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For the last few months, since starting to clear the Bolens Stash, there has been confusion as to whether a certain RED tractor was a Bolens or Wheel Horse. Two MoM members, Iain who thought Bolens, and the Showman who said Wheel Horse, insisted that each was correct. The main part of the argument was of the colour. The Showman said the Horses were red, while Iain claimed the Bolens were painted in various colours including red. To confuse things even further, the Showman always visits in a red Sprinter, which matches the Wheel Horse colour, while Iain has turned up in either a white or grey van. However, at long last, the argument was finally resolved today. After carefully rubbing down layers of old paint, the Showman uncovered the clearly visible name of Wheel Horse and with a "I knew I was right" grin, claimed the horse as a new addition to his collection. A couple of photo's as proof which should lay any further arguments to rest.

Hi all The challenge for this month is to make a grass area The house is a new build 5 bedroom bungalow with 1/4 of an acre of land it is what you say a blank canvas except for the stones hope you like George pulling trailer out of tractor shed the field of stones some day it will look nice

Visiting a customer at work today and got chatting about different things like you do and we got talking about old garden tractors and stuff at which point he say "come with me young man I've got some thing that you might be interested in taking on" so off we pop to and old barn and he shows me this a converted (I think) bmb plowmate says he got it from a big old house years ago in a dispersal sale. He said I could take it on on one condition I didn't weigh it in as he wants to downsize his farm. Few more pics

After his recent exploration of the crushed caravan, looking for long lost treasure's, Chris was determined to carry on with his new hobby of caravan diving. This is a variation of the well known skip diving, but includes a roof in case of bad weather. As it happened it was raining anyway, so we all got a bit damp. We discovered that the roof only worked if we were under it. After digging out two heavy bench's from the back of John's barn with help from friend Steve, plus more goody finding, Chris pleaded to be allowed to hack his way through years of bramble's and growth surrounding, or should I say burying, a pair of small touring caravans which had been used for storage. With Chris leading the way, there was no stopping him, we hacked, clipped and chopped through to the door of the first van. Carefully opening the door which was unlocked, Chris was greeted by the sight of - - - JUNK. There was barely room for Chris to stick his head inside the doorway, the junk almost falling out at his feet. Disappointed at not seeing anything of interest, a more thorough exploration may follow later, Chris turned his attention to the second caravan which was about 6 to 8 feet away. As the doors faced each other he opted for the direct route by tunneling through the brambles etc which he said would be the quickest way. A short while later Chris popped up beside a locked door, which was persuaded to open with the help of a crowbar. There was room to step inside this caravan which contained various car parts and other goodie's. It wasn't long before Chris emerged with a big grin on his face, where else, holding a pair of mismatched tri rib garden tractor tires which matched a pair of mismatched tri rib tires found in John's shed a few weeks ago. John has a strange storage system. The junk in the first caravan probably belonged to John's brother in law, who lived on the premises before him. A few other assorted tires plus a Honda engined generator were also extracted. More digging required in this second caravan. As it was getting late it was decided to pack up for the day and dry off before we headed home.

I feel the need to wade in on this one I see Chris appears to have a problem with his left hand on both pictures. It is either lovely attached to the Bolens or maybe he is trying to hide something. I have the twin to John's tractor and I think they may have been separated at birth and are longing to be reunited. They have both been painted to look like Wheelhorses and both have been robbed of some of the manly Bolens features such as the PTO. Here is a couple of pictures of it's twin which clearly shows it a Bolens Looking at the front in detail it clearly shows the Bolens features. Er. hang on a minute

Found a Cub, wasn't looking just stopped roadside to take a peek-a-boo. Now the Cub is coming to my barn to spend some leisure time with the Horses. I put a bit of text on the picture so I'll remember.

We wondered if it was a Husky-Horse as it sounds throaty when running.

