Driving impression: Kverneland PW/RW vari-width semi-mounted reversible plough Kverneland’s PW/RW cleverly combines semi-mounted and mounted ploughs. We explore this unusual combination and explain how the implement can be used in different ways
By incorporating a three-point hitch on the rear of a semi-mounted plough, Kverneland has taken the concept of flexibility a sizeable step forward.
The company’s patented set-up (first seen in 2007) lets you tack a separate mounted reversible plough on to the back of a semi-mounted unit. Which means that, depending on soil conditions and tractor availability, you could go to work with just the reversible, with the semi-mounted unit or (better still) both together. Combine the ploughs into the one acre-eating outfit or split them behind two different tractors — so many choices. Flexibility is what this pairing is all about.
The system is marketed in two versions, with the front plough’s beam dimensions the important difference. Combos up to ten furrows use a 120mm x 200mm frame. In this configuration the semi-mounted section carries four to six bodies, while the mounted section has three or four.
All versions with more than ten furrows switch to a Cat IV headstock and a 200mm x 200mm main beam. Up to 14 bodies can be accommodated, with seven or eight at the front and four to six at the rear. Here we try an eight-furrow PW, made up with five auto-reset bodies at the front and three at the back. Whichever configuration the customer chooses, the mounted rear plough will be a standard EG 100/200 or LB 100/200.
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