pmackellow

Oh dear Darren looks like the bug has bit !!
Saturn would be late 70's,I have probably got some info on them I will have a look
Safe journey

Here's some information...
 
 

Not while its running !!

do you have to get on your hands and knees to use it paul or does it have handles

Horticultural Ride On
1st    1967 Mayfield Merlin    Jim Wakefield
2nd   1977 Moto Standard     K Hayden
3rd    1964 Gutbrod Superior   C Foster
 
Horticultural Pedestrian
1st    1927  Allen and Simmonds        Jim Wakelfield
2nd   1967  Farmfitters Multigardner   Paul and Wendy Mackellow
3rd    1950's  Allman Rapid Sprayer   Pat Biggs
 
Horticultural Implement
1st   JAP Lawn edger     A&J Richards
2nd  Trusty sawbench   G Ravenhall
3rd   Jalo Garden Hoe   S Woollas

And here's the graveyard mower...
 
 

When cleaning up the hard drive on my PC I found this picture taken when I had just finished restoring my howard 200.and also one of the line up I had at much marcle steam rally in 2009.

Here's some more photos...
 
 

Here's the Galaxy at Isfield Station today...

Here's the Rapier at Isfield today...
 
 

We popped along to Hailsham this afternoon and found a man with a Shakin' Horse... 

Thanks for your kind words gents
 
Here's the display board for Isfield...
 
 

Strong is the only way to go
 
So where were we?   Oh yes the long link arm thingy..
 
I managed to hold the parts of it in the right shape in situ and tack welded then together.
Here's the link after I pulled it out for a few more tack welds.. With a bit of trimming and strengthening it will look the part and do the job..
 

 
 
Best fit it in the GT and give the hydraulics a try..
 
Down..
 

 
 
And up..
 

 
 
Then just for a laugh I made some drop links out of garden wire so I could see the lower arms go up and down
 

 

 
 
I even quickly throw part of the rear bodywork on to check for clearance... Yep, plenty there..
 

 
 
And on to the final part of the 3 point puzzle.. Making drop links..
 
A couple of these sliver bit's were left over from the 6x6's 3 point kit... A good start, all they needed was a lower hole drilled.
 

 
 
A bit of thick wall box with one side cut out and a hole drilled through.
 

 
 
Gave me the sideways movement..
 

 
 
I needed a couple of these to fit over the lower arms..
 

 
 
Cue yet more 5mm steel.
 

 
 
These should be strong enough
 

Handlebars back on, its ready to go to Isfield...

when I had finished this part I made up a rear lift and had it hooked up to the skip ram, but it didn't work to well so moved the ram to the front and fitted the dozer blade.
the next work to do will be new rear roller bearings, a nice shinny paint job, new rubber tracks and maybe swap the kobota engine for a kohler. I don't know when this will be as each time I get it out I just want to drive it  

Hi all,
 
Picked up this little beauty today, it's pretty much untouched and all original, the guy hadn't used it in ages and wanted to get rid of it so I bought it. Brought her home and after a little help with some petrol down the plug she fired away first pull. The drive works as does the scythe. She just needs a good steam cleaning, air filter assembly, new throttle cable and a new cork on the fuel tap, but other than that shes in great orignal condition. For now I'm just going to keep her in her working clothes I think.




 
The scythe takes about 30 seconds to remove or install, it's very simple!!
 
Tom

In preparation for the Meet and Greet at Isfield station next Sunday I had a swap round with the Multigardner units this afternnon in between painting the Suffolk Galaxy mower deck.
 
The Clinton engine unit was taken off the graveyard mower and put on the Rapier mower chassis whilst the Briggs and Stratton engine unit from the trailer unit is now fitted to the graveyard mower chassis - this re-unites the unit and chassis that started the Multigardner collection last year...

had some time spare today and it being so nice I had a bit of Horse-play. got most of the tractor together now, I forgot how many parts there are.
the chap I got it from really stripped it even took the valves out of the tyres. I had some track-rods in stock so fitted them and will keep the stainless ones for a project. here's a couple of todays progress.

Two more photos with the deck turned round...

Thanks Matt... Yeah my bench is a bit of a mess... If I clean it, it only takes 5 mins for it to vanish under tool, metal etc
 
 
I managed to get most of the long connecting rod made yesterday, it should be finished tomorrow..
 
Time for some measuring.. I needed to know how much "off-set" there was between the inside of this bit..
 

 
 
To the inside of this bit that's very much tucked away under the hood stand and was a right pain to get a photo of..
 

 
 
Lot's of measuring and scribbling later I found the the "off set" was 20mm...   Hhmm... quite handy as I'm using lot's of 5mm steel
 

 
 
My 5mm thick steel just happened to 5 inches wide which was convenient for cutting 4 strips from.
 

 
 
Sliced and clamped together..
 

 
 
A few tack welds.. To be fully seam welded later.
 

 
 
My new-ish Arc welder is a fantastic machine, it can produce some very nice welds..   Thanks Nigel
 

 
 
Part one of the connecting rod roughly in the right place.
 

 
 
I'm working out my measurements with the 3 point at it's lowest setting.. To make sure this bit of linkage won't hit the bit of tube the top link connects to, I zip tied a bit of steel to it to make sure nothing hit's
 

 
 
Part 2 of the connecting rod was made from yet more 5mm plate..
Here it part of it wedged in place and not at the right angle by any means.. Having got dirt and grease in my eyes while lying under the GT twice in 5 min's I decided that I'd had enough for the day, so I only quickly took these two snaps.
 

 

The next day i spent a while working out how i could operate the gearstick from the front. looking at the gearbox / front axle i noticed that it was held on with u bolts, simple all i had to do was turn the engine and transmission around the other way, so the next 4 photos so the progress

had a couple of hours this morning so started to unload the van and sort out the parts.
nice surprize to find it had new stainless  track-rods and rose joints.

once the skip was of i just had to have another drive round   before i backed it up the drive, the first photo shows where i think the seat will fit, the next shows my daughter trying out leg room, next engine cover off and the last shows the gearstick sticking out the front.
all this was done on the same day august 8th 2009

you've got to be up early to grab a pretty one

More progress on the Galaxy this afternoon, need to get my finger out if its going to Isfield next Sunday !!