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Went out playing today to work off the extra lbs i put on and get away from the house

That made my day after the disappointing espisode with my tactor earlier this afternoon. Thanks Joseph Essentially you want your son to be economical with the truth Iain? This would be a good skill to master when Joseph become a politician

Andrew, when you do get to find out more information about the trailer it might be worth asking about the sides and base. Looking at the bolts for the side brackets and the remaining floor brackets, it very much looks like the material was 1-2 inches thick and not the usual 1/2 inch ply. When I was a lad I remember an uncle having a trailer which was mainly used as a garden trailer but occasionally he towed it on the road behind his Austin A35 van. The unusual thing I remember about it was the van was fitted with a non-standard hitch to facilitate the hook up, so the trailer hitch did not have to be changed for this purpose. Unfortunately, he is no longer about to ask but the hitch on the van did not look homemade and he would not have had the skills or tools to make a hitch, nor would he have been inclined to pay someone to make one. It does make me wonder if the makers of these trailers also supplied a hitch for occasional road use, which would explain the suspension. Looking forward to seeing the rebuild. Iain

We should have both had a dance because it did mean that I had finally got the ignition to work, it just would have been better if it wasn't on this attempt I was thinking that it might also be good to keep a stock in the workshop for the times when careful thought is required. It is amassing how they soak up the information and unlike me they retain it. It's great when it comes to initial carb settings or point/plug gaps, I just tell him once and then I can use him as a reference resource . I am looking forward to the day when the roles are reversed. It's Not always good to get them involved as I was contacted by someone over the break who wants to sell me a tractor. The boss asked me if I had one of that model and my carefully considered reply was that I did not have one of those models. Joseph then corrected me and told her we have three of that model and proceeded to tell her about each one. Not a good move and I need to talk to him about benefits of listening to a question fully before answering Iain

Who's Steptoe and who's Harold? I didn't have my best face on today Norm. And Chris made me drive a red thing.

Its arrived !! The unit fits on the engine, just need to modify the base plate so it all drops on nicely...

The blades were quite badly chipped and rusted. I ground the cutting blades back to good metal and then chamfered a new cutting edge. Not sure if there is a supplier of replacement blades for this machine? I think they are very similar to those fitted Allen Scythes etc...... will need to measure them, the hole spacing and do some research! Once rust free I did skim a small amount of filler onto the blades, just to fill some of the pitting. Once sanded, primed, painted and dry, I refitted them to the freshly painted disc. I was then finally able to finish reassembling the mower attachment....... (Apologies for the pictures being sideways...... seems a bit random as the 2nd one is the right way but the 3rd, despite many efforts is annoyingly sideways!)

That's the only way they learn lian , hands on , my boy Karl started filling my race car up with petrol and was my little gofar at race meetings at about josephs age he then started helping me build race cars then show winning custom bikes and trikes he even built me a 320 bhp v8 engine for one of them, he went on to be an excellent welder fitter and hydrolic expert and now he's in his 30s ime his gofar, what goes round comes round

Just been out and measured the blades........ A perfect match!!!

I knew ive seen them somewhere,

Hi, Darren. Depending on size, I have similar blades rescued from John's. Not perfect due to storage. 75 x 75mm. 5mm c/sunk mounting holes at 50mm C/L. 32 in total.

Looks good Paul.

They look similar to the blades on a atco finger mower

A few times, Iain.

Those blades are identical in appearance as those used on the reel ends, on the coating machines I used to look after. Can't promise anything, but I'll see if I can find out who supplies them.

Who's Steptoe and who's Harold?

You been to Norfolk Norm?

Andrew, I used a cleaner called US-SO-CAR. I you drop that description into the usual auction site you will see a couple of sellers and at least one of them provides a PDF on the makeup of the solution. Missing carb parts are on order. Iain

Hi All We attended a charity match in aid of the air ambulance based in Perth Scotland, it was well attended an we have a good day, I was trying out my Clifford walk behind I did not make the best rig in the field but I was the warmest Here are some pictures In all there were 83 tractors taking part £1600 was collected A happy new year to all

What else is there to do when you retire Iain. Keep the beer, I mean updates, flowing. We need to know if Joseph is taking any notice of you.

I just hope Joseph doesn't dance and swear at the same time when he's older!

So the cleaner shifted all that gunk Iain. What fluid are you using and quantity please? I must invest in one. i would have plucked one of the cat's whiskas to clean the jets.....

It will certainly be an interesting project. The seller brought it new back in the late 60s/ early 70s and that was how the trailer was when he bought it. I will know more once it's collected. It was definitely towed behind a garden tractor/ride due to the pin coupling which is what caught my eye.