neil

Eck , How far do you live from Cumbernauld ? Only i worked in Cumbernauld for six months on the Terex building at Blackwood hodge for Fiat Hitachi construction equipment around 10 years ago , just wondered if the building is still there ?

Eck , Yeah i have a few tractors , I collect mostly Wheel horse Garden tractors but i also have a Grey fergy & a few Trojan Toraktors This is my 1955 Wheel horse RS83 This is my GT14 Wheelhorse

Nigel , i still want you to restore one of mine

Nice well equiped workshop too Eck

You Have two ???

Welcome to My Old Machine Eck That is one beautiful machine you have there , I didnt realise they had these in the UK . Where did you find that little gem ?

Bless her , Kiri look at home in her mobile bed

Here are a few vids of some Ransoms Crawlers ploughing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iTH4zA_qzM&feature=player_detailpage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhCggseRQy8&feature=player_detailpage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB0jfjcH3Dg&feature=player_detailpage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iahgl68FxZo&feature=player_detailpage

I wished i went now ,

Ah, this is gonna be an awesome project to follow You guys in the USA have some wicked garden tractors

Im with you on that one John , i also have lots of projectson the go that are 3/4 done , tools everywhere i drive myself mad with it . Unfortunatley i am in a job that requires me to get jobs finished ,otherwise i dont get paid . I installed a new kitchen for my wife last year & she is driving me mad to get it finished .

Hmm, i dont know too much about these , cant say that i have seen any in UK , But thats not to say that there isnt any here though . It looks a great machine though & i wouldnt mind owning one .

I was nearly going to sell a couple a few weeks ago to pay my tax bill , but i managed to fend off the tax man for a bit so i may not have to sell them . I really wouldnt like to sell them but i guess one day i may need to when i retire as i dont have a pension .

I think the Frankin mint tractors although can be expensive but are well worth the money , do they only do the row crop Farmall type paul ? Here are a few pics of my collection , i really need to get them put in a sealed display case as they are collecting quite a lot of dust at the moment . I started to collect the orange Fiat Hitachi construction equipment because i used to work for the company that were the sole importer of Fiat construction equipment and they used to get me a model every time i done some work for them .

love to see the ploughing pics go on Norm , go up and do some ploughing before you need a passport to get into Scotland . Ransom Plooman good to have you around

OMG £5000 , did he get that for it paul ? I know chris made a real nice job of that one

I have allways wanted one of those Farmall tractors from franklin mint 1/12 scale i think they are ? lots of detail

you are not alone in collecting model tractors Paul , i also have quite a collection of universal hobbies tractors & models of construction equipment

Just to let you know that this is not a link to Ebay While on my internet travels i found something that really grabbed my attention . The prices of Trojan Toraktors have hit the roof , i was amazed at the price people put on a Trojan, however one did sell at an auction a couple of years ago for £2500 so it may be possible

Id like to know where i can buy one of those special stands that you have the Lawn Ranger Resting on .

Kinda has a similar look to your invention John

You heard right Nigel , i passed 9 Dutch lorries yeaterday with large steel pumping tubes on the back . they are intending to deliberatley flood other lower lined fields so that it will allow the pumps to collect the water & pump it into the river parrett , only problem is , if it doesnt go right they could actually makes things even worse as it would then flood the town of Bridgwater submerging thousands of houses

We have been calling for action here in South West your years , but the local councils just treat you like you are just being a nuisance & a trouble maker. I have been campaigning to top houses being built on green field land for the last 3 years & guess what they just granted planning permission to build 450 houses on land that is currently underwater . & to add salt into the wounds the council has just pulled down the local swimming baths & playing field so that they can build a massive Tescos to compete with the other 8 major supermaket companies that are in this small town . I could go on about how coucils are selling their towns down the river , if you excuse the pun

Fantastic memories , if only we could turn the clock back eh. It reminds me of when i used to go Pea picking in Kent with my Nan & we used to travel from East london to Kent on the back of a trailer pulled by a tractor Oh those were the days Great pics

Loving your new addition to the family Matt , what are your plans for her? would look awesome with a nice set of Ags on the rear Well worth the 9 hour drive