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Hello All, Last September when I was over one of my shows I picked up an old garden trolley that was slightly worn down it had no sides or anything of the sorts, I picked it up for a bargain price, and over the winter I've slowly been tinkering away with it getting it done a little by little ready for the first show of the year! which was the weekend just gone, I'll be uploading photos of that soon!.... I built the cart for my little nephew Tyler, so he can be pulled around the showgrounds or towed, and when hes old enough he can use it behind his own tractor hopefully! anyway here is the pictures of the stages, from start to finish! the last photo is him being pulled about like a king around the showground, its alright for some I guess!...

Raining again today, yesterdays weather forecast was for sunny and warm, today's forecast is for rain for the next three days, maybe more. There is really no such thing as a forecast anymore, there hasn't been in some time. I record the weather forecast every 3rd or 4th day and it is pathetic how bad it is. I send the recordings into the Television station and they say it isn't a exact science, but on their promo for their weather team they claim to have the most modern scientific equipment in the world, with the best meteorologists, but the recordings say otherwise. I've dug a 75 foot ditch two foot wide and two feet deep about 10 feet from the house and around three sides, now all water that flows toward the low back gets diverted around the house and to lower elevation. I figure that will move at least 100 hundred cubic feet of water every minute, no danger now. I've worn my spade and shovel down to the nub, but also lost 5 pounds, lol

Thanks Nigel. I believe that most Montgomery Wards were painted in gold with a stripe on the bonnet. I am sure someone with more knowledge than I will give the definitive answer.

No way should you scrap it. My BRL would do it but slowly . I run it dry with dust extractor but I've still got the wet kit and could get a bit heavier. However a friend has a bigger Atterton Master which eats twelve inch diameter gang cylinders and wouldn't even break sweat taking an eighth off ! See what Garfitts have to say . Nil illegitimo carborundum , 😱

Great one Andrew. I like the rear hitch arrangement. What is the bar sticking through the grill, hand crank? Iain

You are all on the right lines. It's a Montgomery Wards Squire 10 based on the Simplicity. 101 Landlord. It starts, runs and stops and it also came with a mowing deck that will need some attention. I like the fact that it's complete and it's all original. The steering wheel shape is just so cool.

Can anyone hazard a guess at what I bought recently?

Iain, here a picture of a Allis Chalmers with the same design as the Simplicity with a snow blower on the front PTO.

Alain, A plate of biscuits sounds like a very good idea. I can see how when they get home and see an open ditch and the dirt in a pile on your property, they could easily jump to the wrong conclusions. Iain

Good news and Bad news. The good news is the county gave me two 20 ton loads of top soil, the bad news it was the neighbors driveway that had washed into the county ditch. These people are not very intelligent, they drive a semi-truck for a living and drive it into their yard via a dirt path without gravel (well no gravel for 30 years), when the rains come heavy like they do it washes more and more of their rutted driveway into the county bar ditch blocking water flow. The county removed their culvert pipe and all the dirt and hauled it over to my place after I requested the dirt. I asked them how the neighbors will access their home without a crossing to drive over, the county guy said "not his problem". I can use the dirt to keep water away from my home, I hope the neighbors understand it wasn't my fault waht the county did, maybe I should take them a plate of biscuits.

Great find, well done !!

Popped along to my local show today, heres a few photos.

i like that a lot andrew, now it looks like its always been gold, so tell me alain were some gold or is this a special one

Series 2A Landy in the last photo is rather tasty as well

Just love that mini Cat, its the whiskers and the 401 ? Wheelhorse

Great photos Gareth, especially like the Cub Cadets !!

Alain, Just out of interest, why is that?

Front PTO to run attachments

Here's the manual for the Simplicity LandLord. http://gardentractortalk.com/forums/files/file/3711-990350-landlord-101/ Iain, I am not sure what that is. My first thoughts were that it is the front PTO or the starting handle.

Alain, yes I am the new owner. Also thanks for the additional correct info on the model name (Mark 10)

Both of those tractors were red, well thee 2210 was red and white, but the 725 was red. I'll be more specific and say Montgomery Wards Garden Mark Squire 8 EDIT: Well I was close. Are you the proud owner of a Simplicity made Montgomery Wards Garden Mark Squire 10 tractor? They are considered to be the best designed tractor in America.

Yes, it does have the PS option fitted. Here's a short walk around vid of it that I took as it sat at the dealer's place before they delivered it to me. It had been sitting there for about 4-5 years, and all it took to get it running was a new battery, and a bit of cleaning of the points. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5FLOzvJNnU

One of my 1250s has developed a starting problem and I was needing it closer to the garage so I can work on it. I fired up the 1886 forklift and it made short work of the job. Bear in mind that the mast is only rated for 750#, and that the shipping weight of a 1250 is listed as being 975#. Now add the weight of the fluids and the dual wheels and one could safely say that the 1250 is a tad over 1000# as it sits. The 1886 forklift didn't even grunt. Just picked it up and away I went :D

Hmmmm my guess is a Simplicity 725, or a 2210 garden tractor.......?

Here!s another photo.