neil

I think we need to strike while the iron is hot & get this thing under way. Who is gonna kick off?

Chris , most of them were under cover but as you see them scattered around is where I had to quickly get them to higher ground to prevent them from totally submerging . They were kept in my secure compound but as that begun to flood I had to push them to higher ground within the garden area but eventually 80 % of the garden area was under water so I had know here to store them until the flooding receded

Nigel, that's a great idea & I wished you had mentioned that when I started to build the shop. A floating shed would have been great, I will be keeping some of the small tractors up on shelving so if the shed does flood they will hopefully stay out of the water. I am planning to reduce my collection soon so I will be left with a few that I can manage as there isn't enough room in the shed to keep them all in .

Wow Ian , that link makes my flooding look like a puddle. East lyng is about two miles from where I am , it it right on the Somerset levels which are designed to deliberately flood but not to the extent of what they did . Thanx for the link ,really interesting

Fortunately the water didn't manage to get into the house so we only had the garden to clear up afterwards. I am now building a workshop to get the tractors out of the elements but sadly this is also within the flood zone of the garden so my hope is that we don't flood again in the near future

I know some have seen pics of some of my tractors that ended up under water when my home was flooded a while back , I just come across the photos again & thought I'd share them with others who hadn't seen them . All but one of the tractors have now been dried out and restarted . Fortunately I managed to fully keep them out of water when the flooding happened but as you can see there was some that didn't escape the flooding . Somerset is particularly vulnerable to flooding and I sadly live in a flood risk zone .

I would say anzani

Norm, I agree & did consider that it would be difficult to invite potential members from other sites as It would be deemed to be poaching, something I wouldn't particularly want to do . I guess the best way to incorporate a particular machine into the A to Z list would be to research that particular machine within another forum and then do a link to that machine so that the other forum gets the credit but it also gets MoM known to others Then hopefully potential members will come along under their own steam. Otherwise with the volume of current members of MoM I don't think we have enough members yet to compile an A to Z of Machines or we just go for it & just see where it takes us ????

Norm , would you believe that youths leave this tranquil spot full of rubbish & empty beer cans every weekend. Enough mess to make you cry every Monday morning . Eastern Europeans also arrive with sack trucks full of alcohol & leave it in horrendous states. Oops sorry Ian for distracting from topic. I was taking a closer look at your photos and must say that they are pretty sharp & great composition, did you use telephoto with tripod?

That's a real nice looking Ransomes crawler , would love you to do a thread on that machines here & tell us more about it .

Wow Hillsider, you know your stuff , I wouldn't have a clue what they were for.

So how do think we should kick this off . To go from A to Z will take just over two years which should make some interesting postings. Do you think it should be limited to owners/members machines, as we only have 200 ish potential posters & not all of those members will participate . It may be possible to invite other machine owners from other forums to display & show their machine , this would also promote MOM to new members .

This show was a small local show but with plenty of variety . There was loads of stationary engines It was great to see lots of women driving tractors around in the arena.

I actually like the hand pump you have in the half oak barrel Chris. There is some real collectables you have there. Look nice hanging on the lounge wall .

You know what Ian , photography was one of my passionate hobbies before I got into these tractors. It's a great hobby to follow . Now that we are in the digital era the subjects are endless and can be done for not a lot of money . I love getting out into the countryside & taking the camera with me. I love the pics that you have taken , on what equipment do you use to take your pics. Here is a picture of the swans that are residents of the pond next to my house that's my house in the picture

OMG, there's enough tractor porn for hours of reading. Great that you have saved that lot , it's almost as important in saving that as the saving the machine . Great post , thanx for sharing

Look forward to seeing the pics Chris. Don't forget to take some pics of the other people machines .

Here we have few pics of today's visit to sedgemoor vintage rally in Somerset

Great topic this, something for everyone to get their claws into I would love to have an A to Z of machines & it would open things up for member invitation to come and discuss there machines MoM is not just about wheel horses

It amazes me how these combines work , I was told that they harvest crops via satellite information . I did some work for a company that used to sell Massey ferguson combines in Bedfordshire.& I got to sit in the cab , it felt like you were driving a space ship. Great fun

Well worth the 600 miles trip to collect .

I like the idea chaps , A to Z of machines. Could be really exciting & will give everyone a chance to show their collection or even go looking on the web for content

this is correct Steve, becoming a supporter will allow you unlimited picture posting , Karl ( Admin ) May be able to enlighten you better on the benefits of becoming a supporter.