Sorry I have not posted sooner but I was busy,
I received these photos of howards of Bedford ploughs from a anonymous person who has emailed me with details,
It would seem that Howards in fact took over ransoms the more well known farm equipment.
Here is the email that I received on the matter
Hi , I thought I would let you know of my findings to date.
Pic 7579 shows a Howard brochure depicting my plough as the "Stump Jumper" The wheels are not original and the front one is missing. Thru research I have actually come across a wheel that suits my plough. It is currently on a Shearer plough that has been restored by a local museum - see pic 7578
It is a Howard wheel having Howard Bedford cast into the hub. If I can't get original back wheels I will make up the rims and spokes and using the Howard hub as a pattern, and get new hubs cast in aluminium with a steel axle sleeve.
The other pics show that the Howard colours are seen as a royal blue frame with pinky-red wheels
(you may have sent one of them - I lost track of them) I have been lent a copy of the Ransomes history by Brian Bell and it seems most of their machines continued the same livery after the take over from Howards. I reckon we can comfortably settle on those colours.
As an aside, if you ever come across any detail concerning the date my plough was first made (or any information) - eg. brochure dates etc, would you pl let me know.
FYI
Regards
and now I want toi share the photos I received with the email
there is a suspision amongst me and my father (the owner of the plough that started this blog) that the howards ploughs might be a red and a darker blue so the ransoms were a sky blue but the howards a navy blue.
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