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John

Thank you for your reply regarding the Barford article.

Your reply about Horticultural Implements of Kent fills in a blank in the little bit of research I was able to do. Any information from anyone is always welcome as I’m much aware that sometimes there are history gaps in the articles which cannot be filled with easily sourced information – and input from VHGMC members is much appreciated!

The Switzerland article mentioned in the website article about Barford is attached below for future reference.

For anyone who missed it the Barford article is: https://vhgmc.co.uk/2016/12/atom-tractor-switzerland/

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Charlie

I’ve been reading about this and it’s quite interesting.

Just found the following text:

“In a recent case Damijan Vnuk v Zavarovalnica Triglav C-162/13, in the European Court of Justice, the courts ruled in favour of a plaintive claiming compensation after being involved in an accident. Mr Vnuk had fallen off a ladder hit by a tractor and trailer during the stacking of hay bales in a barn. After initially being dismissed by Slovenian courts it was later decided in the European courts that the concept of “vehicle” within the meaning of the European Directive on motor insurance (72/166/EEC) bore no relation to its use.

The implication now is that because of the Vnuk case, RTA (Road Traffic Act) compulsory motor insurance may now extend to “any use of a motor vehicle consistent with the normal function of the vehicle and anywhere”, it will no longer be limited to being in use on a road or public place. Following the conclusions of the case, the definition of a vehicle could change to “any motor vehicle intended for travel on land and propelled by mechanical power, but not running on rails and any trailer whether coupled or not”.

If this is the case then it could take up to 12 months to change the RTA and it will have to be approved by Parliament so nothing will happen immediately”.

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Nothing about an F43, but this is an F42 image if of interest.

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The only image I can find of a definite F30 in the archive is this one. It’s also from a Honda brochure so it’s a certain image. Age unknown.

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Ah, just spotted the problem.

Will get the web people to look at it.

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Which page does it take you to?

Are there any payment/join buttons on that page?

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Andy

We are just on with altering the pages as I type this!

The link should be:

vhgmc.co.uk/mem-reg/

and take you to a list of membership payments, click the relevant ‘sign’up’ button, since you have an account it’ll bypass registration and take you straight to Paypal.

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Happy to hear that you have your machines fastened down really well. Making it difficult to steal stuff is probably one of the ways to at least try and safeguard our machines.

The thieves were picked up on CCTV at 3:30am. Out in stormy weather and 40mph+ wind at that time trying to steal stuff! Someone said to me that these thieves should try and put as much effort into getting a proper job!

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On my travels I’ve found quite a lot of stuff I’ll have to get onto the News section this winter, I’ve got the images, adverts and newspaper articles, just need to put them together, usually there’s one a month, sometimes two.

Items I’ve got to compile include:

-Inventor of the Barford Atom Tractor 1947 newspaper reports UK & Switzerland.
-First Bolens demonstrated in the UK 1927
-Newspaper reports about the Nash Roller Tractor 1951
-Vintage Gutbrod images 1960’s

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Pleased that you have a good deck and have got it back to excellent condition. It lives to fight another season!

I’ve restored a few mower decks over the years for my tractors including a couple of WHs and not the easiest job as they are prone to damage purely because of their mowing duties.

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Hello Gordon,

There’s some images in the gallery which may be of assistance.

https://vhgmc.co.uk/photo-galleries/landmaster/

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Just to add for anyone reading this thread, as Charlie says: Log into your forum account and then click the link in the subscriptions box on the right column of the screen. Alternatively click the following link to get there also: https://vhgmc.co.uk/mem-reg/

Secure payment is taken by Paypal and the VHGMC website automatically updates your subscription.

When a member becomes a paid member then they can also download back issues of ‘The Cultivator’ magazine from the link at the top of the page or at: https://vhgmc.co.uk/the-cultivator/ . The magazines go back as far as May 1996 so plenty of reading material there!

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The sprinkler looks good. How do you clean the brass? I’ve got a few brass syringes sat in my office window that I cleaned up and it took ages to do.

There’s some lawn sprinklers etc in the gallery which look pretty good cleaned up.

Sprayers, Misters and Dusters

Yes images do end up in an odd order, it’s possibly to do with the image megabyte size but that doesn’t actually answer the question really.

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I’ve had a look for any adverts relating to the trac-grip and the only ones for Hatch Bros are for their poultry sheds etc.

However around the 1950’s their adverts have their full address as Station Road Appliance Works, Kelly Bray, Callington, Cornwall, which may help if anyone does any research.

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I’ve looked through the archive and unfortunately haven’t seen anything that resembles your tiller.

Being very vague and probably incorrect, but based on the colour the only thing that sort of springs to mind is an early Alko tiller.

Has anyone else got any ideas?

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