wilt434
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Just bought this a few weeks back and wondering whats the value and is it any good to go match ploughing. I think it's a ransomes motrac but not sure.
Only if someone changed them. My cockshutt boards are nothing like ransom's.I know nowt about vintage ploughs but as a boy there was an old cockshutt drag plough here and the boards and disks looked very like those fitted to a Ransom robin lift plough, could this be .
Cant say as I like that set up, Those ploughs go best with YL or RND bodiesThe frdcp are on an RSLD trailing plough, not tried it yet.
Think frdcp are the ford copies, so may have been fitted to the elite, but more likely to be on the FR series ploughs.
Interesting Roy. I have seen many motracs fitted with irdcp and other digging bodies, but never a rsld/m, all of those have been fitted yl or rnd bodies. Mind you, area preffs do seem to have a great bearing. In Hereford even today, you wont get far with a " sraight beam" against a motrac, in Somerset motracs were few and far between.From memory the FRDCP (Ford Ransomes double chilled plough) was a joint venture between Ford and Ransomes developed to cut down weight for longer conventional ploughs and the new reversibles being launched at the time of development.
IRDCP was very popular on RSLD/M ploughs and used to great effect by Hugh Barr before his retirement from competition ploughing
Interesting Roy. I have seen many motracs fitted with irdcp and other digging bodies, but never a rsld/m, all of those have been fitted yl or rnd bodies. Mind you, area preffs do seem to have a great bearing. In Hereford even today, you wont get far with a " sraight beam" against a motrac, in Somerset motracs were few and far between.
Yes! Frdcps on Rsld frame. Trying for first time on Saturday at the Highlandsof Fife ploughing match.I thought irdcp are more popular
Do u have a pair of frdcp bodies???
See you thereYes! Frdcps on Rsld frame. Trying for first time on Saturday at the Highlandsof Fife ploughing match.