I never thought I would say this
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:07 pm
I have had a Ford PM plough for many years, it has not done a lot of work as I only got it for ploughing behind Henrietta at plough days as it was historically correct. It was built by Ford at Leamington Spar casting works for the E27N, the original design was by Sherman and some were made by Ransomes. Ransomes supplied the bodies etc. Mine has EPIC.
The work was not good as there is little clearance between the furrows and it has very small skim coulters.
As it is also light, I used it when carrying out paint spraying courses on farms so she has had a few coats of paint over the years.
I decided this year to change Dotty's lift arms to enable me to use CAT 2 implements. Most of the tools I have collected over the years are CAT 2 to fit Henrietta and Nuffy so it seemed the sensible thing to do if I wanted to work her. I know that it is not correct to have those arms but she has to work so I bought some from Agriline along with the balls.
This Spring, when I could finally get on the land, I hitched Dotty to the PM to plough some short plots. The results were a big surprise. The plough performed far better than at any time in the past years, with the wheel set at the depth I wanted and in draft control, with the lever set just to allow the wheel to take the weight, we have ploughed land that I would not have thought possible due to wetness.
Things have gone so well that I have ploughed all my potato land with the combination and even ploughed hard packed areas which have not been ploughed for a few years, with ease.
I know that I go on about the Dexta hydraulics being superior to the dreaded MF but to me, they are the finest thing since sliced bread!
Just a couple of pictures from the "Hot Seat" this morning.
And she was ploughing through this with only the occasional touch on the brake.
The "Ins and Outs" were neat, I was not even trying to get them perfect. The PM is a short plough and this seemed to keep everything just right.
I would certainly recommend this combination to anyone and will be taking it to the next plough day, who knows, I might even win a prize!
The work was not good as there is little clearance between the furrows and it has very small skim coulters.
As it is also light, I used it when carrying out paint spraying courses on farms so she has had a few coats of paint over the years.
I decided this year to change Dotty's lift arms to enable me to use CAT 2 implements. Most of the tools I have collected over the years are CAT 2 to fit Henrietta and Nuffy so it seemed the sensible thing to do if I wanted to work her. I know that it is not correct to have those arms but she has to work so I bought some from Agriline along with the balls.
This Spring, when I could finally get on the land, I hitched Dotty to the PM to plough some short plots. The results were a big surprise. The plough performed far better than at any time in the past years, with the wheel set at the depth I wanted and in draft control, with the lever set just to allow the wheel to take the weight, we have ploughed land that I would not have thought possible due to wetness.
Things have gone so well that I have ploughed all my potato land with the combination and even ploughed hard packed areas which have not been ploughed for a few years, with ease.
I know that I go on about the Dexta hydraulics being superior to the dreaded MF but to me, they are the finest thing since sliced bread!
Just a couple of pictures from the "Hot Seat" this morning.
And she was ploughing through this with only the occasional touch on the brake.
The "Ins and Outs" were neat, I was not even trying to get them perfect. The PM is a short plough and this seemed to keep everything just right.
I would certainly recommend this combination to anyone and will be taking it to the next plough day, who knows, I might even win a prize!
