Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | franktonpaget | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/franktonpaget/activity/ Activity feed for franktonpaget. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:24:19 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 7ad508c75e2aa26354cfe79dd780b549 franktonpaget replied to the topic Motor Units Coventry Roller in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/motor-units-coventry-roller/#post-44602 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:22:07 +0000 Motor Units Coventry Roller was owned by the Singer Motor Company of Coventry, I have some literature which I am happy to scan for you if you PM me.
I know someone that has one in Leamington Spa and will ask him if he is happy to be contacted.

]]> 22c246fb7cbcd3b34e6d4d8a2831e29e franktonpaget replied to the topic Find our old OTA in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/find-our-old-ota/#post-44215 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:57:06 +0100 Yes when I was younger and obsessed in all things OTA I did purchase a OTA tractor from a lovely chap on the Isle of Arran, going up and down in one day. The Ferry was caught in a violent storm on the return trip and it was alarming to see a lorry on the vehicle deck next to us rise up with the pitching of the deck. Unable to return to Ardrossan…[Read more]

]]> 6feb660cd1353730d787772f8f73f756 franktonpaget replied to the topic Membership costs in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/membership-costs/#post-43925 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 16:46:15 +0100 I think that a increase to £30 for membership is a good move to maintain a high standard magazine and keep this club going.

You will recall the outcry when Kelsey stopped publishing the Horticultural magazine and the support there was for making the Cultivator the magazine for those Horticultural enthusiasts.

I am a bit concerned about a online…[Read more]

]]> 4071d89cad03f4257198772f0f8f02b1 franktonpaget replied to the topic Opperman/Thorneycroft low loader. 1950 ish in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/opperman-thorneycroft-low-loader-1950-ish/#post-43317 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:02:40 +0000 Try this image

]]> a764a69feafd90697f0bed3974eda756 franktonpaget replied to the topic Opperman/Thorneycroft low loader. 1950 ish in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/opperman-thorneycroft-low-loader-1950-ish/#post-43316 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:52:32 +0000 The MOTOCART was also marketed by Jack Olding & Co and also Transport Materials Supplies (London)Ltd who seemed to offer all sorts of body options from Milk delivery to Dustcart

]]> a7127996fd339cd5c3ee2c7d28937e27 franktonpaget replied to the topic BMB Cultimate in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/bmb-cultimate-2/#post-43257 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 17:00:36 +0000 The carburetter fitted to Cultmate is a Solex 26 type F.H.D.
I have various Cultmate literature please contact me if you require further information

]]> 3c81c7f30cc8a42844d3d3dada4c4a8b franktonpaget replied to the topic Ploughing tractors vintage classification in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ploughing-tractors-vintage-classification/#post-38142 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:16:08 +0100 I also consider the proposed band is too narrow, at a stroke you would exclude a wide range of vintage horticultural tractors that although 8-10 HP have capacity over 700cc being multi cylinder
such as Newman, Kendal, David Brown 2D, Byron, President, OTA, Singer Monarch and Kent Pony.
From my own experience it does not work to plough with a…[Read more]

]]> 57b44e7cb10053e90e9345986d737778 franktonpaget replied to the topic Bristol Tractor Book in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/bristol-tractor-book/#post-38080 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:14:54 +0100 Have you tried Classic Tractor Books, Mr Stephen Moate
Website http://www.classictractors.co.uk, tel 01377 270209

]]> 678c73a0f8517fcc948e08c6e74a9a64 franktonpaget started the topic Old Films in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/old-films/ Sun, 12 Sep 2021 15:32:11 +0100 I have a look on Talking Pictures channel no81 and they seem to use old information films as infill items one the other day on the “Drought of 1959” showed film of reservoirs at low level with flooded villages being seen and machinery undertaking maintenance work with low water levels. It then went through the process of water treatment and when…[Read more]

]]> 35b4a1328e62cd31b9d6aed6e0074bb5 franktonpaget replied to the topic Something for the workshop in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/something-for-the-workshop-2/#post-37051 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:09:17 +0100 I think the oil companies were keen to promote there lubricants for use in machines and offered attractive deals to manufacturers. Mr Fred Brookes co founder of OTA told me Castrol supplied the OTA brass makers plate with lubricants listed on it together with all necessary lubricants for each new tractor for 6d (2.5 new pence).This was a help to…[Read more]

