Ransom Roller.

[Stormin 4,458]

  As most will know, Jonathan, (expeatfarmer), has sold most of his collection of Ransom crawlers. He did have two large Ransom reel mowers. These attracted no interest. So Jonathan removed the engines and made a roller out of one. Another friend of mine bought that off him after I took him to see it. I bought the remains of the other.

 

  Below is what I got plus the handles.

 

  First mod was to trim the bottoms of the sides, so they wouldn't dig in when behind one of my garden tractors.

 

 Next fit the handles. But in front instead of behind to make the draw bar.

 

 

Two of the side offcuts were made into plates. Utilising the holes already there.

 

 

 A pin off the Cabstar tipper I once owned, makes a good hitch pin.

 

 Behind the Sears/Roper ready for a trial.

 

 

 Worked grand though the roller could do with being a little wider. Width of the wheels. But I can't do anything about that. I can offset it on the Sears hitch if I need too.

 

 Next job is a frame for the top to carry weights.