plantfit 7,661 Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 1 hour ago, philmayfield said: You're 9 years younger than me Rog. I used to be a ball of fire like you back in those days. Not so much ball of fire more like a flickering flame these days Phil, lol Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 Bike and tractor, John Deer 6920S and Hercules bike Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 The days before tractors Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 Another rare tractor, Lanz Bulldog from Belgium, I took this picture at Bicker Lincs in 2008 Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,220 Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 I knew Bicker quite well when my cousin and her husband used to keep the Red Lion pub there. It was on the A52 but has since been bypassed. My uncle also lived in the village. Funnily enough my other cousin, her brother, used to keep the Red Lion pub in Stow on the Wold 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 Nice row of Field Marshall diesel tractors Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, philmayfield said: I knew Bicker quite well when my cousin and her husband used to keep the Red Lion pub there. It was on the A52 but has since been bypassed. My uncle also lived in the village. Funnily enough my other cousin, her brother, used to keep the Red Lion pub in Stow on the Wold Dawsons used to have open days each year showing tractors, steam engines as well as doing steam threshing demonstrations but I've not seen them advertised for a few years now, they also make steam boilers and traction engines on site as these two were Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,505 Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Posted on behalf of Dark Angel, who will be along to explain it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Angel 138 Posted December 6, 2022 Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 Thanks for posting photograph for me Cliff Ton. Taken in 1969 @ Rempstone. Showing a Ploughing Engine converted with an internal combustion engine. Owned at the time by the Beeby family, it did work and was used in anger. Sadly my recollections about it are not to the fore at the moment. I have no idea whether it still exists/or in what form. Thought it might be a nice addition to this thread, for those with interest in this field. I don’t recollect seeing any other steam engines with this modification. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted December 6, 2022 Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 The engine was from a WW2 tank but can't remember which type or country at the moment, I remember seeing it at Rempstone vintage rally into the mid seventies, just as an aside, the old show field has now been dug up for quarried sand and gravel materials Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Not really a tractor but agricultural anyway, all I had to do today was re-fit the fuel tank and pipework to my Lister ST1 stationary engine, all going well until I broke the copper fuel pipe just underneath the tank so off it came again and the pipe measured up so I can go and buy some new pipe and fittings, not to worry that's a job for another day, this is the ST at the back end of summer just before it was covered up for winter The Lister D petrol stationery has the fuel tank, carb and magneto stored in the shed at the moment where it's dry, they can wait until spring before they get put back on and the little Suffolk is under the bench in the greenhouse with a cover over it to keep the frost off should we get any Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Fuel tank and new brass pipe fittings put on this afternoon, poured some diesel out of my fuel can into a clear jug just to make sure there was no water in the fuel, just a bit but managed to pour the diesel off leaving the water behind for safe disposal, put a few drops of oil in the cold start dash pot and turned the run lever to start, warmed the inlet manifold up with my gas blowlamp then gave the Lister a swing on the start handle and away it went, left it running for an hour at 1200 rpm to get it nice and warm and to get the oil around the engine, well pleased with this afternoons efforts, might try the Lister D type tomorrow or one of the other little beasts Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 Nice Ford TW-25 with lawn turf tyres (LGP) fitted, just got to love this setup, yesterday at Ashby Magna Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,220 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 You wanted pictures? How about my Old Grey Fergie? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,440 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 10 minutes ago, philmayfield said: How about my Old Grey Fergie? Looks to be in excellent nick with its paint job and nice new boots... do you bother ballasting the tyres? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,220 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 No, it's just a plaything. That picture was taken some years ago. Its been standing outside for some years and needs a good tidy up now; if it ever warms up and stops raining! I was just having a play with Postimage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 818 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Nice tractor phil i have seen the odd one here in Saskatchewan but just sitting in the fields rotting too bad what year is yours? Does it have the Standard Vanguard engine? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,220 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 1952 I believe with the Vanguard engine. It’s the petrol/paraffin version with two fuel tanks. The idea is to start on petrol and run on the cheaper paraffin or TVO as it’s called. Tractor Vapourising Oil is basically paraffin with a few added ingredients. I used to bring it out and put it in the meadow when we had the village open gardens but lockdown put a stop to that and nobody has had the gumption to revive it. I think I’ll tidy it up and sell it. I’ve got another in the back orchard, a 1964 Ford Dexter 2000, which could do with a lick of paint. I’ll see if I’ve got a picture of that somewhere. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,220 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 1964 Ford Dexter 2000 with loader. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 If we are on the subject of tractors (sort of) my mates JD at the end of the close Rog 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 818 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 My dad had a very old Chaseside bulldozer he brought when he was building his garage at Watnall in 1954 it also ran on TVO/Petrol it had no hydraulics just cables an pulleys i remember the spark plugs would always foul up and he put extenders on them to help prevent it. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 One of my vintage cycles at the side of a JD Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,661 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 20 hours ago, IAN FINN said: My dad had a very old Chaseside bulldozer Talking of Chasesides, not a dozer but a loader, this poor old girl is in a garden the other end of the village Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,220 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 A project to while away your winter days Rog. Around the shows in the summers to come! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,212 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Rog., a bit of emery cloth and a little tin of Hammerite and the jobs a goodun. Would be a good opportunity to use your airbrush. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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