Mister Mad Mower

Thanks for that Stormin ,I will have a look in different mags  . I was thinking of crew cab van with an extra 2 seats in the back ( 7 of us ) to leave a little room for the engine on a little trolley .And be able to tow the trailer tent .But then i thought of a showmans vehicle and how as such 2 trailers can be towed ( living caravan and ride / exhibit ) .Just an idea that i though would save me getting another vehicle just for going to shows with .
I already have a 1994 VW LT35 pickup 12' x 7' back with a Lucas 150kg swing lift fitted , and did contemplate a dismountable living box for the back , but the lack of seats prevents this idea .But iff i end up with a crew cab / mini bus the swing lift is going in the back to save pushing the engine up and down ramps .

I stopped selling altogether , I used to make and sell cut vinyl signs and stickers but gave up .The feed back was always good it was just the competitors emailing for silly things .One claimed to be a taxi company that wanted 6 taxi sets of graphics .Not a problem .This went on for 2 weeks with the customer accepting the designs then emailing an hour latter with alterations based upon colour or additional wording .In the end i asked my nephew down in Margate to check the company out for me ( He designed and now fits a taxi tracking system) so knows most taxi companies personally ) .Yep , the company did not exist .Just another competitor mucking about and wasting my time .
But i hold my hands upto emailing sellers with silly questions myself , as i sometimes need a thing for a thing that i cannot buy new .
I have just rebuilt a 1974 Yamaha TY80 for one of my boys and needed a kickstart shaft , pay £100 for a TY or look around .An RD80 one came up for sale so after 3 emails asking for shaft diameter and length , then teeth number on the sprocket , then angle of the stop tab i was happy it would fit and bought it .And it fitted so i saved £80 and got what i was after .
But after many years of buying i found that if i emailed all the info in a single message , usually the seller would not reply with all i had asked .
And i always try to collect as when i arrive i have a natter and usually come away with other bits and bobs the seller didnt even think of selling .
Just 2 days ago i bought a Wolseley 500 rough cut mower after i made a best offer , when i arrived at the sellers home we talked for an hour then it transpired he was the son of an old friend who i had not seen since he was 10 , 15 mins latter and i came away with the mower and a Wolseley WD11 for a tenner and a set of cast sack barrow wheels and axle with the forged lift plate for another tenner .
Buy i always try my best to ascertain suitability before making an offer or buying anything .
And recently i have been plaqued by non arrival little bits and bobs , seemed to have statrted after the privatisation of Royal Mail .WIth the odd ones turning up after an extra week or more ! .The latest were 4 battery packs for 18650 batteries , the seller was adament he had sent them so i waited an extra 2 weeks and they eventuallu turned up .
Which i feel was a case of selling before the stock was available to sell more than a missing item , as it seems to be a more prevalant way of selling new items nowadays  .Take your money then order the items from a warehouse then send them to you after 4 or 5 weeks .

I stopped selling altogether , I used to make and sell cut vinyl signs and stickers but gave up .The feed back was always good it was just the competitors emailing for silly things .One claimed to be a taxi company that wanted 6 taxi sets of graphics .Not a problem .This went on for 2 weeks with the customer accepting the designs then emailing an hour latter with alterations based upon colour or additional wording .In the end i asked my nephew down in Margate to check the company out for me ( He designed and now fits a taxi tracking system) so knows most taxi companies personally ) .Yep , the company did not exist .Just another competitor mucking about and wasting my time .
But i hold my hands upto emailing sellers with silly questions myself , as i sometimes need a thing for a thing that i cannot buy new .
I have just rebuilt a 1974 Yamaha TY80 for one of my boys and needed a kickstart shaft , pay £100 for a TY or look around .An RD80 one came up for sale so after 3 emails asking for shaft diameter and length , then teeth number on the sprocket , then angle of the stop tab i was happy it would fit and bought it .And it fitted so i saved £80 and got what i was after .
But after many years of buying i found that if i emailed all the info in a single message , usually the seller would not reply with all i had asked .
And i always try to collect as when i arrive i have a natter and usually come away with other bits and bobs the seller didnt even think of selling .
Just 2 days ago i bought a Wolseley 500 rough cut mower after i made a best offer , when i arrived at the sellers home we talked for an hour then it transpired he was the son of an old friend who i had not seen since he was 10 , 15 mins latter and i came away with the mower and a Wolseley WD11 for a tenner and a set of cast sack barrow wheels and axle with the forged lift plate for another tenner .
Buy i always try my best to ascertain suitability before making an offer or buying anything .
And recently i have been plaqued by non arrival little bits and bobs , seemed to have statrted after the privatisation of Royal Mail .WIth the odd ones turning up after an extra week or more ! .The latest were 4 battery packs for 18650 batteries , the seller was adament he had sent them so i waited an extra 2 weeks and they eventuallu turned up .
Which i feel was a case of selling before the stock was available to sell more than a missing item , as it seems to be a more prevalant way of selling new items nowadays  .Take your money then order the items from a warehouse then send them to you after 4 or 5 weeks .

