Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Digger Ralph | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/digger-ralph/activity/ Activity feed for Digger Ralph. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:18:34 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b775f6c4435da022b5576201a5c287aa Digger Ralph started the topic Landmaster super 88 in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/landmaster-super-88/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:10:59 +0100 Good morning,

I have just been given a Landmaster super 88 that has been sitting out in the open on an allotment for years. I am not familiar with this machine. I thought it would make a good smaller project that is a bit more manageable than our main project, a Howard Gem 800.

Can anyone point me to any literature for this machine? I am…[Read more]

]]> 469741367ce60400ba09174ab524dac8 Digger Ralph replied to the topic Howard Gem 800 in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/howard-gem-800-2/#post-35532 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:47:19 +0100 Hi Ian,

My 800 was my late farther-in-law’s. It was working (over 20 years ago) so it should not be too hard to get back into working order.

The 800 was a prototype that never made full production. This one came via my wife’s uncle who was senior management at Howard, back in the 1960s/70s. When the model was abandoned on cost grounds, the…[Read more]

]]> d25ea5aebf3a248e755ff51de8985dd5 Digger Ralph started the topic Howard Gem 800 in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/howard-gem-800-2/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:22:33 +0100 I have a Howard Gem 800 that has been sitting on a trailer in our storage. Can anyone tell me what engine this is?

I believe it is a Sachs 2-stroke diesel, but It does not look like any of the engines I have seen on other Howard machines.

Managed to post a picture – at last!

Ralph.

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