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A friend of mine moved to the west coast last year and left some equipment at the neighbors. he and the neighbor decided it need to find a new home so I was the recipient of the donation. Of course I did have to spend the time and effort to retrieve it. A Simplicity/Allis belly blade, John Deere 314H steering column, complete hydro rear end, and complete 14 hp kohler engine from same tractor, and a Briggs and Stratton 11 hp horizontal shaft engine from a Wheel Horse or Sears GTV

I finished the deck and as soon as I remove the box blade and dozer blade the deck will attach to the Wheel Horse Fast-Tach attachment system. The tension set up in these Wheel Horse Deck is really nice, a sliding bar with a spring applies the tension, very easy to use and maintain, well for not so smart guys like me that cant circumvent the system like the previous genius had. The rear wheel adjustment allows for a better cut on the grass than just high or low, but rather allows a greater degree of height adjustment.

I'm waiting for the right time. If there is such a thing.

Great job Alain and very amusing story. I feel sure that genius has been at some of my equipment too
 
Iain

It would seem that when I journey darn sarf, I come back with more than I go with. Last year it was an engine.
 
This year, along with some other bits and bobs, I got this homemade scarifier.
 

 

 
Also this Wheel Horse side discharge deck.
 

 

 
There's one or two holes in the deck that shouldn't be, but reasonably solid. Spindles are free with no noticeable play. It will be stripped and rebuilt sometime over the winter.
 
Not forgetting the Billy Goat. I should have taken a photo, but it's now tucked away awaiting my attention.
 

Just been having another look at the pictures, they are great and I wish I had been able to go.
 
A couple of things came to mind from the pictures:
- In post number 14, picture 14 it looks like two shows in a row was too much for Norm as he appears to have fallen asleep at the wheel.
- Even more alarming, in post 21, picture 10. I am sure Chris could have found a better place to put the porta loo
 
Iain

And some more photos, now from Sunday... including Bolens !!
 

Thanks so much for posting the pictures! I have gone through them several times and found new things each time. Such a variety of great machines.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ like he said. I can't imagine any of my tracs looking this good
 
Iain

Came across these the other day. I feel for you guys. Iain
 

 

Came across these the other day. I feel for you guys. Iain
 

 

That's his Ransome in the line up and I think you just see the bonnet of his Bolens. Isn't that enough?

A few photo's wot I tuk. Bit late I know, but I've been busy.
 
The Saturday line up.

 
And from the other direction.

 
Who said size matters.

 
Nice fit.

 
There's something about industrial trucks.

 
Ian's GT14 ready for doing a bit of ploughing

 
Ransome with trailed plough.

 
Andrew trying the Trojan for size.  I should have got a photo of the rear view.

 
Contrary to popular belief, Nigel can make coffee.

 
That's all folks.
 
 
 

Pam looks SHOCKED in the last photo Norm.  Is it because of seeing Nigel in a state of undress,   or because he has offered to make the tea.

It was my nipple ring Alan 😀

I wanted to to put one of my 48" wheel Horse decks under one of the big D-160 tractors, after looking at both decks it became apparent that one deck was in better shape, and was going to be the "one". I think this is where the train went off the tracks as it were. I found several parts on the chosen deck that were missing or not in good order. As it would happen the deck held in reserve had those missing and defective pieces, deck wheels, several brackets, and tension/idler parts. The previous "owner" had removed the tension spring and drilled a hole through the deck and mounted the idler pulley solid. I know this man must be a genius for it is way beyond what I can comprehend and still baffles me as to why and what for. I used my lesser brain to remove the tension spring assembly (the wheel horse tension set up is quite amazing in its raw primitive form) from the spare deck and installed it on the chosen deck. I also found several places on the deck hangers where a rotary metal saw had been employed to "whittle" down metal that must have been rubbing. I found this on other places and decide the genius had found a way to save from having to repair a problem by cutting it out. I wondered why I had never came to this conclusion when I remembered this man was a genius and i was not. As I said earlier, the train had already left the tracks and when decided to put a little primer over the spots where I welded back metal that had been cut away and installed a set of grass baffles from the spare deck; the genius had removed them. It must work better without baffles underneath, but for my little pea brain I believe I need them. Again while the train was off the tracks I decided to spot prime and paint the areas the welder blemished from underneath and a few rusty spots. The next thing I know I have the deck nearly disassembled and am spraying etching primer on the entire thing. How did this happen? Well I resigned myself to another ride on a train off the tracks and sanded it today. That did not take long so I broke out the paint, hardener, and reducer and sprayed two coats on the entire deck. BTW, the little drag wheels on the deck have grease fittings, wow. The first picture shows three, to be two complete, Allis decks in the queue for restoration. It looks like that train has no tracks anywhere around these parts.

A few photo's I managed to take.
 
Harryt's very nice MF.

 
Another of Harry's with his Serf in the back ground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Not like that. Like that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Anyone know this strange chap?

 

 

 
Just drop it at my house, lad.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Be just the job for behind a road legal garden tractor.

 
 
Not seen a Rickman for years.

 

 

 
The mower from the Anchor Butter add. Now in the possession of young Harryt.

 

 
 

I'm sure the Showman could squeeze Iain in with Norm for the week.

Hopefully on consecutive weekends again. Then you can have a week or so darn sarf.

I will be there next year with two Bolens hopefully. 

It was great Iain. You will have to make up the white tractors next year
 
We will do both days next year if it keeps getting better like it did this year

More photos from me...
 

I'm also pleased with the way the blades have worked out. With the blade used in conjunction with the roller, they did a pretty good job. (Again see Biddenden photo's.) As Chris said, the clumps of weeds made things difficult.
  I also will be doing a mod or adjustment or two. Firstly to see if I can get to use the lift lever to apply pressure, instead of my feet.  When the blades down, the lever is to far away to hold.
 

The graderblades looked good mounted on the tractors at Biddenden ( see photos) but in use they are a bit low with not much ground clearance, the soil was very soft and full of weed which gathered in big clumps making it easy to get stuck.
Im going to make a small modification to mine which will lift it higher and try again but in all i was very pleased with it as it got plenty of abuse and it didn't break .
I'll do an update tomorrow