OT Ransomes Plough

Aug 05, 2003 1 Replies
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Hello all,



I have just seen a strange Ransomes plough advertised on ebay



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It looks like a steam plough, which would have been pulled between two engines on a cable, they are usually multi furrow. Perhaps this was used with smaller engines?



Anyway, I thought that it was interesting, and although OT, this newsgroup would be interested. It seems quite a rareity, a shame to end up rusting away as a garden ornament! I don't think that the seller knows a lot about it either.



Cheers, Barleycorn.


It looks like a two-horse plough rather than a steam pulled type, it is far too small for one of the cable-pulled ploughs which ploughed up to eight furrows at a time, depending on conditions.

The photo could have been better...

Peter

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