How to plough a field - basic instructions
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
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The aim of ploughing is to scoop up an 8" deep by 12" wide piece of earth and turn it over 180 degrees, burying any crop residue or weeds in the process. This results in loosened soil which can be made into a seed bed.
Make sure you have adequate oil, coolant, fuel etc. In your tractor. Also, check your tyre pressures -- this should all be obvious! Ensure that the field to be ploughed is free of plant material that could clog up the plough -- it should be mowed close to the ground and the cuttings allowed to dry, reducing their bulk. Don't plough on wet ground or allow your wheels to spin as this will damage the soil structure. It is advisable to have good tyres and a tractor with a diff. Lock, or better
Connect the plough to the three point linkage and make sure that the 'check chains' are nice and loose but not so loose that the plough hits the back tyres when it swings from side to side. This adjustment is made in case you hit a large rock, enabling the plough to skid sideways rather than breaking anything on the tractor.
The tractor that we use is a 52 Hp International harvester 454 and the plough is a Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies TS 59M.
Starting at the right hand side of the field, drop the plough onto the ground with the 3 point linkage, drive the tractor 6 foot forwards and then inspect the results. The first cut is always more difficult as there is no adjacent furrow for the turf to fall into. This wont make much sense at the moment, so don't worry about it! Assuming you are using a 2 furrow plough, you'll eventually want the two rows of upturned turfs to be fairly similar in size, however, in the first cut this is difficult, if not impossible. The initial aim is just to create one neat, straight furrow about 8" deep in the ground.
Hot tip: Put up some marker poles to guide you on the first furrow - never use a cow in your neighbour's field as a marker reference.
Drive the tractor back to the start of the first furrow and position the right hand wheels in the furrow itself, lower the plough and drive 6 foot forwards and inspect the results. You'll probably need to make adjustments to the plough to get good results.
The first adjustment is the depth wheel and this should be set to get an 8" furrow -- don't try to get any deeper than your plough is designed for or else the turfs will not fold over neatly. If you don't have a depth wheel, you'll just have to use the tractor hydraulic depth control.
The next adjustment is the top link which will alter the angle of the plough to the ground. If you lengthen the top link, the back plough will be lowered and create a deeper furrow, but if you lower it too much it can send the plough pointing upwards and it will not dig into the ground properly. You may then need to re-adjust the depth wheel until the whole plough is working properly. Do these two adjustments and plough a 6 foot section until you have a perfect set of ridges and a nice clean 8 " furrow.
The second photo here shows that the left hand ridge is not turning over 180 degrees and so the top link needs to be extended to get the left hand plough deeper into the ground.
Ploughing is just the first step in cultivating the land and should be followed by further tillage such as rotovating or harrowing before planting. Also, try and have an expert on hand when you first try ploughing to save making too much of a mess!
By the title, I thought I was going to learn something, yet I was amused by the bouncing skims.
If I can get the top bolt out of the plow, I will be using my new plow to break up the ground and put my pto driven tiller to work to get the garden in the shape I want the soil to be. I wish I had a cultivator to keep the grass down, but can't afford it right now.
Maybe so, but it's still enjoyable watching someone play in the dirt, I'm jealous!
Mud.*
why on earth does he have the bucket high in the air? That makes the tractor unstable
Paleo Bill probably because he has to see where he is going and see the ground and the furrow so he knows his tire is in the ground. Just saying I’m only 13 I play outside a lot and I love agriculture
The man is an idiot. Ground also looks kinda wet to be plowing
not at the speed he is travelling on a level field
How to get killed plowing a field
Step 1 drive with your loader all the way up in the air ,
Step 2 drive the tractor into a ditch on the right side
And don't forget Step 3: make sure the rear wheels are attached to the tractor in their narrowest possible position! 😲
This video was tough to watch...🤔
1st of all the bucket should be lowered half way for saftery reasons
+mark Brommer It's always aggravated me when I see someone operate tractor with the bucket raised, I know what you mean, it does however transfer weight to the rear end.....some. Counter weights work better and aren't hard to devise.
