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Good morning all I haven't posted much in the last couple of months been busy with my now young family and work so time is at a premium , for the last five years I've had my workshop in an old tram shed in Sheffield as this has served me well and my friends who restore busses it's time for us to leave due to our land lord wanting to expand his business in to our building which this has gave us a final push to go due to the roof been in such a bad state ( it leaks ) So we have been on the look out for a new building in view to buy so we have found our new home which is clean and dry and secure , since me Nathan and Sam started packing things away it's amazing what we have found things we thought was long gone . Any way I've being buying pallet racking to utilise space so we can have things in the air here is a few pics so far more to come

We can't make RPT next year but Biddington would be good. If we can get it sorted in time we may be able to bring a D160 and/or D200. A few Bolens too of cause

Some of you Wheelhorse owners will remember i did a couple of round-ups back in 2012 /13 at Ardingly and had a lot of support. Sadly the vintage show wound up and we've been having them in North Yorkshire that Mark ( Meadowfield) has been organising. Ive been asked by several owners to do another round-up in the south so us southern boys can get together and show off our tractors. Ive been looking for a suitable site and have decided to have it at Biddenden Tractorfest, its a lovely flat site with loads of room and a working area. It will be held on August 19 / 20 so if i could have a show of hands to see if anyone's interested it would be great. I know there's a lot of Wheelhorse's in the south so here's your chance to show them off and make history!!!

The post and winch was my initial idea , but after seeing the WH with the hydraulic set up it got me wondering about using an air fed system , only because i have a couple of air rams an old mate gave me many years ago ( left over from robot building ) . I realise the limitations of compressed air , but they are light weight and less messy then hydraulics . And if i use a 12v battery i can run a hazard light and LED headlights as well , so i was thinkiing of keeping it simple and compact as the post would be sticking up at the front but a ram could be low mounted to push up and out at an angle to lift the blade . Especially as i will be fitting it to a 1970's self propelled rough cut mower i am currently fitting a blade ( Half a 47kg gas bottle ) to with the outlook to using the mower as a snow mover as my house has a slight hill on the rear access route to get to the main rd .And with the winter outlook steering towards another 2010 amount of snow we were faced with 8" to 10" of compacted snow in the village that quickly froze solid seeing myself driving around in the Volvo 850 pulling people out where their cars were unable to simply drive away from the curb .Though i do drop the tyre pressures down to 20psi and i do have a 230v winch that fits to the tow bar and is powerd from a 1200w inverter making it easy for me to help out . But the others in my neighbourhood quickly get stuck on the little hill , So my intentions are to keep it clear this time so that i can get in and out without the traffic jams as others sit wheel spinning away . And maybe ( depending upon how well it works out ) clearing the footpaths around the local OAP bungalows , as most of the residents were unable to get to the shops back in 2010 as the snow was just too deep for zingerframes ! . I could get around 4" of lift if i built the blade to sit on the ground with the wheel adjuster at it's lowest setting and simply raise the deck , but i think the extra weight maybe a bit too much for the linkage mechanism . I think i will just go ahead and build it , if it works it will be a bonus lol .....

Fantastic workplace. Am I envious? Yes!

Fantastic looking place James, you must be well pleased with that.

Hi All Judging time again, ground hard at bits stony but we were all ploughing in the same field, if you got a hard bit oops if you caught a stone oops, again we all had fun and we have been invited to another three ploughing matches, the wee tractors are making their mark also good comments all round

Hi All Tidy time again at the mill getting ready for the winter hope you like the merry tiller at work and truck carrying an other load of logs Last picture of stone is from the 1700 and is a drovers road marker it is built into a fireplace in the village sorry it is not very clear as it is well worn PS the exact date is 1683 wee bit before my time

I will sure be there, not sure what I will be bringing yet, may get the D200 sorted by then

One little un from me Chris, if all goes to plan. Might be 2 if I paint the Roper red.

Thanks Paul, I'd better make some room so we can get it done then .

Been busy restoring the " BUMA" , got it striped and rebuilt with a new coat of paint ( Brush on machine enamel ) to keep it good for another 50 years ! . This turned out to all origonal , never been apart .I know this due to the knurled adjuster on the top having a grub screw to hold the centering shaft . The grub screw had a plug over it and the knurling had been done last to hide it all ? . I had to drill the plug out so as to be able to remove the grub screw and so split the gearnbox cases . I have left the hole so i can easily take it apart for greasing etc in the future . I found the grub screw after i noticed a scribed line on the front face of the knurled adjuster , pointing in line with what looked like a keyway down inside so i drilled down and found a cavity , with the grub screw 2 or 3mm below .

Hi Ian Thanks but I am only the gardener and handy man, I have the pleasure of looking after the old mill without the pain of the upkeep, it is nice to look at and admire. John who owns the mill is one of lifes true gentleman and his wife is a true lady I made a promise as long as I was able I would look after the gardens, this is my ninth year.

The current model has the full stereophonic subwoofer augmented surround sound with corner tweeters . I had the acoustic deadening retro fitted to myself OUCH , her hearings still set to max as she's just come in to see what i was laughing at and prodded me in the ribs after reading the posts .