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Fired up and ran for the first time in 8 years today. I was expecting clouds of smoke but not bad at all. Went for a drive around the villages , it has some grunt and pulls well. Burbles nicely in top gear. Next thing to tackle is to replace/repair one of the exhaust manifolds which is cracked through as they were prone to do both have been repaired before, one well done the other badly and it leaks.

Hi All I would like to update you all on my modifications to my plough since I modified it I have managed to win 2 Firsts and my son in law Douglas won a first with the same plough we are happy chappies. we have been invited to another four ploughing matches this year the word is getting around about the horticultural classes we have also been invited the scottish championships next October

Elongated the holes in the brackets today and while doing so I had an idea. Instead of fitting the keys inside of the brackets, I fitted them on the outside. This made fitting them easier. All ready to test. The result after a trial run on the leaf covered lane past next doors gate. That was after several runs. I found going in reverse was best. Although it cleared quite a lot of leaves, it was not the result I was hoping for. I think there was two problems. (1) The leaves were soaking wet. (2) The rough nature of the lane. I think a better result would be had with dry leaves. Also on a flat surface like a concrete yard.

picked this up the other day, every thing was seized up on it, but it has compresion so thought i would strip it and get it working again

Found a couple of photos of the first Wheehorse i had ( and still got ) its a 1969 Commando 7 bought for £50 on the 17th of March 2003. My Grandaughter ( Lauren) is now 22.

I only collect single cylinders, but I ended up winning the auction on this Wheel Horse D-200 twin cylinder at a very reasonable price. So now I see a Bolens HT20 in my future as well. Someone took two Brinly single gang discs and a Brinly three point sleeve hitch adapter and married them to make a nice double gang disc.

finally got round to throwing the video's i took on youtube. only plough cam this time since the bonnet view file wont open

Quick pit stop for taking the pics then Andrew Shame I did not have the time to finish it off for you

A good buy at that price and no I didn't know about the thrust washers. I am excited about your forthcoming Bolens HT20 when you source one. If it is like anything like the others you have collected it will be a fabulous example.

Last weekend I collected my 850 from Chris and at the same time dropped off his 600 and an engine I picked up for him a while back. Good to have a catch up with Chris too.

the reason i dont use a disc coulter is simple, i dont have one as for the adjustments there's the handle on the top of the plough for depth and a swivel point on the hitch part for leveling it. and the 3 holes in the hitch of course

Ive moved them off the grass now, just need to find some patio coloured sheets.