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Wait, I thought patios were for tractor storage, there not? Isn't that why John Deere called them patio tractors?

Great collection, I see you like red,. Alain

Many other horizontal shaft engines will work, even the single cylinder Kohlers, as the "foot print" on most american engines is similar if not exact. In your case a 10-18 hp diesel would be nice as I think you may have access to more diesel alternatives. The HT20D came with a Ducati diesel, but I think a Ruggerini would work as well. I have the parts, and owners manual, maybe even a service manual, pretty basic design, not like John Deere. Jacking up the rear and and turning the tires might give you an idea to start with about the rear end, so would draining the fluid and seeing what;s inside, might use a screen to sift for particles. The hydros are pretty tough in those tractors and they are not that old, late 70s to early 80s. Good Luck. The pint of barley and pack of fags will be long very son, the Bolens could live forever

No worries about patching a tube.

Is that a license tag on the front of the wheel horse, I didn't know you guys had to license your mowers too. Alain

Yep, its a 1972 Raider 12

I would gladly reimburse the gentleman that bought the GT-14 and have him ship it to me. Alain

Maybe some fiberglass mesh and bondo? If there was a product that could repair that deck they could sell alot of it by taking on your project. At least you still have the outline of the deck.

Really nice find, I want one for my Massey because it has a rear discharge deck, cut and sweep in one pass. Wheel Horse offered rear discharge on many of their tractors. Side discharge isn't near as good.

Bloke been hitting the rice wine until he was blind drunk. I've been that drunk before, but not in that kind of population

Thank you very much for the compliments on the shop and tractors, I realise how very fortunate I am and try to always give thanks.

Great collection. It is really nice to see different brands not found in the states, especially that really resemble small tractors

BTW, the second 1556 that has the deck is not mine, it is a photo I found showing the parking brake knob

The screws are 5/16"-18x5/8" SAE the picture in the ebay ad just shows a generic screw picture, so I'm hope the head is as big and beefy as the original. I plan on replacing all 25, so I don't think it will look look too bad, and for 10.00 for 25 screws the price was right. They should be here any day now so I'll post a picture of the actual fasteners when they arrive. Also the parking brake knob is a triangle shape fluted knob, exactly like the later models, but red rather than black. Here's a picture of the knob below the link http://www.ebay.com/itm/400465627340?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

You know how us Americans are

Thanks OB, I have done business with him in the past, he got me a new drag link and some other parts. He's my go to guy, just wish he had more parts, I need some straps for the hydraulic oil tank and a parking brake knob. Previous owners keep me busy.

Here's a few more pics, of the garden equipment

I thought it would be best to remove some tin and power wash the old grease and dirt from the 1556. Heavy duty detergent/degreaser was in order more than a straight degreaser as I did not have hardly any of the gooey stuff. In the process I acquired a new OEM batter hold down, drag link, correct seat spring (going to have the old seat recovered), I also removed the pieces of wire that were used as hairpins and cotter pins and order 25 new Phillips head truss bolts for the body tin. I also replaced a #12 wire that the PO had used for the battery ground with a proper ground wire. I was missing a bracket and speed nuts on one side of the dash tower, but that was easily fabricated and I had the speed nuts. The hydraulic tank straps were make shift tin packing straps so I'm waiting on a OEM set to come around. Next, I'll remove, clean, and repack the wheel bearings and give all the grease zerks several good squirts. It appears that I will be removing the hood (bonnet) and wheels and painting the whole tractor. It won't be a proper job, but it will suffice and slow the aging process. Here are a few pics before and after the scrubbing, I'm next. The previous owner in fit of intellectual wisdom welded an extension on the front plow blade lift bar to use as the the tiller lift bar. In that one moment he attempted to destroy one piece in order to make another. I will be "removing the extension and acquiring the proper rear lift rod. His work on the the snow caster chute adjustment rod was of the same engineering quality. The snow caster was from an older smaller tractor, possibly a 733, and he needed to lengthen the rod. Rather than build a new rod, he cut the old rod and welded in a piece of rebar (the round metal rods used below cement), he was a regular Herbert Einstein he was.

500 wasn't bad at all for that haul. Rule of thumb, anytime it weighs more than you can carry, it's going to cost 500 Alain

I offered her one. I have 14 running at this point, but she wanted to walk for the exercise. She walks to get the mail everyday too, we've both lost a lot of weight recently, me almost 9 kilos and her about 12, mostly by cutting out the soda pops and fast food, we really don't have the money for fast food and it's been a long time since we needed to be anywhere "fast".

Haven't a clue what a Rotovater might set you back in GB, but here in the states one in that condition, surely will still fetch 150 US, maybe more. Even here Wheel Horse Rotovaters seem to be in short supply compared to other brands. The bearings and parts used in many of the Rotovaters as well as many other types of machinery were the same, but had different brand part numbers, a person good a cross referencing will save you a load of money.

Thanks OB.

Thanks to all, hope I can help. Alain

I don't know how much support or help I'll be, but I'll give it a whack. I actually thought I did this already, but as with many other things it got laid aside and forgotten about, sorry. Alain

It's what my house is called because of the notoriety of the second owner