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In truth that is one of the reasons why I forgo the tiller. However, one day I will get one when I find a suitable tractor.

I thought that was the case about the hydraulic lift on your LF. A nice looking tractor by the way.

Hello Chris, no it was the one with the Bolens H16 with a 42" deck that was 10 miles up the road from me. It was this one.

The flat back tiller is well heavy. Do you have a hydraulic lift on the bac to lower and raise it? I saw one a few months back for sale but I stupidly passed on it. It does a superb job by the look of it.

Alain, like the both sets of wheel weights. Looking great.

I like your mum's house; especially the third photo of the verandah. I hope you are going to paint it in Bolens 'White'!

What a fabulous looking LF Bolens! I can only dream of finding one in that condition with all those attachments. A nice find. I would love to see a video of it in action.

My copy arrived today as well. Good to see a mention in the magazine. It would be great to get some coverage of Rural Past Times with assorted garden tractors in action.

Looking really inspirational Ian. Will you bringing it to Sedlescombe?

I like the rear agri tyres on your WH. They look the DB's!

Thanks Chris. Looking forward to meeting up with you all. I will be there on the Sunday.

I am looking forward to see your ploughs in action at RPT. I will be there as a visitor not as an exhibitor though as I have too much on. Hopefully will have something sorted out for next year......

A great set up Tom.

Unbelievable! If that was in the UK the condition of those GTs would be far worse I would think thanks to the ravaged of our climate.

Iain, how much did you pay for your ultra sonic cleaner? Also where did you get it too? Thanks

I hope the air horn doesn't produce any bum notes!

That's a great find Chris. I will be interested in seeing photos of it in action when you are scarifying your lawn.

Alain, It was that superb Bolens RAM with the front sickle bar on it. Cheers

Alain, is that the GT you and I talked about recently? Like those weights by the way.

One very skilful pilot. Rather him than me I think!

The Soviets lost an estimated 20 million people (civilians and soldiers) during the war. During Stalin's reign, some 20 million people disappeared in the labour camps. I read somewhere that the crucial differences between the Soviets and the Nazis' camps was that you had a chance, albeit a slim one and in emerging in poor physical shape, of surviving the camps under the Russians. The suffering endured by the Jews and the Russians is hard to comprehend. I hope there will never be another total war in Western Europe ever again but I fear history will repeat itself.

Thanks God the Bolens are safe in another part of the country! These immigrants are getting more and more Bolshie these days mauranding as pickers and already have adapted to the English life style of partaking to scolding tea. Shocking! I hope you have recorded the illegal's registration number to the appropriate authorities; I.e. Nigel Farage?

I think if the Allieds never landed in France back in June 1944, the Red Army would have steamrolled into Western Europe and changed the face of Europe totally. I suspect the Germans would have surrendered in Italy a lot quicker if this was the case and allowed the Western armies to quickly seize as much of Southern Europe as possible to act as a barrier between the West and East. It was well known that both Churchill and Roosevelt/Truman were always suspicious of Stalin's intentions. I firmly believe that the mass bombing and destruction of Dresden in 1945 was a clear signal to the advancing Red Army 'don't mess with us; this is what we can do to your cities'. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the atom bomb in Japan also halted Stalin's plans to push further into Europe. The Red Army was numerically superior to the British and American armies at that time. Anyway, great photos of the planes by the way.

A fascinating article and it's unbelievable that the hulks are still reconginisable 75 years after the war. I would have thought the U.S. Would have retained them as the Allieds were already thinking about the threat of Stalin in Post War Europe.

A lovely resto job. How long did it take you?