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Love the pictures and the list of your collection :D . I don't think many of the attachments you listed ever made it to the UK and the ones that did are harder to find than the tractors. You appear to have most of the attachments made although I didn't see the post hole attachment on the list . I scanned your list to see how many I had and it left me feeling hard done by. I would die for a snowcaster and a cab (hard or soft), either for TF or LF. I noticed from the pictures that one of your G11's a has a front mounted PTO pulley attachment, I was thinking of making one of those as I think it would be a very useful attachment to have. I have no idea why, but in the UK the G12 appears to be one of the hardest tubeframe's to find. I have one in my collection and they are a fun machine, with the manual high/low belt change of the G10 and the 6-speed rear end of the G14, giving it 12 forward and 4 reverse gears, Are they rare in the US or just the UK? Bolens information this side of the pond is as hard to find as the tractors and attachments, so please tell us more Iain

You may find what you need in this catalogue. There's a compressor section near the end. http://www.mayphil.com/creo_files/upload/files/cords_brochure.pdf

I would kill for some of your collection I would love a front loader for a LF tractor. I was told of one years ago, but lost track of it Attachments for bolens are rare in the uk, most are in Iain or Andrews sheds

Yep, I am missing some of the really exotic attachments. I would like to find one of the post hole diggers, the trencher attachment, and the front mounted 540 rpm PTO for the tube frames. The G12 seems to be a but uncommon here as well. The G9 is another one that is seldom seen, along with the 1257 which was basically a 1256 with a Tecumseh engine instead of the Wisconsin that Bolens preferred to use in most of their tractors. As for the G12, I think you may have something of a 'Frankenstein' tractor, as all information I've seen on it shows it as having the 6-spd transmission. One of my G11's (the one with the snowblower on it) is setup the same way as your G12. The original owner had transmission problems with it, and after finding out from the dealer the cost of repairing it, decided to transplant and entire 1050 rear end. That gives it the controlled differential, which it originally lacked, as well as 12 speeds. In 1st gear Lo/Lo and it just creeps along. I haven't tried to see how fast 3rd Hi/Hi is yet. Here's a short video of it in 1st Lo/Hi and then in Lo/Lo :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6xbaP1DH6E&list=UU1Uz61LmXc5LyoDSnOOsWBw

like I said great deal... they are fairly rare nigel as the axle james has is a hydro and needs a frame to bolt to. We can all post a pic of a wreck and a stunner next to it and say here's what it could be!

I live in an area in the States where Bolens were pretty popular, and have 17 of those rascals :D I'm also retired and willing to travel if necessary for a good tractor or attachment. Here's a pretty complete list of all of my "Bolens Goodies" Articulated: Estate Keeper 7 Hp. Tube Frames: 800, G10-04, G11-01(3), 1256-02(2), H14-02. Large Frames: 1886-01 w/Forklift 1886-01 w/FEL, 1886-01, 1886-02, 1250-01 (2), HT20D, HDT1000. Attachments: Bolens: 38", 42" & 54" decks, TF front blade, LF hydro angle blades, EK, TF & LF Snowcasters, TF front mount PTO, LF hand speed control, LF 540 RPM rear PTO, TF & LF tillers, TF and EK front mount Cylinder Mowers, TF front mount Dethatcher, 12v string trimmer, 12" & 15" wheel weights, front wheel weights, EK rear weight, 18010 & 18086 3-pt hitches, LF Dual Wheel Kit. Brinly: SH cultivator, SH tool bar, SH Planter, 3-pt 12" Plow, 3-pt disk, TF Dump Attchment, 3-PT A-frame. Haban: 405A Sickle-Mo, 414 SIckle-Mo, 503 Flail-Mo, 514 Flail-Mo. Ohio Steel: Sleeve Hitch, SH 10" Plow. Sweepster: LF Broom, TF Transporter Body. Other: York Whirley Rake, Gannon Earthcavator, EZ-Vac for TF, TF Soft cab, LF Soft cab, LF Hard cab, Front mount Forklift, Homemade FEL, Mid mount grader blade

Yes, the G11 is sometimes called the "Rainbow Bolens", but I prefer to call it the "Sunset Bolens". Reason being the colors, and the fact that the G11 was the last 'new' model of the tube frame series, and was produced in the last year (1978) that the tube frames were produced. It's also interesting that the G11 was the only tube frame to have fender decals, and the HDT1000 was the only large frame to have fender decals. The G11 seems to be semi-rare, and not a lot have surfaced. I have yet to see one with a 4 digit serial number. I happen to be fortunate enough to have managed to find 3 of them.

I haven't Norm, never seen one before, Jeff might know Don't know Neil, but looking forward to Newby Hall, I would like to come down your way, any surgestions

Very nice to see it complete with the toolbar and all the attachments