The Fife Plooman

Hi All update on Blair's garden beginning to look like a garden now Tried harrow but was pulling out to many stones plan B used rake that was made for to fit rear lift worked a treat so that is the way to go hope next week will get some grass seed sown hope you like

Hi Stormin The tractor is a Gutbrod 1017 with a modified saw bench on the front it belongs to Danarm Dave his hobby is saws of any type large or small

Hi all Here are some pics taken at local rally 2015 These are some of the horticultural class there were tractors lorries cars and steamers as well hope you like

Hi All Further update on my garden at home Next part of challenge is to get seats for my table here are some pics The ends were rubbed down painted with Owatrol oil then a coat of black they look good next will be the wood watch this space

Hi Stormin What happened to your plough George S

Hi all The challenge for this month is to make a grass area The house is a new build 5 bedroom bungalow with 1/4 of an acre of land it is what you say a blank canvas except for the stones hope you like George pulling trailer out of tractor shed the field of stones some day it will look nice

Hi all Bought these items at local rally what are they

Hi all some pics of sit on tractors at rally Hope you like

Hii all some pics of walk behinds at local rally

Hi All Update on garden I have decided to make a table with the second wheel I purchased two pics are before I oiled them using Owatrol oil and one of wheel with one coat on hope you like Will post finished article if and when I will be putting a glass top on the table so that I can see the spokes

Hope you like has taken a little while but worth the wait

Hi Some pics of oil in use they were painted a year ago Hope you like this was done with 1 litre can and still half tin left PS good luck with your project

Hi found other picture one without the oil and one with the oil hope this helps when using oil a little goes a long way the top of a de-icer can filled did the whole of the Clifford

Hi I have owltrol oil on my my Clifford mark four I find it very good and if you want at a later date to paint over it you can

Hi All One or two pics to update you on my garden I will be handing it over to she who shall be obeyed at the end of August so I am nearly there started with one rose now have sixteen very happy with the work so far Hope you like

Hi Stormin The plough blends in well with the tractor,a job well done now for the trial would be nice to see you at Scone George S

Hi all We are holding our rally at Scone Palace on the Sunday 13 Th of September,The horticultural group have a working area as well as a static display it is the last rally of the year and is well supported, my see some one from over the border. George S

Hi Stormin It is the Scone rally this is the last for the season ,although the public get in on the Sunday we are there from the Friday may see you there

Hi Stormin If you look along the bottom edge you should see a hollow from tip of ploughshare to the heel, if not the ploughshare is worn you may have to add a bit to the ploughshare at the leading edge, not a lot just enough to give you suck this help to keep plough in ground The best way to do it is lay plough on side run a level along the base from heel to toe slide a piece of flat bar down ploughshare till it sticks below level about half inch should be enough tack it on check then if happy weld it on Hope this helps you. Keep going and you will be coming to our fun day in Perth this year George S

Hi Stormin It looks well be nice to try it out good luck I suppose you could call it the Stormin Shear hitch as my name is Shearer HA HA George S PS can we see the plough from other side to see how much suck is on the ploughshare

Hi Stormin Change of thought Find a piece of channel that will take the plough hitch make three or four holes in it to accept the pin measure the wide from inside of back wheel. make first hole 7 inch second hole 8 inch third hole 9 inch fourth hole 10 inch weld your flat bar to the back this should make the hitch like the letter T on its flat now i have though it out I can now go to sleep. sorry about so many changes If you can vary the width you can vary the depth George S

Hi Stormin Trial and error The silver painted steel can you widen it to allow you to put the hitch in-between the the rectangle if you can make the space fit the plough hitch top or bottom using same pin arrangement this will level out the angle of the plough can I suggest you then weld the rusted flat bar to the top of the painted steel this should also help the plough angle I think it will look sweeter and should look better and i believe it should work better George S

Hi Stormin When you have the plough on the ground in a straight line with the tractor measure the distance from the inside of the back wheel to the ploughshare this will give you the width of the furrow if eight inches wide you can get 5 inches deep if 10 inches wide you can get 6 inches deep if you are too deep for the width the plough will push the furrow over not turn it over hope this helps George S

Hi Stormin Can I suggest that you put wheels front and back on a 2 inch board check if plough touches the ground if it does try 4 inch deep board if it does the try six inch this will give you an idea of the depth you can attain if you cannot get these depths you may have to move the hitch point Give me a pm if you need any help George S

Hi Stormin Get it free before you start ploughing it will make all the difference it is called trial trial trial have been there