Ransomes Robin

[jambug123]

Hi all i have been ploughing with my dexta and ransomes robin and thought you might like to see a pic.





hope it works
Regards
James

[Bensdexta]

James,
Great to see the plough in action!
Have you some close ups?
What were the hardest parts of the refurb?
All the best,
Ben

[jambug123]

I can get some close ups ploughing this week for you Ben as i still have more to plough.
I didnt find anything too hard to do, it was all pretty straight forward.

Regards
James

[Bensdexta]

James,
What parts did you need to find/replace?
If I remember correctly it had no discs? Where did you get replacements from?
It looks very tidy; did you gritblast it? What paint have you used?
Seems to be ploughing nicely!
Ben

[jambug123]

Ben,
I made up a cross shaft handle and welded it on, i replaced the shares, wings and rear landslide. I bought disc essemblies stalks and skimmer arms from westlake plough parts at peterborough.
i wire brushed the plough frame down and painted it with hammerite smooth blue which is very close to ransomes blue.
It ploughs very well and is so matched to the tractor i didnt wheel spin once and the ground was very hard to dig in to my old fergy plough would never of drawn in as easily and plough as well.
I have it set at 12inch furrows as the ground is heavy and on the narrow setting the furrows were on end and not pushing over enough.

Regards
James

[Bensdexta]

I bought disc essemblies stalks and skimmer arms from westlake plough parts at peterborough.

How much did the disc assemblies cost?
Thanks,
Ben

[jambug123]

Ben,
If remember correctly they where £45 each they advertise n tractor and machinery but if you need the number pm me and ill send it to you.

Regards
James

[Bensdexta]

James,
That's pretty reasonable. So what did all the parts cost all in?
Are original Ransomes coulters etc still fairly available?
How did you get on with the blade coulters?
Thanks,
Ben

[jambug123]

all in it was around £270 ish but i traded my old fergy plough in for some of the price.
you can buy the coulters brand new and also the bearing it runs on all the parts are readily available if you give him the part numbers you need, he will have it or find it for you.
i didnt go with nife coulters in the end i just adjusted the disc assemblies further back to give the shares the lead this aids in drawing the plough in.
if you require any more pages from the manual i will be happy to help.

Regards
James

[Bensdexta]

James,
I'm wondering how many types of coulters Robins can use?
Mine, shown below, differ from yours.

On mine the scimmer arms (if I had some!) attach behind the disc, whereas yours attach on the other side.
Do you know why the difference?
Ben

[jambug123]

yours are original coulters mine are from a Ts59 i think,
They mount the same on both ploughs but the stalks are bigger. i went for practical instead of original. as i can slide the scimmers forward farther when ploughing grass and move them back for when i plough in heavy trash or muck.

Regards
James

[Bensdexta]

Thanks for the explanation. I spoke to Westlake, who seem very on the ball and say most Robin parts are available.
Al the best,
Ben

[jambug123]

more pics as requested the soil is a bit loose,






Regards
James