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Great salvaging. Be interested to see it all up and running. I need to get one myself for my lawnmower servicing business as well as doubling up for my GTs.

That's a very practical bit of kit and great to see it been 'up cycled'. How did you get your hands now that? Chris, where did you get your tractor lift from? Cheers

Get some Gold paint and rewrite them with 'Wheel Horse' to make it exciting for Chris. Having said that, it probably be no more exciting than Royal Mail..... Mind you if it got Cub Cadet or Bolens then it will be very exciting and interesting...,,

My Morris 100 LCV van is an ex GPO van. What sort of stuff are these Royal Mail items? The two Morrises look great and I hope someone will give them a new home.that yellow is so retro! Cheers ]My Morris 1000 LCV van is an ex GPO van. What sort of stuff are these Royal Mail items? The two Morrises look great and I hope someone will give them a new home.that yellow is so retro! Cheers

Thanks. When I pick it up I will be giving it a good clean and service (once the starting been sorted). Like all Bolens it's incredibly well made and the hydro is an additional bonus.

Alain, I can see that the hitch been 'adapted to fit a garden tractor. To my knowledge, Bolens did not produce any ploughs for the tube frames and large frames tractors as Brinly manufactured them. As for the RAMs and Ride Masters I think there may be a few manufactured. I will be interested to know what your research brings up. Again, a great find and a cracking price too. Cheers

Thanks Iain. Hoping to collect it soon. I will be hiring a trailer to hook up to my Hilux. £17 to rent for the day!

The H16 are highly regarded and that was a very lucky find I can tell you. I passed one up last year because I ditherered.

Whilst idly browsing through Gumtree UK, I came across this H16 titled Garden Tractor. It's an hour away from me in Cornwall, just across the border. After a phone call I did quick trip to Cornwall to view the GT. The seller, an elderly but sprightly gentleman, recovering from a triple heart transplant, owned it for 25 years. He was the second owner. The previous owner traded it in for a newer machine in Exeter, Devon. He used it to mow his paddock which was grazed by donkeys. A deal was struck. His wife made me a cup of tea and made a lovely cheese sandwich with pickle. A lovely couple who lived there coming on 50 years. I asked him to write up some amusing antidotes about using the H16. It developed a starting fault some 10 years ago. He then bought a Toro which he said "isn't a patch on the old Bolens". He showed me a few other horticultural equipment that he given me first refusal. I also got the original receipt for the H16 when he bought it. He was pleased and thrilled that I am a Bolens enthusiast and that it would be looked after. I told him that I got 7 Bolens all together. That's when he invited me to have a cup of tea! I then told him that I knew several UK Bolens owners who got this particular model and that it was highly rated. That was when the sandwich was made! He told me that he was considering repowering it with a Honda engine but he couldn't bear the thought of 'ripping out the heart of the old girl'. Can anyone tell me a but more about this H16 which is a 1656-01 # 0183284? (difficult to read the numbers). I believe it's a '73 model? It's all there and the surface is just surface rust but all original.the rear wheels are off his Toro whilst his Toro got the Bolens wheels as they are shored with Agri tyres. They will be swapped over when it's collected.

Alain, are these ploughs for Bolens pedestrian tractors or for actual garden tractors? I had the impression that Bolens did not make them for GTs? Anyway, whatever, you got them for a good price.

George, how many competitors are there in the horticultural ploughing section? Seems you lads got a good a lot if interest up there.

Well it arrived at lunch time today. Luckily I was working locally so when I got his text I rushed back to my house. We unloaded the 1050 together and I could not believe it that when I turned the key, it fired up straight away. I let it ran for about a minute. It was smokey from the exhaust but I think a good service will cure that or if not, some new rings. A good grease up and clean I think will make it look even better. I need a new tyre or inner tube for the front. One of the headlights worked and I was once again struck how solid the Bolens is. The courier, a mate of the seller, was absolutely taken with the Bolens. As far as I could tell, all the levers worked but I will need a need a throttle cable at some point. i think it's very a working tractor that have been maintained to a point,

Aye!

Just outside Dundee.....A place near Montrose, Angus. 600 miles to Devon!

I spotted this little gem on Gumtree it few weeks back. It looks complete but it has not been ran for some two years. I spoke to the seller and a deal was struck. He was well chuffed that it was going to a collector and that sealed the deal. It had a new clutch on it a few years back and the seller repainted the bonnet. It need a new tyre on the front apparently. A mate of his will be delivering it to me from Scotland to Devon for an amazing £100 on one of his regular sorties into England. Here are some photos of it and it nice to see the centre cap on the steering wheel. Just heard from the seller that the cheque cleared and that it will be delivered sometime tomorrow evening. He also said that he put some fuel in and it fired up but was a wee bit smoky. Not bad after being laid up for 2 years. Looking forward to seeing it in the metal as it were. .

Alain, Those Tri ribs looks the DBs. That's a bugger about the suppliers messing you around but I am sure it will be resolved one way or the other. Cheers

Thanks Alain. I have deleted some messages but it's still full!

Great to see it in action.

Jammy Gits! On Dartmoor today we were expecting sleet and snow sometime today but instead it was sunny and warm! However, snow is now expected tonight. My eldest son is camping out on Dartmoor tonight as part of his training for Ten Tors.

Another stunning find Alain and your eclectic collection of GTs and attachments are something that we Brits can only drool over.

Toy Town I am afraid Iain. Well you did ask!

Great write up and photos of the show! Norm. The display of crawlers is fantastic. Good to see some garden tractors in display.

Very, very nice. Looking forward to see them on the tractor.

Looks a solid example. Have you got it up and running? I went through Glastonbury last week and had lunch in Wells enroute to Bath.

Good luck. If they were real ones I could have picked them up them up for you as they are up the road from me!