Will-Haggle

Bought this at one of the Collective Machinery sales at Ardingly in March this year.
 
Its the pedestrian operated version of the spreader we have had for a while that goes behind a garden tractor.
 
Its got a bit of tin worm in it that the previous keeper had already tried to do something with, so as its a display
piece I cleaned it up as best as I could and painted it, luckily the decals were intact so they were carefully masked up.
 
The only decal not to survive was the OFF/ON decal on the handlebar this was supplied by Titch, a couple of square plastic
end caps and a pair of handlebar grips from ebay finished off the spreader.
 
With this unit I now have towable and pedestrian Cyclone spreaders in two sizes, so a display of them all will happen
somewhen no doubt...
 







 

 

Check out the V4 Ransomes Crawler and the MG40 pulling a two furrow plough. Three videos from You Tube
 

Should have borrowed some pigs George they would have done that

Hi All
Here are some pics of us trying to make something of the rubbish grass we have
I am training an apprentice to to the hard work
We tried double tines then tried single tines with wheels plus 56 lbs weight the latter seems best 
Will update as we go along
   

Here's another machine I aquired last year at Ardingly it could be said an HSE nightmare.it also has a circular saw attachment for cutting down saplings.

Thanks for all the advice, Simon Smith found me a new metal one and it isn't C Rice, it's G Rice.... Thanks Simon and D. W. Ayliffe!

The potato lifter is a Merry Tiller Reversible plough, only works on the Titan models, the Major is too fast....

The potato lifter is a Merry Tiller Reversible plough, only works on the Titan models, the Major is too fast....

I reckon it say When you buy, (maker), You buy protection. Now who had that logo?

I found this hand-operated duster at the Somerset Tractor Show, I don't know what make it is. The label appears to say When you buy ....... you buy..... (protection?)

I found this hand-operated duster at the Somerset Tractor Show, I don't know what make it is. The label appears to say When you buy ....... you buy..... (protection?)

I found this hand-operated duster at the Somerset Tractor Show, I don't know what make it is. The label appears to say When you buy ....... you buy..... (protection?)

That's nice Alan   no doubt someone will tell you what brand it is...

I found this hand-operated duster at the Somerset Tractor Show, I don't know what make it is. The label appears to say When you buy ....... you buy..... (protection?)

I owned one for all of 30 seconds! it was lotted with a Merry Tiller engine, which I wanted, I bid for it and got it for £20, I offered it to the underbidder but he just walked off, so another man took it for £10...

Nice little trio. They should generate some interest.

BSA powered Conyers set arrived today, its a bit sad but will be ok with some tlc...
 
Here it is below as arrived and with its JAP powered new stablemates...
 
 

Just been to pick this up

What a find! It could take years to find all those accessories, Happy Birthday!!!!

What a find! It could take years to find all those accessories, Happy Birthday!!!!

Many of you will have read my thread about the Raider I had stolen, I'm very pleased to say that yesterday she was returned to the site she disappeared from. Just last week I decided I would have to replace her as I do rely on her for many jobs through the year, not least to save me many hours mowing my allotment and other peoples grass. I ended up being offered a C121 at a price I could afford and made the decision to spend the money I had put aside for the reward I was offering on my missing tractor. Here is the Raider happily returned home alongside her new stable mate.


I first became fond of Wheel horses in 1995 when I took a pocket money job at a small country estate, there there was a C141 that the boss had purchased in 1978, the year of my birth. This in fact was the first vehicle I had driven and I soon learned to reverse a trailer with it too. I'm now in charge of estate maintenance at that estate and I still run the C141 pretty much every day, whatever is required of it it manages, from raking driveways to scarifying to aerating lawns to hauling mowers around the grounds on a trailer to hauling many tonnes of wood from the woodland to the yard. She is very well worked and the engine shows wear in the bore and notably where the governor spindle exits the crankcase, you can wobble this about like a knitting needle in a bucket! Over the years it has been suggested several times that she be replaced but I won't have it and if she ever has failed myself or my Dad (sadly no longer with us) will spend a little time in the shed rectifying the problem and off she goes to work again. A few years back after realising our modern Kubota didn't like cutting the long grass areas I used two scrap tractors I sourced to build one good one and this is now used solely for long grass cutting and sports a sixteen horse engine. Here are my two flanked by the ever trusty C141 and the 16BHP mongrel. The wood you see behind them plus many hundreds more tonnes have all been hauled here from the woodland by the little C141

Sold now so a bit irrelevant but anyone have any info on this?

I don't have photo to post but I believe it may be a Merry Tiller, possibly a twin six. If I find more info I shall post again.

Will haggle will know if its a merrytiller

I was trying to find out what it was for ages thought it was Merry Tiller but couldn't find any info on the model. It was a beast of a thing. Just found this now.