strong dairy area but this is now all but gone. The farmers are caught in a situation where they cant change the field layout because of restrictions.. which is nice for the scenery but not for making farms pay.. Im afraid the “get big or get out” mentality is alive and well in the UK too…
JohnMarch 19, 2011 at 4:29 pm #66382ParticipantYes John, we’ve still got over a foot of snow, and it’s freezing every night and snowing at least once a day…typical March! Snow, freeze, sun, rain, sleet, wind, hail….. just a typical hour in NW Montana in March!:D
JHMarch 20, 2011 at 2:46 am #66377J-L
ParticipantPretty pictures John. Very nice team too. It is certainly a good scene to look on for us in Wyoming as we are still in winter mode too. Riding in the protected parts of the ranch the snow is rubbing on my stirrups. 6* this morning and yesterday. High of 21* yesterday. Your country side is very pretty and green.
I suppose there aren’t many riding implements over there and even fewer Pioneer plows. That KV bottom looks like it does a great job in sod.
Your furrow looks awfully good. Good job.March 20, 2011 at 5:46 am #66379Marshall
ParticipantVery nice John. I can only hope my first time plowing will look that good.
March 20, 2011 at 4:35 pm #66389ParticipantThanks guys .. The KV bottom is a big improvement and I am sure pulls easier.. I need to tweak the skim coulter.. its not really a skim coulter like the walking plow has but more an extension to the mould board… Will get more fotos as we proceed..
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