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I'm having my own show next Saturday, so I am cleaning and washing the tractors anticipating a big crowd of Me, Myself, and I. Giving the 1978 Ariens GT14H a little spin, Snow melts and dirt hides when it see this Ariens

Yesterday I collected my Jacobsen built Ford 100 from Chard in Somerset. The owner, Tony, gave me the background on the Ford as referred to below: "I have what I believe to be the only Ford 100 imported into the UK . It has a mower deck, beltdrive rotorvator, bulldozer blade, and most of the bits of a trailer plough.The story I had back in the late 60's was that "it was sent for evaluation as a saleable item and used by the then boss of Ford UK. He found it too small for his needs so traded it in with a local tractor dealer for something larger. They were supposed to remove all the Ford markings before re-selling it, but they left them on!" My late father bought it. It was in use as a grass cutter for many years by my late father who passed it on to me when he moved to smaller housing. I used it either for grass cutting or rotorvating, but it has been stored now many years with only one minor attempt at renovation 7 years ago. I have no further use for it and I guess I want to sell it, but I would rather it goes into the hands of someone who can properly restore it, maybe that means it needs to return to the USA?" He carried out a light rejuvenation of it in the 70s as detailed below: "If this turns out to be successful attached are some old pictures I took abaou 20years ago before my last attempt at refurbishment. The decals, from a ford 2000 were added in the 1970's following a repaint and DO NOT really suit this old lady, hey I was a lot younger then. in my refurb I made a new seat can cover. not easy and could not source the rib moulded material, but looks MUCH better than the ragged old one. The off road tyres were a 1970's purchase when I hoped to get some 12" rims adapted to suit the hubs and gain more grip for the plough. project submerged by marriage failure. The potato ridger was added to the plough frame from a merrytiller and is not original. For some reason I dont seem to have pic of the rotovator but the drive/attachment mechanism is in the third pic along with the plough attachment. The original exhaust was side delivery but this vertical one (now defunct) and a later one now added, though awful to a purist somehow make it look more macho." I contacted the vendor and agreed to meet up in late August and a deal was struck. He was keen that it went to an enthusiast. Yesterday I collected it and drove it up the ramps onto my pickup after it was jump started. It is the first time it moved under it own power for 7 years. Previously prior to that some 30 years ago, as mentioned above, it was fired up and back in the 70s it was given a fresh coat of paint to freshen it up. The decals are from a Ford 2000. Today I unloaded it and gave it a good wash whilst assessing what needs doing. I pumped up the tyres, grease the suspension and to drive and cleaned the plug. My plan is to give it a service (oil change, air filter, spark plug, drain the tramission oils,replace the fuel line etc) and buy a battery. It's missing a belt guide on one side but it's all there and original ( apart from the stack exhaust). The Ford is based on the Jacobsen Chief model from that era. I will be picking up the Ford Tiller and front bulldozer plough in a few weekends time. Ford 100 on collection Ford 100 washed and given a quick grease up with tyres pumped up. Surprisingly a solid lump of metal.

i pulled this into the workshop and made a start on it deck first

as some of you might have seen we've got a new to us tractor. gone is our McCormick Deering 1020 and the new guy in the group is a McCormick Deering W4 and because you lot are pic hungry here's some of the old and the new

A few of the many smaller items found during the clear out at John's. Not seen a square like this. Think I can guess it's purpose. Anyone else know. A nice little Dial Gauge. This item must have a use, but what. Turning the spindle, for want of a better description, revolves the inner dial which is geared down. Revolving the dial via the small knob does NOT turn the spindle which has 3 flats ground on the end. The outer dial will not move. Possibly jammed. This and the dial gauge made by Starrett USA.

Ransomes MG 40 Crawler for sale, 1964 serial number15123. 600cc petrol engine, full pto and hydraulic three point linkage. Good tracks, as original no new paint, very sound. Mudguards as originally fitted. Currently for sale on E Bay looking for offers around £1200.

Thats a fast paint job Andrew!! Thats a good machine. I swear there was another one like this on ebay a while back. It made strong money

Try looking at with a flashlight, maybe even in a dark room, and maybe wetting it Prod. No. Description Starting Ser.# Final Ser. # 1965 53055 8 hp - gear 1601 1990 53056 10 hp - gear 1601 2050 1966 53057 8 hp - gear 1601 3040 53059 10 hp - gear 1601 5660 53091 12 hp - hydro 1601 2600 1967 53062 8 hp - gear 1601 2500 53064 10 hp - gear 1601 3960 53066 12 hp - gear 1601 2672 53083 10 hp - hydro 1601 2450 53093 12 hp - hydro 1601 2250 1968 53062 8 hp - gear 5500 5669 53064 10 hp - gear 6610 8209 53066 12 hp - gear 5290 6169 53083 10 hp - hydro 5350 5694 53093 12 hp - hydro 5250 6954 1969 53078 10 hp - gear 5196 12614 53089 12 hp - gear 5331 11529 53250 12 hp - hydro 6501 13674 53265 14 hp - hydro 5186 10589 1970 53078 10 hp - gear 15615 53089 12 hp - gear 14530 53250 12 hp - hydro 16675 53265 14 hp - hydro 13590

Decals for your tractor can be found here. http://www.georgebradishtractorparts.com/lawnDecals.jsp

Really nice find Andrew, Many of these do not have the PTO on the side of the engine any longer, really nice early Ford with a great 10hp kohler k241 engine. Does the engine serial number start with B or C?

At 4am, I was having second thoughts about that. I remembered my father using one years ago, to check revs of a miniature steam engine he had built. I'll have a look for it later.

Turns out it's a tach to read the spindle speed of a lathe http://toolboxblog.com/2011/03/01/a-1905-starrett-gauge-but-what-is-it/

I've just up sized my e-tank from a 20 litre storage box to a 205 litre drum. My power supply is a 12 volt battery charger that seems to be running it at around 2.5 amps. Does this seem about right? Have found some instructions and a circuit diagram for a dedicated power supply on the net but I'm better with a spanner than a soldering iron!

very unusual camper made by trojan the firm that made the toraktor

I was going to have a fall garden, but recent rains have prevented planting and would probably prevent adequate time for growth

If your lucky.