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  1. Hi Jon, welcome to MOM it's good to have you aboard..   I'm with James about the white smoke, it may well be where the engine has been sitting for years and needs a good run to clear it out..

     

    Keep us updated on how your are getting on with it... Oh, we like lot's of photo's :D


  2. As a moderator on MOM it's been nice to watch our numbers slowly rise (thank you to you all for joining our band of happy machine nuts :) ), and it got me wondering how did you find MOM?

    I know quite a few of you have been told about us by other members, but not all...

     

    I came to MOM when I received a message on RS from Neil about a new forum that was starting shortly and did I want to be a Mod?   Of course I couldn't refuse :D

     

    So, how did you find MOM?


  3. Evening all, this trans came my way this morning traded for some Wh parts..

    I have no idea what it is from but thought it might be handy for use in the future :D

     

    I thought it might be the same as Mark's Toro trans he picked up a little while ago, but looking at it now I'm not so sure..

     

    Sorry for the naff photo's, the camera was working fine, it was me that was a bit blurry after a late afternoon snooze!

     

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  4. Hi Ranger, when I insured my 6x6 they asked for a chassis number.. As it didn't have one being a new build it didn't have one.. But they were more than happy with the trans part number instead!

     

    I do have an id plate from a 71 Raider according to the Toro parts finder web site, but you might want to check the number with the Showman as he has a Belgium model number list that can say different things/models than the Toro site.

     

    The number is 1-0300


  5. The winner would be the one with the straightest lines left and the most weight of cut grass collected within a set time.. Points could be deducted for any grass cuttings left and the amount of times the flower beds got run over :D

     

    HHmmmmm.. I can see the video now....  I wonder if we could talk Jesse James into being the presenter/host? :D


  6. Morning all, before I can start on the next bit of serious shack surgery one of those "very boring but has to be done" jobs was done yesterday... Yep, tidying the floor!!

     

    I even managed to make space under the bench on far right!!  Very handy for storing boxes of metal off cuts once I have sorted through them.

     

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    You can walk around the front of the 6x6 now! :o:D

    The metal box/tray thingy is for catching swarf from the pillar drill and looks much better than the old blue and much trodden on biscuit tin!

     

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    The tool chest was moved over as much as possible to create this big space which although filled with a full bin and bag of rubbish...

     

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    Will be the new home for my power hacksaw thingy.

     

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    The cull has started, all stuff to be thrown out/go to the scrap man....   Though I might rescue the drill bit kit box (looks like a tool box) and turn it onto a tool box for the GT :D

     

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    Oh.... and I found a few hats :D

     

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  7. If the sun shines you could get a couple of bales of Hay out of that Ian !! :D

     

    Top job mate :thumbs:

     

    Funny you should say that Paul.. While I was looking at the rows of cut grass after cutting I was thinking that I need to build a little bailing machine :D

     

     

     

    Just you wait till I get my rig going again

     

    This will be turf wars   :D

     

    Your lawn looks very tidy Ian

     

    Thanks Chris, so are we going to have a "Lawn sweep-off" as our American friends like to call things? :D

     

     

     

    Sorry Ian, I forgot to tell you to tow it at 50 mph. :D  

     

    50 mph!!   And here was me thinking 5 mph was quite dangerous enough with trees and a rather bumpy lawn!

     

     

     

    Looks a stronger piece of equipment then the Wheel Horse one.  They sure beat a rake. :D

     

    Thanks Norm, yeah it is quite a strong bit of kit, I might add a bit of strength to the box part though.. And yes, it sure beats a rake :thumbs:

     

     

     

    Nice lawn stripes Ian , & its good to see the GT14 +2 doing some collar

     

    Thanks Neil, and yes it is nice to work the GT for a change.. The poor thing mostly only gets moved in and out of the shack to make working space. Though it did come in handy the other week when I had a pallet to be collected..

     

     

     

    I see these pop up quite often, are they actully any good? How well do they work?

    Nice looking lawn, beats a push mower and a rake

     

     

    Very well really Charlie. Don't like long wet grass though.

     

     

    they are useful still using a 30 odd year old one - like Ian says - it's interesting swerving around things :D

     

    As Both Mark and Norm have said Charlie, they work very well indeed.. and can be fun at high speed :D


  8. Morning chaps, not really an update but another part of the puzzle has arrived..  A hood :D

     

    As you can see it has a slight bit of surface rust where the paint was partly stripped of and just left!

     

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    A nice shade of silver paint inside!

     

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    The little Raider is looking more complete every day :D

     

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  9. It's all part of the fun of owning a Wheel Horse Neil, my GT did the same trick to me the other week, started running quite rough for no reason so I limped it into the shack.. It wasn't until a few days later that I noticed the fuel tap had shaken itself almost closed! :rolleyes::D

     

    Nice stack by the way :thumbs:


  10. Well done! :thumbs:

     

     

    Good effort :thumbs:

     

     

    Looking good mate :thumbs:

     

    Thanks chaps, it's getting there..

     

    A small amount more done today, this clean-ish spot on the floor hasn't seen daylight in years where it was hidden under a rack!

     

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    It's a shame that when you turn 90' to the right your greeted with this!!

     

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    The rack in it's new home slowly filling up with Wh parts..

     

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    They will be very full tomorrow when this lot gets added :D

     

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