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Yeah I am going to wipe the body work with an oily rag once I cleaned it off. I will find out if my brother went; I would have thought he would as it's a stone throw from his mansion..... As I fear (and as everyone knows on the forum) this is highly contagious and I feel the urge to buy another one.....

At the moment I am concentrating on getting her up and running and mobile. A part of me like the rat look, as our cousins across the Pond would say! I will have a better idea once I cleaned her off but she certainly need some work to halt the rust. I may dismantle her and have her shot blasted but that's another day. How was Sedlescombe?

I had a very productive few hours on my Bolens. She is structurally sound as I thought she would be; they certainly made robust tractor. I freed up the hand brake lever and the gears changes with a positive feel as well as the low and high box after liberally applying WD40. I pumped up the tyres to ease moving around the garage adm greased up the front; only one grease nipple was blocked. The PTO was also greased up and now turns freely. I will pressure wash the tractor another time. So far I need a battery, an exhaust, a set of front tyres and frustratingly part of the carb is missing. Also need to rewire the tractor as the loom is completely shot. Where is the best place to buy these from? Also if any Bolens owners with a similar tractor to mine could post up some photos of their engine bay so I can see what's missing and what goes where. So far a very satisfactory into in garden tractor ownership!

Nigel, many thanks for sorting this out.

Here's 2 photos of my Bolens tractor as bought. I will take better photos of it once I move it out to be pressure washed. There is surface rust but she seems solid enough and to appease the wife she will now be reprinted in appropriate colours to make her less of an 'eyesore' ive turned them the right way up, NIGEL

We got torrential rain coming tomorrow .......

Cheers for the colour. The 'red' colour is for the wheels, well they are on mine anyway!

I can recommend Paul Jenkins from Heathfield (Devon) to be a courier. His number is 07525900797

That's one great looking tractor and a good resto. What the name/code of the white and the red please.

It's here! Too dark to see the details. Will update with photos as bought. First impressions; a solid and heavy lump of Yank metal.

I will get my brother to have a visit as he lives just outside Sedlescombe as he is into the country life.

It's being delivered late this evening. Will post photos of its arrival tomorrow evening. Not sure what the missus will say as I said I bought a ride on...........

Thanks. Mine is being delivered tonight and if I set off tomorrow morning, I might just get to the show from Devon.........

Looking forward to my holiday next week and visiting the show on the Saturday or the Sunday too. Kev. Do you know if there will be any Bolens tractors there or owners there?

It look like a good green alternative and cost effective too.

Neil, I can take one off your hands if that helps......

As a professional gardener via the National Trust and now running my own gardening business, it come as no surprise that ride ons will have to be insured specifically for a number of reasons. In the wrong/ inexperienced hands they can be lethal and of course they are very desirable on the black market after pedestrian mowers, chainsaws, strimmers etc. I myself have public liability for my business but check that you're sufficiently covered to yes machinery etc as part of your work. I think if you are running a Kubota or Iseki garden tractor/ ride on costing £7/10 k then it's a small price to pay. As pointed out elsewhere, the classic/ collect able garden tractors can be insured very reasonable on a par to classic cars etc. I have seen knackered ride ons still be used by people with little experience and regards to themselves and others. I heard of an owner recently who rolled over his ride on on a slope he was attempting to cut to save time. If we could rely on everyone to be sensible with servicing/ maintaining their ride ons etc, then we wouldn't need this potential legislation.

Thanks Nigel.

Anglo Tracton aka Richard, do you run a courier service? If so I could be interested in your services. thanks

Some really great photos there, I especially liked the Barn Owl photo and the moon.

I too have used Hermes as well. I advertise if I need a collection via Shipley in the past. indeed, I am using a courier via Shipley to collect my Bolens tractor. If it survives intact, I will let you know who he is!

A good show by the look of it. What's the make of the little blue garden tractor?

Don't worry my Morris is safe and sound. Have you seen the oldest Morris Minor van on EBay? It's a total restoration case but it's supposedly the oldest in Europe...... Though some have cast doubts on it authencity but I have always fancied a split screen LCV from the 50s. That Wheel Horse is tempting...... Once the Bolens is safely in my possession next week, I can then cast my eyes around for more............. I have ordered the book and await it arrival.

That's the icing on the cake that is!

I am on the case now.....