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  3. Posted

    Hi All

    If you are  ploughing the inside edge of the front wheel must be in line with the inside edge of the rear wheel this allows the tractor to run true.?

    But when you are drawing furrows or drills for potatoes 

    The middle of the front tire must be in line with the middle of the rear wheels

    If the middle to middle of the front tires read 24 inches you can set your ploughs at 24 inches, ect

    The Gutbrod tractor has sliding rear axles so that you can move them to line up with the front ones

    The gutbrod tool bar comes with two ridgers

    If you are doing it up for show you can add three and see how it looks

    PS one of our shows this year  the theme is potatoes when I fix mine up I will  post some pics

    George S :england:  :thumbs:

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  4. Posted

    Hi All

    It looks as if you all had a good time,nice to share ideas and come away happy if you  come in first or last you are all winners and friends to the end

    Ps Norman

    You will still need one or two more trips to Scotland to learn the craft

    Wee tip when ploughing the finish

    The last four furrows raise the depth inch each time then last furrow make little bit deeper this gives the plough some ground to hold onto and will not slip over as you describe otherwise well done to you all

    Frae the Fife plooman

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  6. Posted

    Hi

    Try and get the heel at the rear of the plough on the ground that will give you a good starting point. you can start by adding length to the top link and work from there

    it is all about having fun, although it can sometimes be frustrating carry on ploughing.

    George S

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  11. Posted

    Hi all

    The first item are loppers the second item came from the same farm

    I am lead to believe this was used for getting turnips out of the ground when there was hard frost both came from a farm in the north of Scotland

    :hide:  :england:  :confused:

  18. Posted

    Hi Andy

    Welcome to the forum

    You have a nice start to your collection it looks well,give it a good clean down and paint it with Owatrol oil it is air dried and prevents further rust. When you use it a little goes a long way

    Frae the Fife Plooman

    :hide:  :hdance:  :WMOM:

  22. Posted

    Hi All 

    Picked up this sprayer today Sunday and because the Forth road bridge is closed until further notice it was a round trip of 221 miles

    In very small writing on the lance says Four Oaks do I assume the sprayer is the same,the pump is made of brass and has wood paddles inside the tank  the hose is aright

    can anyone date this for me and have any paper work

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  23. Posted

    Hi Normin

    The grain mills in Scotland were driven by water

    The lade is a man made waterway that directs water to the water wheel This particular lade was built in 1850 the burn that supplies the water is  ten feet lower than the lade, therefore they went 3 miles up stream and built a sluce gate this raised the level of the water in the lade.

    1/2 a mile from the mill there was another sluce gate at a holding pond if the mill was working the sluce was shut it the mill was idle the sluce was opened and water ran back to the burn there is a third sluce 20 feet from the mill wheel

    the lade was always filled with water ready for a days work and empty if not working

    Hope this helps

    George  S

    PS the mill wheel is still in situate

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