Pierce plough. Looking for shoes landslides and shares

[Bor]

 

[Bor]

Can anyone advise if parts from other ploughs fit cos I'd like to restore and use

 

[solo]

The points look similar to a ransomes we had here 45+ years ago. There is a similar point on this website.https://www.agri-linc.com/farm-parts/plough-parts.html
Duns ploughs in Devon are regularly mentioned on here, also
Westlake tractor and plough parts, Cambridgeshire

 

[Bor]

Thank you very much. I'm trying to find out if they are indeed similar to ransomes.

 

[Exfarmer]

That is never Ransoms more like Bamford / kverneland Heidrein

 

[Bor]

No the hydrein has a slim reversible type point whereas these are a shoe. It's been identified as a pierce but it has kv bamford discs and skimmers fitted before I stripped it

 

[Boohoo]

As far as I know pierce made their own wearing parts and I've been told they are unavailable. Westlake will be your only hope I'd say, there's nothing on his website but there's no way he could list a quarter of what he has.
You might have to find something similar and modify it to make it fit

 

[Cowabunga]

No the hydrein has a slim reversible type point whereas these are a shoe. It's been identified as a pierce but it has kv bamford discs and skimmers fitted before I stripped it

KV have or had several optional points and shares for the same mouldboards.

 

[Bor]

Oh super. I'd love to know about that. I pray that I'm onto something

 

[Boohoo]

No the hydrein has a slim reversible type point whereas these are a shoe. It's been identified as a pierce but it has kv bamford discs and skimmers fitted before I stripped it

There were a choice of points for hydrein bodies, either the separate, reversible point or the one piece share

 

[john432]

Choice of a one piece share or a reversible point share was the option for the hydrein, plus a choice of share widths.

 

[Cowabunga]

It looks to be more semi-digger than hydrein, which is a shallow long looking thing as in the illustration above.
This one. on the Pierce, has a shin up the front of the mouldboard as well, which indicates to me it might be either a Kv or Ransomes semi-digger or digger body.

 

[Bor]

Something else has to fit there I'd love to be able to fit kv shares and landslides if possible

 

[john432]

There were actually 3 different lengths of hydrein boards available . Plus an odd length board that were fitted to Sanderum made ploughs, marketed here in the UK as Sellars ploughs. The identifying thing with the hydrein body is the lack of a seperate chin piece on the mouldboard.

 

[john432]

Something else has to fit there I'd love to be able to fit kv shares and landslides if possible

The frog should be steel, so no reason it cant be extended,re drilled , profiled a bit to take say a Kverneland reversible point share, even the bottom of the mouldboard could be trimmed a bit if needed

 

[Boohoo]

Something from KV will be the closest if someone like Mark Westlake hasn't got anything. The whole plough has a KV look to it, although it's a slightly heavier build. Modifying parts from different ploughs to replace obsolete parts isn't a new concept

 

[john432]

It looks to be more semi-digger than hydrein, which is a shallow long looking thing as in the illustration above.
This one has a shin up the front of the mouldboard as well, which indicates to me it might be either a Kv or Ransomes semi-digger or digger body.

Have another look, think you've mistaken part no7 which is actually the plough frog for a chin piece, which doesn't exist

 

[Cowabunga]

Have another look, think you've mistaken part no7 which is actually the plough frog for a chin piece, which doesn't exist

No. I'm looking at the Pierce plough which does. Therefore it is not a Hydrein, as I suspected.

 

[john432]

No. I'm looking at the Pierce plough which does.

Sorry .

 

[Bor]

It would be nice to find out if either kv or ransomes shares and landslides fit I'll ring westlake on Monday for advice also, bound to be hundreds of these pierce still in use and also in competition but maybe complete board changes there