John 1594
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire
Been after a plough for a while now, keep looking at various dowdeswells but cant seem to find the right one in my price range, ideally been wanting a DP7 /DP8b but all ive seen are too much money for such an old plough, or the other side of the country
Have seen a 4f TSR 300 in cheffins what needs a bit doing to it, just wondered about other peoples thoughts on them, i know the boards/skims etc are good, ransomes always were designed well there, but how about the beam adjustemnts?
We did have a tsr109 years back, we couldnt get it to run right as there wasnt enough adjustment on the headstock to get the plough right on our wheel settings, do these 300 series have two adjustments for the line of pull, like a dowdeswell or similar, where the back part of the headstock is adjustable as well as the front, dowdeswell usually had a few different holes for bolting the rear part of the main turnover tube to the beam, then an adjustment at the front to vary the angle/width as well
Also, does that mechanical switch over valve on the front of the headstock ever give trouble, looks to be a bit of a vunerable thing stuck right on the front like it is
Any ideas lads?
Have seen a 4f TSR 300 in cheffins what needs a bit doing to it, just wondered about other peoples thoughts on them, i know the boards/skims etc are good, ransomes always were designed well there, but how about the beam adjustemnts?
We did have a tsr109 years back, we couldnt get it to run right as there wasnt enough adjustment on the headstock to get the plough right on our wheel settings, do these 300 series have two adjustments for the line of pull, like a dowdeswell or similar, where the back part of the headstock is adjustable as well as the front, dowdeswell usually had a few different holes for bolting the rear part of the main turnover tube to the beam, then an adjustment at the front to vary the angle/width as well
Also, does that mechanical switch over valve on the front of the headstock ever give trouble, looks to be a bit of a vunerable thing stuck right on the front like it is
Any ideas lads?