Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | eclipseandy | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/eclipseandy/activity/ Activity feed for eclipseandy. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:50:04 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 4b01fe106672f1645b7e97d62fb5c722 eclipseandy changed their profile picture https://vhgmc.co.uk/activity/p/20590/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 07:28:35 +0100 0 275cf66490c88c75aa8c2d54edeb1b57 eclipseandy started the topic Steam Powered Ransome Crawler in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/steam-powered-ransome-crawler/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 14:20:26 +0100 I’ve just joined the group and was browsing back through the June copy of the Cultivator and noticed a picture from Derek Bright of a steam powered crawler. I was then reminded of a machine I saw some years ago at a steam fair in Godshill on the outskirts of the New Forest. I have shared it here but I’m sure this looks like the same machine. The…[Read more]

]]> 835237a64d876ec4f23b64aff33627ed eclipseandy replied to the topic Ransomes MG5 info in the forum Projects https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-mg5-info/#post-35515 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:46:35 +0100 Thanks Neil, all very helpful… My son has taken the head off over the weekend and we appear to have a crack in the main block, not the best of news. I’m sure we’ll be in touch.. Thanks again Andy

]]> cdb89e7e03ae767f06005b974fc63387 eclipseandy started the topic Ransomes MG5 info in the forum Projects https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-mg5-info/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:26:19 +0100 Hi All, I have just purchased an MG5 and we are trying to establish its age. There is a lot of work to do to get it running again. Our suspicion is its a late model. The makers plates on the rear are almost completely destroyed by rust and offer little clues. The only thing we can see is the number stamped on the engine block MGE1827, although…[Read more]

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