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On the rule of one out, one in.... (Ewan is off to uni) here is our latest family member. meet myrtle

Thought they could earn their keep... The horses too Here's jakes freshly restored C-121 on sickle duty gratuitous pic of Finn stripping the quads back brake drum - start em young GT14 got an airing - there's another story and was put on roller duty of course we needed to let our hair (whats left) down....

I need to install a rear lift on the Allis 716H and change oil in a few machines as well as replace fuel filters and air filters. Will also lube grease fittings and install winter implements.

burnt my finger badly on the GT14 choke cable at the weekend wtf I hear you ask... well the fuel had leaked out and I refilled it, as I was cranking it through I though I could see smoke from the carb So I stopped, could see anything but lifted the hood and cranked again - yes it was the cable smoking... So I did as any numpty would and checked if it was hot! Turned out despite there being a lot of metal on a GT14, I had a poor earth for the starter and the path it chose was the choke cable!!!!!

I got a few more garden tractors out for service/repair, still have 12 (14, don't tell the wife) in the barn and shop. Notice the Allis 416 with the 4 speed hydro or Shuttle Shift transmission. The last photo is of the 50 lb Allis wheel weights that came with the 400 series. These wheel weights are super hard to find, I have only seen one set in a picture. I put a coat of paint on them to install on the 416 hydro with the tiller, it needs the extra weight in back.

I got this catalog along with all the original manuals for the 1700 Eliminator. I thought some would enjoy seeing the pictures

Whilst at my usual place on a Tuesday we found a box of the old black number plate letters, sign for the shed door or display board or whatever

Great collection of GTs. It goes without saying that the Bolens are my favourite Alain .

A fascinating brochure Alain; cheers for posting. I particularly like the HT23 one.

I'll be taking out all the machines, driving them for a while, lubing the grease fittings, cleaning/replacing air/fuel filters, and changing oil. I also hope to install fuel shutoffs on the remainder without them and run as much gas out as possible and then adding liberal amounts of Seafoam and Marvel Mystery Oil to the fuel of those not used during the winter. It will be a time to wash and clean them, charge the batteries and work on a connected battery tender. These are high hopes for as many machines as I am speaking but even with school, I think I can swing it. The fun part will be driving them. I am als wanting to install a 18" buzz saw on the front of one machine to me able to cut logs in a holder of sorts, something I could either move forward or backwards or raise or lower. I must watch out as I think Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) already has a helicopter flying over once in a while. For now I have a couple Bolens and a Wheel Horse out, tomorrow will bring more.

Saturday was a bit of a washout, but Sunday was a glorious sunny day, The Wheelhorse 706 is for sale, there was also a 1960's "Capco" Field Rider 301 for sale on one of the stalls. but the owner wanted £550.00, and didn't know what make it was.

Fantastic Pictures. Thanks for posting!

I bought this manual and wondered if I took pictures of the pages, someone could take all the pages and turn it into one pdf file for upload here

Nice pics, looks like a good show!