rick_vandal
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Gracious, Howard 150. ^-1? This head has worn out more than 2 YL bodies!And beyond!..........according to Buzz
Hellish Rick - by gum but you know some stuff. That head o’ yours must have worn two bodies out!
Ransome plough
- Thread starter madmatt
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I totally agree. In my opinion no plough sits in the ground or follows the ground better than a trailer plough. It seems that the world style boys agree, judging by the fact that they have a furrow wheel, and two wheels on the landside of the plough.
rick_vandal
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Longer lower link arms will reduce the lift capacity by definition and change the trapezoidal arrangement (in plan view). Other posts propose chopping the front furrow off a 3 to give more space and a better starting point for a fancy sliding headstock. Long, dark winter nights ahead...
madmatt
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So a month down the line and managed to get some time on the plough today. Had to resort to the gas bottles and seriously heat up one of the ceoss shaft ends to get it off.
Have cut the 3rd furrow frame to length and tomorrow going to decide on leg positions i or outside the frame, also been looking through here for ideas on headstocks and totally confused as everyone has theirs in a slightly different position left to right on their plough so struggling to work out what's best i am going to use a piece of channel above the cross shaft and then might make the toplink assembly bolt to the channel so it can be moved left to right with trial an error
Have cut the 3rd furrow frame to length and tomorrow going to decide on leg positions i or outside the frame, also been looking through here for ideas on headstocks and totally confused as everyone has theirs in a slightly different position left to right on their plough so struggling to work out what's best i am going to use a piece of channel above the cross shaft and then might make the toplink assembly bolt to the channel so it can be moved left to right with trial an error
rick_vandal
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Do you regret chopping off the 3rd furrow instead of the first? A sliding headstock keeps all 3 points in line.
madmatt
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Not yet no, what i have done is completely dismantled the plough, and used the third furrow frame to build the plough on, theory being its the narrower one so will allow more movement over the cross shaft. The only chopping i have done is cut the third furrow frame to length.
2nd reason for using the 3rd furrow frame i can always go back and use the other frame if needs be.
Mydexta
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Should the top link position not be in the middle of the piece of channel section???
madmatt
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That was my thought yes as i would say it naturally wants to sit in the middle of the lower link pins.
But on some of the pictures i have looked at on here its hard to work out if some thing different has been done.
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- 200 miles N,NW of New York
when I do mine, I don't cut anything off, in fact I add some to the left hand beam at the front, as it is to short
Put it on slots so you can have it where the top link runs true. David Browns have an offset top link anyway. A lot of us also run different wheel track settings side for side, again causing disparity.
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on mine the top link has a 2" offset to the ploughing, this has a 2 fold advantage, first off with the top link running offset this is proping the plough and pushing it towards the ploughing to keep pressure on the boards for firmness, and and as its under compression this holds the plough steady, secondary advantage is once the plough is lifted up the top link runs straight, so in turn this holds the plough towards unploughed land, so when you in at the end this holds the plough over to get the full furrow width on the front, many times I have seen them with it running inline, and have trouble getting in with right width on the front,
madmatt
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Thanks very much for the informative post i really appreciate it, being a bit of a wimp i have decided to bolt the brackets for the top link mounting on to the channel rather than weld them on. That means i can drill a series of holes so i can move the headstock over off centre. That way once i get ot ploughing i can see what position works best and eventually if i am convinced its in the right place i can weld them.
Some form of clamp and slide would be better. You can bet on it now that any hole will be half a hole off!
madmatt
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I will just use a bolt half the diameter
till i get ot back to the workshop lol. I can see your point but i don't want to over over complicate it
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Thinking about it, why not mount the headstock on a length of square or round solid bar, you can slide it to any position, and a set bolt would secure it.
rick_vandal
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The mouldboard stay issue is a smoke-screen if you go for turn-buckle adjusters. A sliding headstock with an in-board depth wheel is the obvious choice. The land is your datum point and the 3 point linkage is a constraint. Please borrow a trailer plough and have some fun.