You should stay inside the house and double mask for safety reasons.
Nice ploughing video.
Nice and easy does her..! Thanks.
A nice bit of ploughing there Paddy.
Did you use trick photography to pretend it wasn't raining ? :)
You also had a stunt double doing the driving I see :0
Soil is too wet ,sticking to tires is a good sign
What do y'all do for the grass that'll grow back through?
They extract it
make hay!
it would be so easy to make new farmland in my garden
Never seen metal wheel thing on a turn plow
NEVER NEVER drive or use a tractor with the bucket up in the air ! ! ! a good way to tip it over.....safety first..
that aggravates me seeing people going across fields with a bucket or bale of hay way on the air
something seriously wrong if the MT bucket alone is going to tip it over - more likely catch a low branch - middle of the field ? u gottabe kiddin!
what aggravates me MORE is seeing a WHEEL on the plough 'cos the Nut at the end of the Steering wheel is not engaged with the Draft system
Funny enough you are taught to drive with the bucket or forks or whatever in the air in the UK, I'm sure you would be stopped if not.
why is the loader right up
It's probably because "other" people do it as you see on youtube - the great Open source of learning.... when done without interrogation: thst's the SAD BIT of youtubers
You don’t even show how to plow the field. What levers do you use?
I missed the instructions part.
That's the way my great grandpa did it, now, program the computer, set auto steer, and away she goes for a mile or so, turns the plows over and comes back and continues until done.
The ditch left by the previous pass does well enough as autosteer for most fields
Step 1, use a tractor without a loader, step 2, drive in a straight line, step 3, actually know what you’re doing before you try teaching people
Don't do what you see in this video and you'll be good.
Instructions?
How to plough land have a small stone
So many people complaining! lol, if you don't like it then just leave!
oops, looks like you overlooked something, LIKE THE BASIC INSTRUCTIONS, wtf are they
Should be called 'how to do bendy ends'
What a waste of time a vid of someone plowing with no instruction
What instructions?
so the result is that the soil biology ends up on top (where they would rathber not be) and their fuel ends up below them ( where they can not use it) ....brilliant.
yours is as brilliant as the Title! IMO; Explain why would help understand
what the hell youtube, I just searched about plotting a vector field
thats totalty how to not plough a field
Grandpas had one big single blade turn plow on his gas ford 2000
I have an exam tomorrow, wtf am I doing here
This person has never plowed ever
And you sir are right.
1. The bucket is high in the air witch makes the tractor unstable.
2. Its not straight nor level.
Front furrow taking too big a bite, really sloppy set up, brave lad to say this is an instructional video.
Depth too deep with front furrow alright. Takes very little to set it tho
You need more speedy
Sara diaconescu going fast is wrong! Maybe with newer tractors, but not with this tractor. It’s better to go slow so you have more time to react
@@tomhints2904 rubbish we ploughed much faster inearly 60s on hilly land to with no problem it comes down to experiance
Couldn't you find an older tractor?!!
Vortigan07 what’s wrong with the tractor? Some people prefer older machinery, all of my tractors are old I’ve got 2 international like the one in the video and on old dexta. I do have a newer tractor for the 4 wheel drive in the winter as it can get very wet where I live
A lesson in how not to plough
When plowing or tilling the soil you are disturbing and killing all the microbes that builds up the soil and that make available the nutrients for the plants leading in a high cost of fertilizers that you need to add to the soil. Learn more about SOIL HEALTH, No till, cover crops and your life as Farmer will be more susceptible.
and what do you do with the weeds and surface trash and aid drainage and.... ?
tosh...
Right. Cos you know more than all the rest of humanity, who have been tilling the soil this way since the Sumerians invented it 4,000-odd years ago.
No till -> chemical weed control, tillage -> mechanical weed control. Farmers use both methods depending on their soil/land conditions i.e., if they have hills with high spots that dry out then no till is preferred but for heavier clay on flat areas, tillage helps dry the soil so they can get their seeds in earlier. The chemicals kill the microbes more than the tillage.