If you get bored, go to YouTube and search 'tractor plowing' or even better 'tractor ploughing'.
One thing you will notice is that Europeans seem very into plowing, or 'ploughing' in Britain. It seems like in the US plowing has gotten passe for large farms due to compaction and other issues? In any case, looking at these videos (which are very cool) I've seen some neat stuff:
It looks like they have ploughing contests with these massive Masseys, Fendts etc. And it looks like they attract big crowds too. Do they do this in the US? In the midwest maybe. I'd love to see a plowing contest.
I've seen some strange configurations too. Of course you see these long multi-bottom reversing plows, but on a couple of videos they are also pulling what looks like a disk, or maybe a cultipacker on a long outrigger and at the end of each row, it disconnects and the tractor picks it up when it turns and makes the next pass. They don't even slow down.
There are also some with these multi-bottom plows on the back AND the front! They push the one on the front!
Finally, some of them take it even further....RC! There are quite a few videos of 1/10 scale RC tractors in action... really plowing! One is pulling a water tanker and it pulls up to a pool of water and a boom comes out and lowers into the pool and fills the tank. Then it pulls away and starts spraying water. Again, all in Europe.
Just thought I'd point you guys over to YouTube to look at some of these. Almost all are from Europe. One wonders if they are more 'into' their machines than our farmers over here? I don't know.
One thing you will notice is that Europeans seem very into plowing, or 'ploughing' in Britain. It seems like in the US plowing has gotten passe for large farms due to compaction and other issues? In any case, looking at these videos (which are very cool) I've seen some neat stuff:
It looks like they have ploughing contests with these massive Masseys, Fendts etc. And it looks like they attract big crowds too. Do they do this in the US? In the midwest maybe. I'd love to see a plowing contest.
I've seen some strange configurations too. Of course you see these long multi-bottom reversing plows, but on a couple of videos they are also pulling what looks like a disk, or maybe a cultipacker on a long outrigger and at the end of each row, it disconnects and the tractor picks it up when it turns and makes the next pass. They don't even slow down.
There are also some with these multi-bottom plows on the back AND the front! They push the one on the front!
Finally, some of them take it even further....RC! There are quite a few videos of 1/10 scale RC tractors in action... really plowing! One is pulling a water tanker and it pulls up to a pool of water and a boom comes out and lowers into the pool and fills the tank. Then it pulls away and starts spraying water. Again, all in Europe.
Just thought I'd point you guys over to YouTube to look at some of these. Almost all are from Europe. One wonders if they are more 'into' their machines than our farmers over here? I don't know.
