Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

The Cultivator arrived all ok today.

Many Thanks,

C.

Oops.!..I got the renewal reminder note. 😉 Hopefully all addressed ok now, with payment sent. The months wander by and amongst renewing other subscriptions at the turn of the year, I had somehow missed this one.

Thank you,

C.

I have a low-ish serial number model 306 Harrier 41 autodrive and that I believe to be 1989.
Mine has the finger trigger height adjuster not a screw type as on the machine in photo. It does though have the same engine. No OPC, which I believe was reqd by 1995.

I also have a Harrier 48 from 1987, which has the height adjuster similar in…[Read more]

My thought was based on my thinking that the existing short belt was tightened into drive by its rear pulley being drawn back which thus also puts the “fibre” wheel into drive within the large gearbox pulley.

..and then, for forward motion, another belt, missing?, provided the alternative drive from engine pulley to around the large pulley,…[Read more]

Is there another belt missing. ? that gives forward drive via the large rear pulley. Is there a jockey pulley just visible low down in image 2.?
I’m thinking that at the moment it is operating with fibre wheel into the rear pulley in the same way as the reverse, Back Out, function of older Merry Tiller operated.

I was aware of a mechanical…[Read more]

Is there another belt missing. ? that gives forward drive via the large rear pulley. Is there a jockey pulley just visible low down in image 2.?
I’m thinking that at the moment it is operating with fibre wheel into the rear pulley in the same way as the reverse, Back Out, function of older Merry Tiller operated.

I was aware of a mechanical…[Read more]

I’m thinking that this one is pre the HS30 as there was I believe a mechanical drive earlier version…but then I’ve never actually seen a mechanical one. I suspect the engine is a much more recent swap.

C.

I’m thinking that this one is pre the HS30 as there was I believe a mechanical drive earlier version…but then I’ve never actually seen one. I suspect the engine is a much more recent swap.

C.

Lovely to see the photos.
The showroom one is reminiscent of my arrival into the garden machinery world 1980/81..as that looks to be a Honda F400 tiller on the right.? My employer was both Mountfield and Honda agent. One of my YTS jobs was to assemble F400 from the pallets that they arrived on (needing final assembly). Two packed to a pallet…[Read more]

I had to do a brushcutter and trimmer course to keep up with compliance at work.. Nylon line trimmer, not a strimmer 😉 as I understand that Strimmer is a trademark..however, Nylon isn’t 🙂

C.

Here’s some photos scanned from the Ensign sales literature of the day…includes views of the grassbox 😉 🙂

C.

The 720H, think it was really 723H ?? with H for Honda engine. It was a bit of trouble early on, had a few problems which related to slighty poor manufacture/assembly/simplification over early versions. Mostly related to set and position of belt guides which I then got the measure of, thence ok The full surrounding guide around transmission…[Read more]

Previously in the UK Dori (Dorigny) was with IPU, Industrial Power Units and also I seem to recall Hancox.?

At my work location we ran a Dori 720H 29″ rotary mower from 1995 up to 2013.

At various times when changes of UK support was in process we had difficulty with spares, in one instance despite measuring and also sending photos to the…[Read more]

Previously Dori (Dorigny) in UK was with IPU, Industrial Power Units and also I seem to recall Hancox.?

At my work location we ran a Dori 720H 29″ rotary mower from 1995 up to 2013.

At various times when changes of UK support was in process we had difficulty with spares, in one instance despite measuring and also sending photos to the…[Read more]

Previously Dori in UK was with IPU, Industrial Power Units and also I seem to recall Hancox.?

At my work location we ran a Dori 720H 29″ rotary mower from 1995 up to 2013.

At various times when changes of UK support was in process we had difficulty with spares, in one instance despite measuring and also sending photos to the importer of the…[Read more]

This has made me think of a photo, maybe in a brochure or even IOG show booklet..can I heck as find it…!
Thinking maybe of the prof’ gangs once in the Atco range, were they yellow around the time of Wolseley Webb acquisition to match the rest of the prof range.??

C.

Brilliant, really good to see a Clearway HS30 getting some restorative attention.

I used one up to 1995, it was a 1974 machine and would cut and discharge anything in its path. The hydrostat control meant you could instantly slow forward motion down to a crawl as the going got tough…and back out quickly too if needed. The deep deck meant it…[Read more]

…and here’s my set of Dinky gangs 🙂

C.

Chance find, spare Britains Atco Villiers engine found in Britains Barrow in dilapidated Britains Greenhouse 🙂

C.

Britains Atco and roller…