Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

A update, So a just encase mice had carted nuts up the silencer and blocking that, I dropped it off and found it was quite clean inside, but end was rotted so fixed that, and ran it up for few minutes and what is failing got much worse and even turning it over by hand makes a good thot sound. so some part of cam lobe has gone or the follower,…[Read more]

I have just found the paperwork from 53 through to 62 when it was stopped being used regally it says cast iron head without seat inserts, one fault with old oil was the oil restrictor supplying oil to the valve gear used to clog and nearly stop, now with high detergent oil it hasn’t slowed in years in-fact its quite wet up top and very clean.

Mine arrived yesterday thanks, another excellent magazine Robert. Also renewed membership for next year, so much easier on line and saves the cost of a stamp!!
Looking forward to next years shows.

Seasonal greetings to all.

Sprayerman

The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) at Reading have the factory records and engineering drawings etc for Allen Scythe, you could contact them.

I have a list somewhere, I will look it out.

Mine arrived today , ROBERT you are doing a sterling job.

Andy.

Got mine yesterday. Another good read. Many thanks to all concerned.
Happy Christmas and a wonderful new year to all club members.
Dave.

Magazines are now in the post and will hopefully arrive before Christmas

Currently sorting through and cataloguing the Trusty enginering drawings. Not seen anything yet for dynastart on Steed and not sure all drawings are there. This is going to take some time to complete.

Hi yes very sorry that is what I was told I re red the message. That is fantastic to find this out. I can also see it says its fitted with a dynastart. Do we know how this was fitted. From what I can see with what I have it was belt driven and I have a small shaft with a 2 blade fan and its also belt driven. I would assume it would haveto be…[Read more]

I have looked at Geoff’s scans of the original factory records for the Steed.

Number 422 was sent to the agricultural dealership F. C. Adamson, Swanland, East Yorkshire, and is dated 13/04/1965. It was sent out fitted with grassland tyres.

On the same date, the preceding Steed 421 with standard motor car tyres was also sent to F. C. Adamson.…[Read more]

As far as I know the dates in the Trusty register are from the factory records, so I would assume those to be correct.

Grahame, thank you for your thoughts on the membership fee increase. The vast majority of those that bothered to contact us regarding the increase were in favour and did not want us to scrap or go digital with the magazine. A number of renewals have already been received, only time will tell if the increase has a significant impact on membership numbers.