Went to pick up a Wolseley 500 mower yesterday and picked up another Wolseley WD1 / 11 ( EN 12171 ) and a nice pair of cast wheels and axle off the same guy .
The head / hopper was rusted on solid and my little blowlamp kept going out due to the depth of the tank to head killing the flame .
The easy solution was to turn the Wolseley into a BBQ .
I covered the bottom of the tank with ASDA wood pellet cat litter and let it run it's course latter  -30 mins latter and  off it came with a gentle pry with a 18" crowbar .
Never tried this before ( using cat litter ) but have on occasion put a little petrol in cylinders and let it burn to free up stuck pistons .
Tip for the cat litter wood pellets - Dry them out in the sun / oven otherwise they do not burn correctly and can be smokey and try to keep the water ways open to allow the air to feed the fire.
 

Went to pick up a Wolseley 500 mower yesterday and picked up another Wolseley WD1 / 11 ( EN 12171 ) and a nice pair of cast wheels and axle off the same guy .
The head / hopper was rusted on solid and my little blowlamp kept going out due to the depth of the tank to head killing the flame .
The easy solution was to turn the Wolseley into a BBQ .
I covered the bottom of the tank with ASDA wood pellet cat litter and let it run it's course latter  -30 mins latter and  off it came with a gentle pry with a 18" crowbar .
Never tried this before ( using cat litter ) but have on occasion put a little petrol in cylinders and let it burn to free up stuck pistons .
Tip for the cat litter wood pellets - Dry them out in the sun / oven otherwise they do not burn correctly and can be smokey and try to keep the water ways open to allow the air to feed the fire.
 

Then i reccomend a nice blue vinyl wrap then the owners can make a flag

I personally place the sticker in position and apply a couple of strips of low tack masking tape over the sticker and onto the suface to afix to .
( i do this with anything from a 3" sticker to a 10" sign as i have a Chinese 600mm plotter  as on occassion i make signs for people )
Then apply a light spray of 1 drop of washing up liquid in 500ml of water .
Turn the sticker over ( use the masking tape as a hinge ) and peel back the backing away from the masking tape hinge to half way across the sticker .
Fold the sticker back over slowly working down from the masking tape hinge laying the vinyl down and removing air bubbles as i go with a propriatory plastic squeegy , thpough a credit card etc can be used but are not as solid as the correct tool .Then once the backing is reached , peel it off as you work down using thy squeegy .
If no masking tape is at hand just peel a little of the backing paper back and turn it over to make a buffer to keep the sticker from touching the surface till you have it positioned and gently press a little down to hold it before going the whole hog with the squeegy .
Air bubbles are removed by use of a needle point and circular movement of a finger around the bubble working inwards .
If you have corregated surfaces then warm the sticker with a hair dryer to get it soft so it will mould easier into the undulations .
A " Stippler " ( Hard bristled brush ) aids this moulding process .
The same goes for rounded edges etc , where the slight heating from a hairdryer allows for a much better adheasion over time ( no lifting along the curve line ) .
For a better quality approach buy some low tack lifting paper and cover the whole sticker with it and use the top as masking tape and proceed from there .
The extra covering of the low tack lifting tape eleviates any damage to printed stickers whilst squeegying them down .
There are many companies who sell the lifting tape but i use MDP at - http://www.mdpsupplies.co.uk/
Check out their vehicle wrap and pimp up your Bolens   They dont all have to be red ! .
Their digital paper is also amazing as you can design and print your own stickers just how you want them using a std inkjet printer , i still see some i did around 6 years ago for advertising on shop doors .
Though these need a lifting paper as a barrier when applying them , Print a sheet out and cover in lifting paper then cut out with scissors or knife .Peel off the backing paper and apply , once happy remove the top covering of lifting paper .
I prefer the paper tapes for application work and the opaque plastic tapes for building up layers when prepping a sign using multiple colours as it is more easily viewable through.
Hope this helps .