ransome plough model help

[mjprice3]

Hi all,i am trying to identify this ransome plough i have got and any info about it would be appreciated and i know it has adjustable furrow width but is that likely to be 12" to 14" thanks mike

 

[mjprice3]

i have carefully cleaned the alloy plate and have found some numbers which is tse 200/3s but can't seem to find anything out about that model and should there be a depth wheel ?

 

[multi power]

Looks like it is set narrow now, just check with a tape measure

 

[mjprice3]

its about 15" from the back of one landslide to the next one

 

[yellowbelly]

Hi all,i am trying to identify this ransome plough i have got and any info about it would be appreciated and i know it has adjustable furrow width but is that likely to be 12" to 14" thanks mike

What you have there Mike is a Ransomes Spaceframe 200 series.
The model is FR TSF 200/3s.... the 's' is for short clearance - it should be 30.5" interbody clearance (the long version was 40.5")

Furrow width is adjustable from 10.5" to 16"
Depth wheels were optional extras.
It looks like you've got 2 SN skimmers on the back and a NC on the front - or is the front one broken?

How do I know this?? MrsYB says I should get out more
But I've got a Ransomes leaflet in front of me.

 

[Roy Stokes]

What you have there Mike is a Ransomes Spaceframe 200 series.
The model is FR TSF 200/3s.... the 's' is for short clearance - it should be 30.5" interbody clearance (the long version was 40.5")

Furrow width is adjustable from 10.5" to 16"
Depth wheels were optional extras.
It looks like you've got 2 SN skimmers on the back and a NC on the front - or is the front one broken?

How do I know this?? MrsYB says I should get out more
But I've got a Ransomes leaflet in front of me.

Spot on information though !!

 

[mjprice3]

Thank you yellowbelly for that information and yes the front skimmer is broke and want to get the correct skimmer bracket and was given another nc bracket but want to put the right one on,do you have a picture of the depth wheel ? as i might make something up and were these ploughs any good ?

 

[yellowbelly]

Thank you yellowbelly for that information and yes the front skimmer is broke and want to get the correct skimmer bracket and was given another nc bracket but want to put the right one on,do you have a picture of the depth wheel ? as i might make something up and were these ploughs any good ?

I'll talk nicely to MrsYB and get her to scan the leaflet so I can put it on here for you tonight.
We'd moved on to reversibles by the time these ploughs came out but, IIRC, a farm not too far away ran a couple and they always made a good job.
Looks like yours are UCN bodies - I always prefered them to SCN. According to the leaflet you could also get 200 series ploughs on YL's but that would have been a different frog to yours.

 

[Ley253]

Any good? Well, what for! The late Phill (Duke) Potter used one reduced to a two furrow and fitted with Fiskar KH bodies in match ploughing for years. Took home a lot of first prizes!

 

[mjprice3]

How do i tell what bodies it has got as can't see anything on the boards and wouldn't be using it for match ploughing just having fun at working days and a friends farm

 

[yellowbelly]

How do i tell what bodies it has got as can't see anything on the boards

It'll be stamped on the back of them - but often not very clearly and it could be obscured by the stays.
Yours look to be UCN. SCN's are deeper and have a rounded top to the throat piece (you may call them shins or cutters, depending on where you come from)

 

[Roy Stokes]

I have an SN skimmer set up for that plough if you were passing this way ( J3 M54)
the TSR 200 "space-frame" ploughs were the last series of conventional ploughs made by Ransomes, based on the TS90/91 they were specced with furrow width adjustment, some had hydraulic cross shaft adjustment which was an option as was a depth wheel, many 3 and 4 furrow versions were sold without a wheel but bigger ones needed a wheel for stability.
As YB says the mouldboard is almost certainly UCN which are ideally suited to 7-10 inch furrow depth- these boards are available off the shelf at many wearing metal stockist as the pattern was taken on by Dowdeswell, with many ploughs fitted with these bodies there are many good spurious one to choose from, I have refurbished my TSR 300 HD reversible with Spaldings metal and used slab shares and reversible points fitted to them to cut down on the running cost of traditional Ransomes point/share set up .

 

[mjprice3]

Thanks roy for the offer on the skimmer and info but i am nr exeter in devon,i do work at a agri engineers in the stores so can get the wearing parts at trade but will have to get the bracket off flea bay etc and there is one on there,is the nc skimmer bracket plus whats on the front furrow worth trying to get something for or are they common and not worth bothering and forgot to ask what sought of age would this plough be,thanks again

 

[yellowbelly]

@mjprice3, for your perusal, here is the Ransomes Spaceframe 200 leaflet.
As @Roy Stokes says, these ploughs represent the end of a golden era of plough building for RSJ.

Just for good measure, here's the relevant pages from RSJ's pricelist from November 1976......

 

[Exfarmer]

Others may disagree, but this plough is as good as they get.

 

[mjprice3]

Thank you mrsYB for scanning the leaflet and thank you yellowbelly for persuading her.this is very interesting and any idea what year this plough could be,thanks again

 

[Exfarmer]

Thank you mrsYB for scanning the leaflet and thank you yellowbelly for persuading her.this is very interesting and any idea what year this plough could be,thanks again

Mid 80’s

 

[colhonk]

The one on my scrap heap says... TSF 200 5F... beam is snapped behind the third furrow. got it off a neighbour for parts.

 

[mjprice3]

thanks exfarmer

 

[mjprice3]

shame you are so far away from me are you selling any parts