Joseph

A few photo's I managed to take.
 
Harryt's very nice MF.

 
Another of Harry's with his Serf in the back ground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Not like that. Like that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Anyone know this strange chap?

 

 

 
Just drop it at my house, lad.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Be just the job for behind a road legal garden tractor.

 
 
Not seen a Rickman for years.

 

 

 
The mower from the Anchor Butter add. Now in the possession of young Harryt.

 

 
 

Home now from a  great weekend in rural Kent, at the Biddenden Tractorfest event where there was a great and varied line up of horticultural machines, first lot of photos below...
 
More photos tomorrow...
 

this was a good day for every one to try out other peoples machines young and old had a play and i think it went down well. i would like to thank the SHOWMAN(chris sutten) who organised our section and made it one of the most relaxed and easy going shows of the year and of course Norm had his new hat on for the ring parade, and was acting very strange, if you look at photo 13 that may of been the reason why just joking norm

I really like your 1050, I wish mine were anywhere near this good.
 
Good call on the fuel system, tank clean, new pipe and inline filter is the way to go.
 
Now just get your finger out and buy that seat cover, we all want to know what they are like 
 
Iain

A friend of mine bought a Bolens 1700G with a Bolens snow plow and snow blower that had a blown KT17 in it (in boxes) for 250.00. He said I could have the tractor, if I would travel the 200 miles to get the whole lot and sell the KT17 engine parts on eBay so he is able to defer the 250.00 outlay. I jumped on that deal. The owner also had a set of chains and Bolens weights that went with it so I got to keep those as well. The KT17 engine was a lemon from the get go, and I don't know why this one had a Series one KT17, it was a 1985, tractor, way past the series one exploding engines. It should have been a Series two. I have a John Deere 314 engine, 16hp Kohler k341 single cylinder, that will fit right in without any modifications, this has a beautiful 48" shaft drive deck and will be my new mowing tractor. This model is a 4 speed, 1st gear having lockout. the wheel weights will get Bolens Regal Red paint and go on the 1476. Long drive, lots of disassembly, now to take pictures of the engine parts and list them on eBay.

As mutch as I love bolens. This one is quite ugly
 
I remember that one at Johns

The next job is to find a closing panel for the end of the chassis  that's hard when we don't have the right size metal.

After a very long time we did some work on the 1962 Ride-a-matic.
 
Over the weekend we removed the non Bolens hitch from the tractor and fitted one imported from US
 
Before:

 
After:

 
It looks much better. We now need to either make or buy the end panel for the chassis
 
Joseph

Hi Andrew,nice 1050. I can't wait to see your photos and video.
 
 

Over the last month or so, I have spent a bit of time working on the 1050. To date, I fitted a used air filter assembly plus new filter sourced from the States, cleaned up the plug and removed one of the front tyres to get a new inner tube which I hope to get fitted this week prior to getting it back to my house so I can do a service on it and give it a thorough clean. The previous owner, a mechanic, have obviously looked after it to a point as all the nipples have been religiously greased and to date everything have been easy to undo. I am in the process of taking offt the metal fuel tank as there is a bit of crap at the bottom. I think I will replace the fuel line to the carb and perhaps install a fuel filter as well. My plan is to spend a good day tinkering with it next Saturday. I will post up some photos of the 1050 after it been washed and serviced and hopefully a video of it running.... 
 
I am also thinking of buying that red seat cover from the US that's on eBay USA.
 
 
 
 

Well it arrived at lunch time today. Luckily I was working locally so when I got his text I rushed back to my house. We unloaded the 1050 together and I could not believe it that when I turned the key, it fired up straight away. I let it ran for about a minute. It was smokey from the exhaust but I think a good service will cure that or if not, some new rings. A good grease up and clean I think will make it look even better. I need a new tyre or inner tube for the front. One of the headlights worked and I was once again struck how solid the Bolens is. The courier, a mate of the seller, was absolutely taken with the Bolens. As far as I could tell, all the levers worked but I will need a need a throttle cable at some point. i think it's very a working tractor that have been maintained to a point,

i think you missed one ian

A few photo's of Nigel driving the Tonka Tojan, yes it really is that small
 

 

 

 

this is some picts i took about five years ago it was the last time it was used

 

Nicholas has owned this machine since 1979 but at the age of 76 he realised he would never be able to use it again in anger. So today I became the new owner 

After a very long time we did some work on the 1962 Ride-a-matic.
 
Over the weekend we removed the non Bolens hitch from the tractor and fitted one imported from US
 
Before:

 
After:

 
It looks much better. We now need to either make or buy the end panel for the chassis
 
Joseph

After a very long time we did some work on the 1962 Ride-a-matic.
 
Over the weekend we removed the non Bolens hitch from the tractor and fitted one imported from US
 
Before:

 
After:

 
It looks much better. We now need to either make or buy the end panel for the chassis
 
Joseph

After a very long time we did some work on the 1962 Ride-a-matic.
 
Over the weekend we removed the non Bolens hitch from the tractor and fitted one imported from US
 
Before:

 
After:

 
It looks much better. We now need to either make or buy the end panel for the chassis
 
Joseph