expeatfarmer

Just out of interest did they serve it with bread sauce?

Neat job Chris I like it , hook on rollers was a good idea .J

That is the amazing thing about it fully amphibious so tide in or out 6 Kphr

Well done looks as if it will be really useful, I have spent ages setting myself up with lifting and moving devices so that I can cary on my hobby when I am even more decrepit than now. My sons laugh at me but they don't offer to lift things for me instead.

Maybe I could run a bus service from Silloth to Annan?

Found a later post saying UK price is £48,000, if I still had me peat business I would have bought one. I am tempted to apply for UK import agency I can see a lot of potential.

Isn't it incredible I have even looked up how much they cost $160,000 canadian. What a machine for Solway lifeboat rescue or any other Morecambe Bay etc.

Have a look on U tube at " Sherp in Canada " most amazing vehicle. If I new how to post a link I would sorry.

If you fancy building one Norman I have just blagged loads of HD castors from my local garage which is shutting down.

One bar with open channel welded on each end that slips over the box section as near to the vertical posts as you can get. Even a chain with two shackles would do.

Nice job Chris you have st me thinking, I would be tempted to make a safety bar that would drop over the castor rails to eliminate any risk of the legs splaying outwards under load.

Nice car I have a 48 Ford Flathead Pilot that looks very similar but not quite as big.

Page 3 for you Norman

Here is the rest of the article which was a reprint from Commercial Motor 1941

Sorting through some peat harvesting photos I came across this article about Rotaped tracks from 1941 I thought the Monro conversion would be of interest. Make a good project to build a set for a Wheelhorse. I have scanned it and will post first page to see if it works.

Hi James I have just been looking at this older post and see that your machine is a 425 the same as i have recently bought, Do you by any chance have an owners manual for yours? Did you get the snow plough fitted?

Impressive nutricious and no doubt very tasty!

Wow cool ! I am going to put some bars on a Ransomes and stand on the seat !!!!

I have done it several times with wipac magnetos, you need to move the striker pin for the impulse and change the location of the centrifugal latch take some photos of the mechanism before hand so you can be sure of where the bits go, You should find that alternate mount points are built in to the mag already.

Big fences do you have problems with deer?

Could do with that to fit my Steiner 425, also compatible with Ransomes MG6 and 40 Crawlers.

When was that filmed?

Had a couple of days sorting out bits and bobs, tractor was running badly on number two cylinder, turned out the joint connecting the injector pipe to the pump was loose, dead short on number three glow plug so bought a new one. Being an American machine there are more interlocks and safety switches than you can shake a stick at ,over the years most have been disabled and bypassed bit all the old wires were still there so thanks to the wiring diagram Mark sent me I have stripped out all the superfluous wiring. Connected up the head and rear lights. These tractors have two speed hydraulic axles, whilst taking a road run today I found that the rear axle was only running in low, examination of the linkage showed up that it had been repaired incorrectly preventing the shift rod from moving from high to low, I fitted some spacer washers under the linkage mount and all was well. The wheels are mounted to the axles on taper locks and a keyway, by slackening the taper lock the wheels can be slid in or out about 8 inches giving a huge range of wheelbase settings. Clever stuff and very well thought out.

Yes it bends in the middle, front and rear axles are both fixed with a pivot below the steering wheel and two rams. Many thanks Mark. Trying to find an operators manual, contacted Steiner but they dont list one any more. I have looked on download sites but vary wary when they offer free downloads but want your address and credit card details.

Happy to pay any cost to get a copy if you do.