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Carol has an artistic streak and wants a new studio. So the greenhouse had to go. Over the last few days, I've dismantled the greenhouse and transported it to eldest daughters. Son-in-law wanted it and was a great help. Conspicuous by his absence. The breeze block base the greenhouse was fastened too, also removed. Hollow blocks are quite heavy, especially when someone has filled the hollows with concrete. These have been taken elsewhere with the C-81 and Saxon trailer. Site levelled up and some 2-1/2 x 24 x 30 inch slabs that have been hiding behind the workshop, placed and levelled at the four corners. More slabs have to be laid yet for the floor supports and that's the next step. The new studio is to be 8ft x 12ft and construction of the will start sometime later in the week. .

While we were at the Smallholders show we acquired a pair of ridgers so I thought I'd make another set today

This body piercing is really catching on, even the animals are at it now

Saturday evening we had gale force winds (60+mph) several inches of horizontal rain and a lot of lightening in the space of one hour. It took out much of one tree and a big part of the corn. I've been using the cutter/loppers and bow saw for the last two days in order to get it cleaned up. I have two chain saws, but I thought I needed the exercise. The Wheel Horse D-160 had no problem pulling the tree into the drive for dismemberment.

I got 2 of the black tillers Red one looks smart with new paint

Shut up, Pam didn't notice them

As a few of you will have read i came home from Johns yesterday with a sprinter load of wood. As I've been poorly for a couple of weeks and having a polythene sheet for a roof my wood stock had gone down dramatically so as it was a wet day i thought I'd cut it up

I expect those will end up white?

My grandson was having a clear out and I managed to retrieve a pair of wheelhorse workshop safety shoes, now i can bin my old ones

This reminds me of the Pennsylvania Panzer or Copan Panzer, very cool early primitive garden tractor. It's amazing to think that four wheel garden tractors were a rarity until the very late 1940's, before a garden tractor was usually a walk behind two wheeled machine. Did we get lazy or come into more money? lol

My wife spotted what she believes was a grey breasted long legged tree goon

This one is the D160, 16hp Kohler k341, like all my tractors is a single cylinder, but yes they are very powerful. Many do not know this, but the hydro unit on these tractors hooks directly to the flywheel this fluid is then transferred to charge pump for the rear trans axle

Awesome power the D200 , that'll be next years fire wood sorted then. I understand that we are due to get the tale end of your storm this coming week .

But not as long as a large frame, the large frame PTO shafts are 53", that one doesn't look more than 42"

The red one is a Model 18018 25" with one extension for a total width of 33" early large frame tiller for a 1476, 1477, 1886 and the Black (dirty one) is a 25" with one extension, 33" Model 18618-03 flat back from the Black and White H and G model tractors.

It doesn't appear to be a tube frame tiller, with the right lift bar, I think it still be made to work if the axle ears have the same spacing you had the right drive shaft

Its a 1974 Bolens HT20 model 2087-02

In spite of the dire warnings of gales and rain I set off with car and trailer to Puckington, expecting to be towed through the gate. But no problem, the ground was hard ad dry! Set up tent next to Charlie Moore and Breeze and I got our heads down. Windy and drizzle on Saturday but all tents survived....