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Hello John, Thank you for the response. Power wasn't the problem - it was getting it transformed into horizontal movement!! I should have said wheel slip was our biggest problem on the occasion I described above - I doubt that the plough was incorrectly set as the ploughman using it knew what he was about. We also suffered from the 'sit up and beg' syndrome. Governor was set according to the book, and the control spring was correctly set - but I have since developed a suspicion about the fore/aft adjustment on the quadrant - any hints or tips?? It was the ploughman who muttered about using a three furrow, plus duals on the land, and weights on the wheel in the furrow - which all makes sense unless you have neither duals (now solved) nor weights. It is possible that we were pushing our luck anyway - it was someone's 'vegetable patch' we were ploughing as the local contractor couldn't both get in, and turn round. Ideal for a Fergie, we thought. We'd had several goes before, and had to abandon because of water-logged ground - maybe we should have left it for another week, but the lady wanted to get her spuds in . . . . . I would have been happier (as would the Fergie I think) if I had had access on this occasion to a smaller plough requiring less tractive effort, eg 1 or 2 furrow 10" as you describe. I'm almost hooked on ploughing, previous experience was limited to a John Deere 6400 and 5 furrow reversible Dowdeswell - I take my hat off to anyone who can produce a straight furrow uphill and down, or even on the flat. The challenge is addictive.
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