Going ploughing

[mathias1]

Mathias, it is possible that you do not have a TSR 102 if your furrow widths are 14" and !6". What you have is a TSR 107 which looks exactly like the 102 but has more clearance and the wider furrow settings. Otherwise the plough is the same and it is hard to tell the difference between them until you get the ruler out.

Where the 102 was the common plough over here the 107 was not a good seller, I had one sitting in my yard at Wisbech for three years and could not sell it. 102's would come in and out but the poor old 107 just sat there.

One of the chaps in our village bought one second hand when he was looking for a plough but it was too wide a furrow and he ended up scrapping a perfectly good plough.

yes, mine is a 107 and it's set at 14'. it's hard to tell the difference on the pictures.
I bought the plough when it did pop up here, haven't seen another ransomes plough for sale yet here.
If the only difference is the furrow with, I can't see why the 102 is much more wanted.

[AdrianNPMajor]

Did four more hours today. Close to finishing eight acre field.
As I got to within ten yards of a large oak in the corner of the field the soil became very dry and hard. I was just reflecting on this fact ...... when the heavens opened!
Yesterday I got back to the farm parched. Today soaked to the skin!
Best, Adrian.

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[Brian]

Different land and different ploughing styles Mathias. We, historically, have always ploughed 10" furrows then some people went up to 12" TS 82 was 12" and 14" and this carried on with the 102. The 107 was an anomaly here, we did not really start using 16" furrows until the introduction of the Vary Width ploughs.

Our normal ploughing depths of 4" to 10" fit well with those widths but you tend to plough deeper and wider.

[AdrianNPMajor]

Eight acre field completed.
Best, Adrian.

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[mathias1]

nice job, now you deserve some Are you going to one of the working days organised by the blue force?

[AdrianNPMajor]

Yes, Mathias, I did have a couple of these!
No, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to the Blue Force meetings. I have no means of moving the tractor apart from under its own steam, which means I operate within a five mile radius (occasionally further) of the farm where it lives. I find there are plenty of opportunities to go ploughing, collect firewood, etc within that radius.
Have you done any ploughing recently?
Best, Adrian.

[AdrianNPMajor]

Video (recorded yesterday) of PJE 243 rolling back the years to 1963.
Best, Adrian.

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[RH]

Grand looking ploughing job, Adrian!

My old Oliver trailed plough does a good job, but with its 5 furrows it needs an 8-yard headland! (Four times 'round)

Best regards,
Richard.

[AdrianNPMajor]

Thanks, Richard.
What do you pull the five furrow plough with? It must take some pulling. Never used a trailed plough. They obviously require a different approach. I think I'd be all at sea!
Best, Adrian.

[easy.start]

As the ploughing season is about to start, my thoughts turned to preparations, including the camera. I was surprised to see the majority of photos removed on this and other discussions so, as directed by photobucket I logged into my account and was asked to pay $359
Is there any other accepted method of uploading photos

[AdrianNPMajor]

Mathias suggested using this website.
https://postimages.org/
I find it much better than photobucket.
Best, Adrian.

[RH]

Adrian,

I pull the 5 furrow with a Landini 105. Have pulled it with a JD 3130 or an old 40-10 as well.
Makes a nice job, and it Is blue!

Would Really like a Ransomes though....been a long time since I had one!

[AdrianNPMajor]

Hi Richard
Nice tractors. More grunt than the Major.
Do you ever see Ransomes ploughs in Canada? Obviously Fordson products were sold there. Wonder if Ransomes products were sold in Canada too.
Best, Adrian.

[easy.start]

Mathias suggested using this website.
https://postimages.org/
I find it much better than photobucket.
Best, Adrian.

Thank you

[mathias1]

Yes, Mathias, I did have a couple of these!
No, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to the Blue Force meetings. I have no means of moving the tractor apart from under its own steam, which means I operate within a five mile radius (occasionally further) of the farm where it lives. I find there are plenty of opportunities to go ploughing, collect firewood, etc within that radius.
Have you done any ploughing recently?
Best, Adrian.

Adrian,

you can also go and watch
No ploughing here, just did a trip with the tractor club this weekend

[AdrianNPMajor]

Thought I'd fixed the plough trip mechanism by fitting a thicker rod to the latching mechanism - see photo below.
In reality, all I did was move the forces involved to the next weakest link.
The roll pin that retains the outer spring (split pin used for testing in the photo below) held up all of last season (about 25 acres) and five acres or so into this season, but the roll pin eventually sheered and the spring went west.
I'm going to cut a thread on the end of the rod and retain the outer spring by means of a nut & lock nut arrangement. Wonder if that will work.
Best, Adrian.

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[mathias1]

Adrian,

my manual says to "unload" the plough during the transport to save the mechanism. Only problem is the get the plough high enough during transport. I'm even driving with 1 front wheel into the furrow before rotating.

[AdrianNPMajor]

Mathias, many thanks for this info. Most helpful.
I have not been unloading the trip mechanism during travels to and from the field, so this may well explain the problem. I'll be sure to do so in future.
I'm going to cut a thread on the end of the rod anyway, as this seems a more robust way of providing a stop for the forces required to relatch the mechanism to push against.
Have you had any similar problems with your plough?
Thanks again.
Best, Adrian.

[AdrianNPMajor]

Mathias, could I ask a favour? I don't have a manual for my TSR 102. Your plough is basically the same as mine. Could you scan and post here any pages that you think might be useful?
Best, Adrian.

[mathias1]

Adrian, i will try to do a complete scan of the manual, if it's allowed i can put it in the wiki.

[AdrianNPMajor]

Thanks, Mathias.
Best, Adrian.

[AdrianNPMajor]

PJE 243 getting stuck into another field.
Best, Adrian.

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[oehrick]

Farmer must think his lottery number has come up Adrian

[AdrianNPMajor]

He's not too displeased, Rick!
Thing is, having rebuilt the tractor, it's good to do something with it. For eleven months of the year it pretty much stands idle.
As a hobby it beats whacking little white dimpled balls into gorse bushes!
Best, Adrian.

[oehrick]

Nice to find someone who will let you loose on their ground, something I expect many restorers would regard as their lottery coming up

The result puts any number of employed ploughmen I've seen to shame.