Ransomes rsld land wheel shaft!

wuddy

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Location
Scottish Borders
Currently rebuilding a rsld for match ploughing. Have noticed quite a few have extended the axel for the land wheel. Is it necessary and has anyone got any pictures of how they have done it.
 

Ley253

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Location
Bath
certainly a requirement, other wise the wheel drops between two furrows on the finish. Simple enough job, either find a piece of tube which will fit over the existing shaft, and weld a piece of correct size bar in the end, that gives you a demountable extension, or cut the existing axle to a chisel point and weld a similarly prepared piece of bar to it. The chisel point is important, cut that way, the job can only distort in two directions, and if it starts to go, putting two runs of weld on the side its going away from will pull it back into line, welding should be carried out on both sides of the joint, one run at a time.
 

Howard150

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Location
Yorkshire
Just make sure you make a good job of cleaning all the grease off and round about the existing and make sure to clamp both parts to be welded firmly into a length of sturdy angle such as 100x100x10 before tacking up.......then all you need to do is mind your shins on the bit you made sticking out.
1&3/4" EN8 round bar (44.45 diameter) is good to get and readily available.
 

Ley253

Member
Location
Bath
Just make sure you make a good job of cleaning all the grease off and round about the existing and make sure to clamp both parts to be welded firmly into a length of sturdy angle such as 100x100x10 before tacking up.......then all you need to do is mind your shins on the bit you made sticking out.
1&3/4" EN8 round bar (44.45 diameter) is good to get and readily available.
Should be remembering it by the end of the spring season!
 

Howard150

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Location
Yorkshire
Just make sure you make a good job of cleaning all the grease off and round about the existing and make sure to clamp both parts to be welded firmly into a length of sturdy angle such as 100x100x10 before tacking up.......then all you need to do is mind your shins on the bit you made sticking out.
1&3/4" EN8 round bar (44.45 diameter) is good to get and readily available.

One big added bonus of extending this axle is that you can also put a rubber tyred wheel of a larger diameter on outside the landwheel for transport. This makes it easier to load and saves the plough shaking itself to bits on hard roads and cart tracks whilst getting to and from your plot. All you need is an extra clamp to hold it in place.
 

Pennine Ploughing

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Mixed Farmer
So next question is how far do I need to be able to move it? 8” enough
David, it all depends on your tractor and plough settings, if ploughing a 10" furrows, thats 20", then the wheel is about 12" off the frame,
8" would be the bear minimum if tractor wheels are @ 40" between the tyres,
I would make it 10" at the shortest, and I would 12" on to the length it is now, remember if to loong it easy to cut some off, but harder to make it an inch or so longer
 

wuddy

Member
Location
Scottish Borders
David, it all depends on your tractor and plough settings, if ploughing a 10" furrows, thats 20", then the wheel is about 12" off the frame,
8" would be the bear minimum if tractor wheels are @ 40" between the tyres,
I would make it 10" at the shortest, and I would 12" on to the length it is now, remember if to loong it easy to cut some off, but harder to make it an inch or so longer
Ye hoping on 10” think there is 41” between the wheels at 52” centres. Not going to have much time to do anything once I get it out so going to try and do as much as possible now!
 

Howard150

Member
Location
Yorkshire
David, it all depends on your tractor and plough settings, if ploughing a 10" furrows, thats 20", then the wheel is about 12" off the frame,
8" would be the bear minimum if tractor wheels are @ 40" between the tyres,
I would make it 10" at the shortest, and I would 12" on to the length it is now, remember if to loong it easy to cut some off, but harder to make it an inch or so longer

Bit like my mantra 'better off looking at it than looking for it'
12" would make more sense. It's academic but as long as it runs in the track of the tractor wheel what does it matter. Takes just as much doing to put 12" on as it does to put 8!
 

Pennine Ploughing

Member
Mixed Farmer
It needs to be in the tractor wheel mark, not running right on the edge, as I said if to long you can cut a bit off,
I made a sleeve for mine, out of a bit of pipe tack welded to the collar, and at the outer end a domed cap,
you only bang your shins a couple of times, then you soon remember
 

wuddy

Member
Location
Scottish Borders
It needs to be in the tractor wheel mark, not running right on the edge, as I said if to long you can cut a bit off,
I made a sleeve for mine, out of a bit of pipe tack welded to the collar, and at the outer end a domed cap,
you only bang your shins a couple of times, then you soon remember
Next stupid question, how is the wheel held on? Expected to find something behind the cap but nothing there!
 

wuddy

Member
Location
Scottish Borders
It needs to be in the tractor wheel mark, not running right on the edge, as I said if to long you can cut a bit off,
I made a sleeve for mine, out of a bit of pipe tack welded to the collar, and at the outer end a domed cap,
you only bang your shins a couple of times, then you soon remember
I presume you do away with the pin and use clamps to hold the wheel in position? Has anyone got any pictures of there’s?
 

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