Odds and Ends.... Turned a longer solid aluminum seat post for it to gain some leg room ... Swiped a set of suspension forks off another junk BMX bike: We had to press a sleeve in them to fit the vintage aftermarket handlebar stem. Aside from the internal springs, these also have the provision to mount a front caliper type brake. (We had to ditch the original coaster brake with the custom rear hub.)

Delivered SWMBO's Triumph Spitfire to it's new owner this morning. I now have MY workshop all to myself. Look at all that space. Started to build some storage shelving this afternoon. By 'eck it's hard work.

You forgot to say that the wheelhorse won hands down Nigel 😀ðŸ˜ðŸ˜›

Finally got to the bottom of the non starting problem....... A mixture of a slightly moved flywheel and a poor seal on the crankcase drain plug. All is fixed now and running really well. Will get a video tomorrow, but for the meantime a front and rear photo.......

Thanks. I think I got a little carried away with the photos and I reached the limit in my album before I could finish the story. I found out I could increase my limit by becoming a supporting member, so we're back on board and I call it money well spent.

Nice little Red tractor, I'm sure Iain will have something to say about it 😀😀😀

Yes I think it would be rude not to

is that a turbo whistle i'm hearing? i do hope it is slot mags look good

can any one help me out with a copy cos when you take these things apart theres lots and lots of bits thanks

The things i have to do in pursuit of my hobby, I don't think the spiders and rodents were very keen on me invading their home and the only way out was through the door where i was standing

The confusion continue's just when we thought it was all over.

Nigel, I believe Andrew's Ride-a-matic is a 1961, either a 233-01 or a 234-01. This is the owners and parts manual. If that is not the case I have the manuals for most RAM's. Hope this helps Iain 233-01 & 234-01 Ride-A-Matic (1961).pdf

Easimow - Kent

that takes me back to when i first met chris at a working weekend he had a wheelhorse i turned up on my bolens 800 =big debate over pulling power= the biggest topper ive ever seen= a tow rope= WAR=

Paint a wheel barrow red and he'll think it was a Wheel Horse.

It's a Bo Horse

Hate to say it, in the USMC we say, "Green is to show the world we're mean." I prefer, "Red is for the blood we shed." Oh, "deere" me.

Getting there....

i would like to give a big thanks to all that attended. we had a very good mix with around 45 machines plus 4 awning displays and with out you we would not have a display. also extra thanks to those that braved the wet conditions for the arena on sunday. i would also like to pass on thanks from the btf commitee for being a valued part of the show. i you have any feedback (good or bad) for the section or any other part of the show please P.M me and i will pass it on to the commitee. once again thank you very much

looks like one for my calendar next year...

First off, a massive Thank You and a job well done to Kev and Ethan for you organizational skills and unlimited suply of rope A second big thank you to The Showman for having somewhere for us to shelter from the sun/rain and your fine kettle handling skills As always Tractorfest was a great show, plenty to see, plenty to do, lots of laughs, and some great company. Cheers guys and girls, roll on BTF 2016

"We drove Why Not and survived"

A mate brought around a truck load of goodies for me on Friday, which includes some good wood, steel, and some metal cupboards and shelving. I am in so much trouble with the boss and I had to listen to my list of my crimes this morning. This included not cutting the grass last weekend, putting the Bolens stash in the garden and now filling the drive with what has been described as rubbish (or words to that effect). Apparently if I was single everywhere would be littered with this sort of stuff. She does make being single sounds very attractive I foreseen a weekend of grass cutting and moving things about. I am going to try to compress that into today so I can start to check out the stash tomorrow. Iain

A few photo's of Iain and Tom's "CRAM - it - IN" Countrywide Removal Service. Any distance, any time. First load. 5 Bolens. Second load. 5 more Bolens, with Iain's ( over the wheel arch's ) platform. Rear wheels removed from 1477 after loading to reduce width. Third load. 1 Bolen and 5 Horses. Lots of bits and pieces also crammed in with each load.