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!
