Restoring Rusty Mouldboards.

[Cab-over Pete]

I can’t find a number on any of the boards.

The chap at KV said there would be a number, but I can’t find one. They will be the original boards, it’s hardly done any work.

 

[Jimdog1]

Or Ernest Charlton.

 

[deere 6600]

A really heavy clay field would clear them or we've a burn not far away and a pal has a gravel bed which on it that fairly shines them up IF someone forgot to oil the boards daaaa !,,,,!!!!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

The heavy clays round here won’t scour at all on even a slightly rusty board. You might think you’re getting somewhere if it’s bone dry, but it’s only a lightweight plough so that wouldn’t do it much good.

 

[David.]

Clay will just cloy on like shite to a blanket, need some abrasive sand.

 

[Jon]

I would bite the bullet, buy the new expensive boards, and enjoy using the plough on the odd occasion.

Grease them up when you've finished, it will always be a pleasure to use then.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Have u no peat round u. They would be shinnin in a few runs up the field

 

[idle git]

No 9 mould boards Pete, not quite the same 8's but a bit shorter I should think.

And I quite agree, the clays around here do not scour, mould board just leave sausages lying around and if it's real shitty clay then you will find that in a difficult time the skins are dumped in a pile in the bottom of a hedge for the hedge trimmer to find next year

 

[Hesstondriver]

Les Carter at Pinchbeck would be worth a call @Will 1594 you may have his number ?

 

[Flat 10]

Have u no peat round u. They would be shinnin in a few runs up the field

It's weird isn't it? Our black/peat soil wouldn't shine up a plough at all and a lot of fenland operators have slats as they scour better. Soil varies so much.

 

[daveydiesel1]

It's weird isn't it? Our black/peat soil wouldn't shine up a plough at all and a lot of fenland operators have slats as they scour better. Soil varies so much.

Our irish bog peat will shine everythin up. On a dogger the tracks will be silver if u washed them after bein in peat

 

[Flat 10]

Our irish bog peat will shine everythin up. On a dogger the tracks will be silver if u washed them after bein in peat

Seems crazy to me surely there’s nothing abrasive in it to shine anything?

 

[2wheels]

Seems crazy to me surely there’s nothing abrasive in it to shine anything?

Acid

 

[Will 1594]

Seems crazy to me surely there’s nothing abrasive in it to shine anything?

silt is best as very fine , can polish plough to mirror

 

[Flat 10]

Acid

Ours isn’t which might explain it

 

[Lowland1]

It's weird isn't it? Our black/peat soil wouldn't shine up a plough at all and a lot of fenland operators have slats as they scour better. Soil varies so much.

Ours in England just sticks especially if the plough isn’t set right. In fact Kenya is just the same volcanic soil with no silica you can plough hundreds of acres and you will never shine the mouldboards we went to plastic liners on our Dowdeswells which helped a lot.

 

[KB6930]

Black peaty stuff here sticks like sh!t to a blanket even if they're shiny already even trails on the skims and shins on the slatted plough.

Really badly pitted stuff will never shine right up I've seen vintage guys trying to restore boards and you can always see the black circles where the bottom of the pit is only a lot of actual ploughing will wear them off

Sand blast and flap disc first to get the worst away

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

silt is best as very fine , can polish plough to mirror

No silt around here, so where would the best place to be for it, and is there some available

 

[Andy12345]

Some of our dirt classified as VFSL very fine sand loam will polish like so

 

[bobk]

Some of our dirt classified as VFSL very fine sand loam will polish like so View attachment 995514

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