the showman

Got a bit more done today in between tea breaks 

13 minutes ago, HeadExam said:

Whats the steering wheel from?

Mid seventys C series

Got a few more bits fitted today, rear fender support, dash tower and dash and righthand footrest.

all the steering fitted and greased also connected the clutch and brake.

Must remember when i take tractors apart to remove broken spiltpins from operating rods  very annoying when rebuilding them.

8 minutes ago, neil said:

Be a shame to sell them chris , I'm sure  you can come up with another great creation .

I've bought another one Neil ( under wraps at the moment) ive got a few C series in bits and need to make some room

As I'm only selling them they are having the oily rag treatment, not worth all the cost and labour of doing a full restoration then fighting to get the money back

Having a clearout of the store shed and decided to put some Wheelhorse's together from all the bits i seem to have.

Heres some photos of number one and today's progress.

Looks a good show and is that a Roper i can see ?

Had a good day at the centre and was first in the café for a full breakfast. 

A sad day for me as ive had let one go to a new home. Its a Commando 800 that ive had a few years and gone to a new owner who will use it for towing a small trailer around his property.

Its got a nice dry stable and will share it with his Toro ride on so won't be lonely.

heres a couple of photos.

It might be that your a member and not a supporter ?

Thanks for the info Garry

Happy Birthday Ewan, hope you have a great day and dad brings you home lots of presents, 

Now sold

Lucky the hole tree didn't come down, I assume you cut it into log size bits and gave it back

44 minutes ago, Chris said:

Not Mayfield

 

 

Now lets guess to where it might of come from

You can have a guess but it wasn't Johns, 

Well done Ewen, looks just like mine. 

36" blade for sale, not sure what it's from but i was going to fit it to one of my roundhoods but changed my mind mainly because we don't get any snow.

It's got wheels that swivel and the angle is adjustable . £50

good mix of stuff, looks like a good day out

Found this in the shed today and wondered what it's from.

the frame is green and blade red, its 36" wide and has wheels that swivel and its fully adjustable 

Having a clear out in one of my sheds and came across a dozer blade frame, what you see is what you get £50

I see your wearing your colour coded shirt in the last photo 

Looking good Norm. 

4 hours ago, expeatfarmer said:

Just read up about these machines apparently the digging end of the vacuum can inject very high pressure air or water to loosen the soil as it is sucked up.

It has a poker type rod about 5 foot long with a air hose attached to the end, if you look at the second photo its laying on the floor and in the forth photo the chap is holding it with the airline over his shoulder.

He just pokes it in the dirt and turns the air on. 

The Bobcat with the pecker just breaks through the tarmac and concrete and loosely the dirt then the vacuum sucks it all up.

The new plastic main is inside the old cast iron pipe, then they disconnect each house and inject expanding foam in between the old and new, smash the old cast iron pipe and fit a saddle.

the service pipe to the house is the same with a plastic pipe inside the old pipe, then just connected to the meter.

all done with live gas so no smoking while they do it.

Changing the gas main at my house, all done by machine now, how lazy.

Paddy with a shovel has been made redundant 

Happy Birthday Alain, hope you have a good day