Lord Ferguson Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 The Nasty Fersigoon Disc ploUGH... I wish you Americans would learn to spell... it's not Plow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 - Big In Africa I believe... I phoned up about one on ebay recently... the bloke said "Good god no... use one in the UK... are you mad :o " :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britainswomble Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Back in the eighties Opico made or sold a plough which worked something along those lines. It had four almost flat, angled mouldboards which had a plastic liner over them, probably made of teflon or something similar. The idea was similar in as much as you could produce a one pass operation of ploughing and seed bed preparation at quite a high forward speed. I don't think we ever sold one down here in Sussex as the clay type land was too hard for it to work well. One farm I demonstrated it on was very successful as it had lighter soil, more silt based. If I remember correctly, I demonstrated it on a Ford 8630 when they were first on release with the new powershift gearbox. * Has anyone got a collection of Opico leaflets that may show this machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Of course, The SQUARE plough, I'll find it one day and by then perhaps I'll also suss how to post it up!! These Massey ploughs though were rotating concave discs on massive spindles....well probably not that strong being massey.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 You would realy have to wonder why that would of been beter than even a simple chisel plough with a set of harrows of sorts on the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcher Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Found a pic of the square plough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellarian Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 These are very very very common in Latin America .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellarian Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Not forgetting White Massey Man... And the 500,000 275 pimped especial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 WOW... look at that 265... boy they have changed over the years White Massey man... now that is me * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Found a pic of the square plough the original idea behind these was to suposedly revolutionise reversable ploughing , bit like the centerbeam mower, designed to work either side of the tractor,the plough would be used like a normal plough , but unlike a normal reversable which swings over , this one just moved side ways to the desired setting , as it swung to the opposite side , a mechanical linkage would move the mould boards to the right place , bit like a self leveling loader . have seen one used at a display in 89/90 ?, but not known anyone who has farmed properly with them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 the original idea behind these was to suposedly revolutionise reversable ploughing , bit like the centerbeam mower, designed to work either side of the tractor,the plough would be used like a normal plough , but unlike a normal reversable which swings over , this one just moved side ways to the desired setting , as it swung to the opposite side , a mechanical linkage would move the mould boards to the right place , bit like a self leveling loader . have seen one used at a display in 89/90 ?, but not known anyone who has farmed properly with them . I had a demo of one of those around 1990 (?) It was OK if you could keep the speed around 10k (where you needed 130 hp) and the soil was light or dry. In moist/heavy land it either clogged up or rose out of the ground and made a really poor job. Great for OSR in a dry year..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Our neighbour while I was in germany had one just like that,had a 135hp lambo in front of it.His sandy land that had been grubbed frist came up nice tidy enough I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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