Plough buying advice

[diyDave]

Those old disc-plows have a place. Their niche is plowing new ground, where you don't know where the rocks and roots are. They can be a real hassle to get parts for, if it's not a big name brand. They also use less horsepower per bottom to pull. Some things to look for: brand ID, diameter of disc, bearing looseness, tail wheel center spine wear, and the missing disc scrapers. When properly maintained, these plows will plow every bit as good as a moldboard plow, plus they will cut right through a 3 inch tree root!

 

[D7E]

Both look old. I THINK that's an old Randsome (sp) moldboard plow. (VERY rare to see a mounted plow with a gauge wheel in this country) Parts may still be available in certain parts of the planet. None to be had in the US. Disc plow parts are all but non-existant anymore, especially on the oldies. If you plan on using either for bigger acreage, or continued use, I'd look for something just a little more current.

Not knowing your soil conditions, nor the "local customs", I'd just be speculating, but me personally, I'd stay with the moldboard plow.

This plough looks to have a 1 piece share ? I'm not familiar with any ransomes that did , Maybe in us they had different setup .
If it is a ransomes i'd buy it ..very user friendly and a favourite among competition ploughmen and can do a beautiful job ?
But ideally a newer plough would be better, KVERNLAND ?

 

[Farmwithjunk]

This plough looks to have a 1 piece share ? I'm not familiar with any ransomes that did , Maybe in us they had different setup .
If it is a ransomes i'd buy it ..very user friendly and a favourite among competition ploughmen and can do a beautiful job ?
But ideally a newer plough would be better, KVERNLAND ?

I've got a book laying around here somewhere about comp. ploughing in England. There's a picture of a Ransome plow that looks almost identical to the one in the original post.

At first glance, it looked "Massey Ferguson" with the exception of that gauge wheel. Who knows? Paint color can have a strong influence on opinion. Who's to say it was always red?

I also have an old sales brochure on Ransome plows (somewhere?) It shows about 20 different styles of bottoms available back in the early 1950's.