Leaderboard

Thanks so much for posting the pictures! I have gone through them several times and found new things each time. Such a variety of great machines.

It would seem that when I journey darn sarf, I come back with more than I go with. Last year it was an engine. This year, along with some other bits and bobs, I got this homemade scarifier. Also this Wheel Horse side discharge deck. There's one or two holes in the deck that shouldn't be, but reasonably solid. Spindles are free with no noticeable play. It will be stripped and rebuilt sometime over the winter. Not forgetting the Billy Goat. I should have taken a photo, but it's now tucked away awaiting my attention.

I'm waiting for the right time. If there is such a thing.

A friend of mine moved to the west coast last year and left some equipment at the neighbors. he and the neighbor decided it need to find a new home so I was the recipient of the donation. Of course I did have to spend the time and effort to retrieve it. A Simplicity/Allis belly blade, John Deere 314H steering column, complete hydro rear end, and complete 14 hp kohler engine from same tractor, and a Briggs and Stratton 11 hp horizontal shaft engine from a Wheel Horse or Sears GTV

Here are some pictures of my Orline Challenger Mark IID chainsaw, it has the larger model 20A engine, with a different (early?) starter housing to other model 20A engines I've seen. I had intended to take some better pictures, but started work to find out why the fuel line was missing, after looking at the carb to identify the type for another forum member. To get to the fuel outlet on the tank requires removing the engine from the saw frame, unfortunately I'm currently waiting for a socket to arrive to remove the last part preventing engine removal, the compression release valve. Everything else has either been removed or loosened ready. I also found the missing (when bought) carb choke lever screw stuck to the flywheel magnet! I managed to obtain maintenance manuals for both the model 20A engine and this chainsaw, they have been scanned & turned into pdf files and added to the manuals thread. David

this was a good day for every one to try out other peoples machines young and old had a play and i think it went down well. i would like to thank the SHOWMAN(chris sutten) who organised our section and made it one of the most relaxed and easy going shows of the year and of course Norm had his new hat on for the ring parade, and was acting very strange, if you look at photo 13 that may of been the reason why just joking norm

I wanted to to put one of my 48" wheel Horse decks under one of the big D-160 tractors, after looking at both decks it became apparent that one deck was in better shape, and was going to be the "one". I think this is where the train went off the tracks as it were. I found several parts on the chosen deck that were missing or not in good order. As it would happen the deck held in reserve had those missing and defective pieces, deck wheels, several brackets, and tension/idler parts. The previous "owner" had removed the tension spring and drilled a hole through the deck and mounted the idler pulley solid. I know this man must be a genius for it is way beyond what I can comprehend and still baffles me as to why and what for. I used my lesser brain to remove the tension spring assembly (the wheel horse tension set up is quite amazing in its raw primitive form) from the spare deck and installed it on the chosen deck. I also found several places on the deck hangers where a rotary metal saw had been employed to "whittle" down metal that must have been rubbing. I found this on other places and decide the genius had found a way to save from having to repair a problem by cutting it out. I wondered why I had never came to this conclusion when I remembered this man was a genius and i was not. As I said earlier, the train had already left the tracks and when decided to put a little primer over the spots where I welded back metal that had been cut away and installed a set of grass baffles from the spare deck; the genius had removed them. It must work better without baffles underneath, but for my little pea brain I believe I need them. Again while the train was off the tracks I decided to spot prime and paint the areas the welder blemished from underneath and a few rusty spots. The next thing I know I have the deck nearly disassembled and am spraying etching primer on the entire thing. How did this happen? Well I resigned myself to another ride on a train off the tracks and sanded it today. That did not take long so I broke out the paint, hardener, and reducer and sprayed two coats on the entire deck. BTW, the little drag wheels on the deck have grease fittings, wow. The first picture shows three, to be two complete, Allis decks in the queue for restoration. It looks like that train has no tracks anywhere around these parts.

I finished the deck and as soon as I remove the box blade and dozer blade the deck will attach to the Wheel Horse Fast-Tach attachment system. The tension set up in these Wheel Horse Deck is really nice, a sliding bar with a spring applies the tension, very easy to use and maintain, well for not so smart guys like me that cant circumvent the system like the previous genius had. The rear wheel adjustment allows for a better cut on the grass than just high or low, but rather allows a greater degree of height adjustment.

It's amazing what can be found if you know where to look.

Just been having another look at the pictures, they are great and I wish I had been able to go. A couple of things came to mind from the pictures: - In post number 14, picture 14 it looks like two shows in a row was too much for Norm as he appears to have fallen asleep at the wheel. - Even more alarming, in post 21, picture 10. I am sure Chris could have found a better place to put the porta loo Iain

And here is how it goes. "I identified a weak area of the tractors design." Translation, "I'm smarter than the army of engineers and designers hired by the manufacturer." It takes a lot of ego or a total lack of intelligence to second guess quality engineering in the case of a single part. Had the poster realized the machine had been used and abused for 40-50 years and taken that into consideration, he might have realized there was absolutely nothing wrong with the design of the tractor, just the current owner.

Both !!

And some more photos, now from Sunday... including Bolens !!

Hi All one or two pics taken at local rally at Ladybank Weather was good company was good very happy to to take part plenty of exhibits for all to see Hope you like

Only showmen, (Not Chris), ie fair ground, circus and the like can tow more than one trailer. Maybe farmers/agricultural contractors as well.

Great job Alain and very amusing story. I feel sure that genius has been at some of my equipment too Iain

I'm also pleased with the way the blades have worked out. With the blade used in conjunction with the roller, they did a pretty good job. (Again see Biddenden photo's.) As Chris said, the clumps of weeds made things difficult. I also will be doing a mod or adjustment or two. Firstly to see if I can get to use the lift lever to apply pressure, instead of my feet. When the blades down, the lever is to far away to hold.

The graderblades looked good mounted on the tractors at Biddenden ( see photos) but in use they are a bit low with not much ground clearance, the soil was very soft and full of weed which gathered in big clumps making it easy to get stuck. Im going to make a small modification to mine which will lift it higher and try again but in all i was very pleased with it as it got plenty of abuse and it didn't break . I'll do an update tomorrow