New plough or Cultivator 1st?

[Tombs]

Whats the opinon on the new plough? I remember reading that it was a bit of a bugger to handle so im wondering whether to buy a new cultivator 1st.
Opinions?

[tonic110]

Dont spend money on the cultivator , the old one does just as good a job (if not better)

[Tombs]

Originally posted by tonic110:

Dont spend money on the cultivator , the old one does just as good a job (if not better)

Ah thank you! I wont bother with it

[Boatabike]

You need the new tractor to use the new equip, it will not go on the old trac. Incase you do not know.

[Tombs]

Yeah I got the tractor 1st, thanks for the warning though as others might not realise only the green trailer out of all the new stuff fits on the old tractor

[Jumbo]

Hi Tombs,

I personally LOVE the New Plough, it whips through the Fields like lightening.

Get it first - that's my recommendation - I did, and earned a LOT of Money and Social Points with it.

I do not know how you normally use a plough, but with this one I always start at either the North or South end of the Field (there is apparently a BUG THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS WHEN YOU GO East to West?). and start in the "Center" of the field with the plough facing left (as you look from the back of the tractor forward) it seems to give a better straighter plough cut in that position (maybe I imagine it - But...).

At the end of the field after the first cut, don't turn the blade and make the second cut back down the field (left hand side of original cut). Then after the second cut at the bottom of the field don't turn the blade, and start cutting on the left hand side of YOUR FIRST cut line, this way YOU NEVER NEED TO TURN THE BLADE whilst ploughing the field (and that saves a lot of time AND effort on your part)!!

When you have ploughed 2/3rds of the field to save travelling from each cut line back and forth, (whic obviously gets wider the more you plough) go to the left or right hand edges of the field and cut those parts which need doing one after the other.

Hope you can understand me Tombsi, I always do it that way and I seem to get through it fast, and you can see all the ploughing you have done, and it therefore spurns you on to do more.

Hope I helped, if you have NOT done it that way before, give it a try and let me know what you think?

[Merck]

I agree with Jumbo on to operate the plow. I have also remapped the "raise/lower" key to my middle mouse button, thus I can keep 'driving' with my left hand on keyboard, but operate the tractor & plow with the mouse.

Another, handy thing for me was to map the rotation of the plow to one of the side buttons on the mouse. This makes it very easy to rotate the plow "on the fly.." as I turn at the ends of the fields. Now, I tend to keep the plow in one rotation for most of my plowing, but sometimes I do rotate it, depending on the current conditions.

[Tombs]

Originally posted by Jumbo:

Hi Tombs,

I personally LOVE the New Plough, it whips through the Fields like lightening.

Get it first - that's my recommendation - I did, and earned a LOT of Money and Social Points with it.

I do not know how you normally use a plough, but with this one I always start at either the North or South end of the Field (there is apparently a BUG THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS WHEN YOU GO East to West?). and start in the "Center" of the field with the plough facing left (as you look from the back of the tractor forward) it seems to give a better straighter plough cut in that position (maybe I imagine it - But...).

At the end of the field after the first cut, don't turn the blade and make the second cut back down the field (left hand side of original cut). Then after the second cut at the bottom of the field don't turn the blade, and start cutting on the left hand side of YOUR FIRST cut line, this way YOU NEVER NEED TO TURN THE BLADE whilst ploughing the field (and that saves a lot of time AND effort on your part)!!

When you have ploughed 2/3rds of the field to save travelling from each cut line back and forth, (whic obviously gets wider the more you plough) go to the left or right hand edges of the field and cut those parts which need doing one after the other.

Hope you can understand me Tombsi, I always do it that way and I seem to get through it fast, and you can see all the ploughing you have done, and it therefore spurns you on to do more.

Hope I helped, if you have NOT done it that way before, give it a try and let me know what you think?

Thanks buddy I will try out what you said, havent had much chance past few days but soon as im on I will test!