Have had a good chat with plough supplier (machinerysalesEU) & the deed is done: new Polish-manufactured 2-furrow plough is on order @ £450 inc VAT & delivery.
I also ordered 1x spare plough-share at £24 VATin, thinking I'm bound to come across a "stone" large enough to take a chunk out of one of the shares before long. (While the old pastures have already been turned and trawled for rocks there will almost certainly be some still lurking !)
When I received invoice, supplier had included
2x spare plough-shares and then discounted them (= free). Now, how nice is that !?
I'm looking forward to receiving my new plough.
[Yeah yeah, I know; you only get what you pay for and £450 is a soft price for a bit a kit that is going to be put to very hard work. I'm quite optimistic though. Obviously I will report idc: lots of other things to do right now, so any report/verdict on my new plough will be a few weeks off.]