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]It's now got new throttle and clutch cables and a pair of new handlebar grips, courtesy of www.merrytiller.co.uk, top class service! I've just got to clean the tank and carburettor out and away we'll go. Took it to the Brinkworth Show on Sunday with my others. I've been promised a Vee-plex pulley and this one will take it because it's not got a reverse gear....  

Take one Liner saw bench minus engine. One Lister single cylinder diesel engine. A pair of Land Rover hubs and wheels and some scrap box section and this is what you get. 
 

 
And earning it's keep.
 

]It's now got new throttle and clutch cables and a pair of new handlebar grips, courtesy of www.merrytiller.co.uk, top class service! I've just got to clean the tank and carburettor out and away we'll go. Took it to the Brinkworth Show on Sunday with my others. I've been promised a Vee-plex pulley and this one will take it because it's not got a reverse gear....  

Be careful what you ask for, I put a wanted ad in the Wessex Stationary Engine club newsletter for a Clinton 900 engine, I got a reply from a chap who has a complete Merry Tiller Professional. I went and bought it today and it is complete! It's in good nick as well!

A mate brought around a truck load of goodies for me on Friday, which includes some good wood, steel, and some metal cupboards and shelving. I am in so much trouble with the boss and I had to listen to my list of my crimes this morning. This included not cutting the grass last weekend, putting the Bolens stash in the garden and now filling the drive with what has been described as rubbish (or words to that effect).
 
Apparently if I was single everywhere would be littered with this sort of stuff. She does make being single sounds very attractive  I foreseen a weekend of grass cutting and moving things about. I am going to try to compress that into today so I can start to check out the stash tomorrow.
 
Iain

A few photo's of Iain and Tom's    "CRAM - it - IN"  Countrywide Removal Service.  Any distance, any time.
 
First load.  5 Bolens. 
 
Second load. 5 more Bolens, with Iain's ( over the wheel arch's ) platform.  Rear wheels removed from 1477 after loading to reduce width.

 
Third load.  1 Bolen and 5 Horses.  Lots of bits and pieces also crammed in with each load.

I have been down to Dorset this weekend to collect what must be the ultimate in Ransomes barn finds. After some brilliant detective work by my friend Anthony I visited a farm early in the year and discovered not one but three rare Ransomes MG machines. The elderly owner was not really wanting to sell but eventually a deal was made for me to buy two machines and leave him with one that was up and running. The three machines were an MG6 fitted with a Demon loader and petrol TVO engine, the second was a 1957 ITW wheeled tractor fitted with an inboard Boughton winch. This machine was used at Brighton railway station for shunting trucks. Originally fitted with a Drayton diesel engine, the tractor now has a later petrol engine. Fortunately I managed to obtain the original diesel engine which has been very cleverly fitted with a flywheel ring gear and electric starter.The third and possibly most rare machine is an ITC Skimmer tractor an amazing machine used for skimming a shallow layer of sand off water treatment filter beds. This machine is ex Bristol Water and was one of a number sold at the Dorset Steam Fair about 25 years ago. Luckily for me it was towed home into an old barn as a project machine for cleaning out a mill stream that never happened. Much of the actual skimming parts have been removed but thankfully the transmission ,tracks and main chassis are untouched and intact. These machines travel incredibly slowly due to an additional final drive reduction gearbox on each track. The original 600cc petrol engine had to drive the machine, operate the skimming auger and power an elevator that loaded the sand into ITC dumpers. Consequently a number were modified to achieve extra power, this one is fitted with a water cooled crossflow Ford engine which is from  Mk1 escort ( even has a Weber carb. ) The plan is to fit the original diesel to the ITW and use the petrol engine on the skimmer. ( anyone want an escort engine?)
With the 80th anniversary display next year the timing of the find is perfect as I can now guarantee to have at least one of every Ransomes MG machine on display. Hopefully I will have the skimmer mobile under its own power and the ITW driveable pending restoration. 

Apologies should read ULTIMATE

Very Very Very nice.   :D  
 
I was only talking to Alastair about skimmers on Sunday at trac fest
 
You will need a low loader to shift them all to Tractor World
 
I must come up & see that when it happens!!

There was a very nice American truck there called a Freightliner that ticked all my boxes, it had just been repainted and had a long trailer that i might be able to get all my herd on, all i need is a big drive to put it in

A few more photos...
 

Great photos Paul, the working area was nice and soft and my plough worked very well its no good behind the Rowcrop
as i had problems steering it, now i know the plough works I'll put a hitch and lift cable on the Raider 12 and use that.
It was good to give the Trachorse a work out and I was well pleased with its performance

Some great photos of the cars, especially the Morris (Austen badged) 1000 van.

More photos of other exhibits... can you tell I like Ford cars ??

Day 2 of the Tractorfest at Biddenden in Kent today, we took the "new" International Cadet 81 along and had a nice
chilled out day despite the rain showers
 
The arena parade was well supported and various folk were trying their hand with various machines and implements in
the working area
 
A great day, thanks to Kev and Ethan for all their hard graft, well done chaps !!
 
 
 

The monster mower is how Americans used to make mowers....

Hii all
some pics of walk behinds  at local rally

     
 

On 15th and 16th of August I went to Yesterday's Farming Show, held in Puckington, Nr. Langport, Somerset. Lousy start on Friday wet all day but made it onto the site unaided, finally found the campsite with he help of Charlie Moore and his Landrover, set the caravan up. Saturday was much better, display set up, went round the ring with my latest machine, a 1960 Merry Tiller, the only one that ran!
 
