Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

I own a Bulldog with handle bar not loop handle I think mine was made around 1954

Firstly how are the bearing housing held to the chain case ? Are they bolt or what they called” WHIZZ TYPE FLANGE SCREWS ” Which are sot of riveted to the chain case if so then these are the same of the Howard 300.

I am very sorry but there are no replacement tyres for a Howard 200 / Demon and have not been for around 50 +years This is what We were told by Dowdeswell’s as the last ones were fitted with much better tyres We had a Howard Demon some years ago and We did replace the wheels with the modern type but it was a very big job to do

Thanks for the info Alan.

Thanks Urbanalfa, useful advice!

Keeping the wheel on might make life easier in the sense that the wheel isn’t wobbling all over the place. You might lose some oil out of your oil bath air filter, but as long as you check the crankcase oil and air filter oil after you’ve finished I can’t see why it would be a problem.

Thanks for the feedback urbanalfa, I’ll be giving it a go tomorrow if the weather cooperates!

Can you see any problems if I tip the rotator at 45 degrees against my shed and fit the inner tube by levering the tyre off the rim while the wheel still bolted to the axle or would it be easier to take the wheels off to do it?

They’re not particularly difficult to change if you can change a wheelbarrow tyre. If you’re not used to changing small tyres then it’s probably more challenging.

When I’ve done it before I’ve put some scrap timber under the chassis at the engine end to support it (push down on the handles to lift up the front end, put some wood underneath and…[Read more]

As you’ll know, Bridges became Stanley Bridges as in the later Stanley tool company.

The cultivator was advertised from the late 1950s for about ten years. Adverts say it fitted a Stanley ‘Neonic’ drill.

They also made a lawnmower that fitted a drill, but this later had a fixed motor and called the Lawnmaster. A hedgetrimmer called the…[Read more]

Without looking on the internet from memory Bridges made electric drills (no idea how I know or why I think that). The device looks a bit like the Tarpen attachment that was available.

Photo of tool

Thanks Alan, yes it had a 48″ deck so I’m sure it was the W16. I’ve not seen one for years!

Many thanks