First two pictures show two International Cub Cadets in the ring with the International tractors, international being the featured make this year. First we have Horticultural Steward Marcus Stephens on his 76, then Charlie Holland on his larger model.
 
Third picture is of Charlie Holland's load, a Trojan Toractor.
 
Fourth one is Marcus' Monrotiller, which also developed a fit of the gripes in the ring.
 
Fifth one is a line up of horticultural section in the ring.
 
Sixth one is the second line.
 
Seventh and Eighth is my Merry Tiller Tarpen display[
 

On 15th and 16th of August I went to Yesterday's Farming Show, held in Puckington, Nr. Langport, Somerset. Lousy start on Friday wet all day but made it onto the site unaided, finally found the campsite with he help of Charlie Moore and his Landrover, set the caravan up. Saturday was much better, display set up, went round the ring with my latest machine, a 1960 Merry Tiller, the only one that ran!
 
First two pictures show two International Cub Cadets in the ring with the International tractors, international being the featured make this year. First we have Horticultural Steward Marcus Stephens on his 76, then Charlie Holland on his larger model.
 
Third picture is of Charlie Holland's load, a Trojan Toractor.
 
Fourth one is Marcus' Monrotiller, which also developed a fit of the gripes in the ring.
 
Fifth one is a line up of horticultural section in the ring.
 
Sixth one is the second line.
 
Seventh and Eighth is my Merry Tiller Tarpen display[
 

On 15th and 16th of August I went to Yesterday's Farming Show, held in Puckington, Nr. Langport, Somerset. Lousy start on Friday wet all day but made it onto the site unaided, finally found the campsite with he help of Charlie Moore and his Landrover, set the caravan up. Saturday was much better, display set up, went round the ring with my latest machine, a 1960 Merry Tiller, the only one that ran!
 
First two pictures show two International Cub Cadets in the ring with the International tractors, international being the featured make this year. First we have Horticultural Steward Marcus Stephens on his 76, then Charlie Holland on his larger model.
 
Third picture is of Charlie Holland's load, a Trojan Toractor.
 
Fourth one is Marcus' Monrotiller, which also developed a fit of the gripes in the ring.
 
Fifth one is a line up of horticultural section in the ring.
 
Sixth one is the second line.
 
Seventh and Eighth is my Merry Tiller Tarpen display[
 

This one was there as well looks cute

Is it next weekend the Honiton Rally? Are there a lot of horticultural machinery in show? Cheers Andrew
Edit: Just googled it and I see it the BH weekend. The auction look good and there appear to be some interesting items on display too.

Seems there is a new addition to the herd
 

 
As far as I know this is one of the earliest Westwoods. If you look at the foot rests they are very different from the later ones which rise up near the front of the mower, and have some pretty nice sharp angles The gear selector is in the same sort of place in front of the seat as a classic Wheelhorse instead of being column shift. The whole mower also seems to sit a couple of inches lower than my other Gazelle. It is basically exactly the same as my other one but everything is slightly different.
 

 
As far as I know this is from the late 1970s, but I shall check tomorrow, and get some better photos. It does not run currently, the carb needs some attention and the deck needs a new belt to mow with.
 
I plan on keeping this Gazelle as original as possible, I have rarely seen ones of this age about, and it isn't in bad condition at all, only some surface rust.
 
It needs some TLC but overall is very solid.
 
I think it would be a shame to repaint it but I wouldn't want it to eventually rust away, is there any product I can use to preserve it whilst keeping it with an original look? 

I agree, keep it original and preserve it patina. Once it gone, it gone.

On 15th and 16th of August I went to Yesterday's Farming Show, held in Puckington, Nr. Langport, Somerset. Lousy start on Friday wet all day but made it onto the site unaided, finally found the campsite with he help of Charlie Moore and his Landrover, set the caravan up. Saturday was much better, display set up, went round the ring with my latest machine, a 1960 Merry Tiller, the only one that ran!
 
First two pictures show two International Cub Cadets in the ring with the International tractors, international being the featured make this year. First we have Horticultural Steward Marcus Stephens on his 76, then Charlie Holland on his larger model.
 
Third picture is of Charlie Holland's load, a Trojan Toractor.
 
Fourth one is Marcus' Monrotiller, which also developed a fit of the gripes in the ring.
 
Fifth one is a line up of horticultural section in the ring.
 
Sixth one is the second line.
 
Seventh and Eighth is my Merry Tiller Tarpen display[
 

On 15th and 16th of August I went to Yesterday's Farming Show, held in Puckington, Nr. Langport, Somerset. Lousy start on Friday wet all day but made it onto the site unaided, finally found the campsite with he help of Charlie Moore and his Landrover, set the caravan up. Saturday was much better, display set up, went round the ring with my latest machine, a 1960 Merry Tiller, the only one that ran!
 
First two pictures show two International Cub Cadets in the ring with the International tractors, international being the featured make this year. First we have Horticultural Steward Marcus Stephens on his 76, then Charlie Holland on his larger model.
 
Third picture is of Charlie Holland's load, a Trojan Toractor.
 
Fourth one is Marcus' Monrotiller, which also developed a fit of the gripes in the ring.
 
Fifth one is a line up of horticultural section in the ring.
 
Sixth one is the second line.
 
Seventh and Eighth is my Merry Tiller Tarpen display[