]]> 8b4605a3ef0775f58bcc7ff29b25c2eb franktonpaget replied to the topic Ransomes ITC Machines in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-itc-machines/#post-36346 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:52:31 +0000 No doubt sewage treatment has developed since the Ransome MG based sand skimmers reached the end of there working lives but it seems there is still a need for filter bed sand skimmers and one machine is the skimmer based on a Morrish crawler built in Devon.
You could say it is the “grandson” of the Ransomes based unit but with a 3 cylinder kubota…[Read more]

]]> da2e871ec958e7b73eee8b4bc4603a1b franktonpaget replied to the topic Chippenham Vintage Machinery Club in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/chippenham-vintage-machinery-club/#post-36324 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:56:39 +0000 Thank you for your assistance
I had a thought and contacted Jim Wilkie, he told me the Chippenham Club was one of the NVTEC regional clubs but folded about 20 years ago, but he did not remember anybody of that name or the publication

]]> 9dcc74c565a8ec2aceec0e9ac3a5a983 franktonpaget replied to the topic Ransomes ITC Machines in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-itc-machines/#post-36322 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:44:43 +0000 I was sorry to see that you were parting with your collection and more so to read it was due to ill health.
However I think you can look back with pride to the Ransomes MG display you organised at Tractor World, a real master class in how to put on a display.
The article in the Cultivator by Patrick Knight together with the extra items added by…[Read more]

]]> 6d37c2a895bffe6650d8bb554f5f78b3 franktonpaget replied to the topic Chippenham Vintage Machinery Club in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/chippenham-vintage-machinery-club/#post-35996 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:12:39 +0000 Thanks for your response, it is quite surprising how many of these early makers developed and Cambridge moved to Bristol because of transport links and he was selling his products to overseas.

I had always thought the Cambridge roll took its name from where the design had originated like the Essex wagon.
I have another cast roll end made by…[Read more]

]]> 386967d5f9b8f5542ec580136951c33f franktonpaget started the topic Chippenham Vintage Machinery Club in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/chippenham-vintage-machinery-club/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:04:10 +0000 I wonder if anyone can help me on this club, do they still exist ?
They published a small book in 1985 written by Paul S Weaver on William Colbourne Cambridge 1807-1869, Implement maker of Lavington Wiltshire and subsequently Bristol.
He was the original patentee for the “Cambridge roll”.
Any assistance would be appreciated, I have had a set of…[Read more]

]]> 8d844131c36b62645c9d391cf61c3b22 franktonpaget replied to the topic Wartime Farm (again). in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/wartime-farm-again/page/2/#post-35118 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:32:10 +0100 Funnily enough opened up my sunday newspaper and there is a article on the Talking Pictures channel run by a chap and his daughter from a shed in there garden.
He obtained rights to a lot of Black and white films and television series for which makers thought there was no interest or demand.Watching audience for the channel is several million.
The…[Read more]

]]> 0805e3101205b9158a31795bcfa7a870 franktonpaget replied to the topic Wartime Farm (again). in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/wartime-farm-again/page/2/#post-35101 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:43:45 +0100 I do not know if any of you watch talking pictures channel 81 on Freeview, early morning they show all sorts of Goverment information films as short fillers, many I find interesting and one in recent weeks was a Ministry of Agriculture film on the construction of field storage clamps for potatoes and also carrots.They went through stage by stage…[Read more]

]]> 397b5381801643891b7dc4021dd55e17 franktonpaget replied to the topic Where will it end in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/where-will-it-end/page/2/#post-34299 Mon, 11 May 2020 10:54:03 +0100 Reading those Allen’s activities It has made me ponder how employment has changed, how the Allen family with the decline of the steam manufacture and hire side of the company and in a period of economic depression they looked to developing other products to keep there workers in employment and such things as the Fairground rides and also electric…[Read more]

]]> d73fc14147350c2bd229d47795aadb5a franktonpaget replied to the topic Where will it end in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/where-will-it-end/#post-34287 Sun, 10 May 2020 12:15:28 +0100 How interesting, it is always surprising what companies were involved in. On holiday in Sri Lanka we visited a tea factory and some of the tea processing machinery had been manufactured by Ransomes in 1948 and was still in use. Sadly more modern machinery came from China.

During this isolation period I have been reading some Allens of Oxford…[Read more]

]]> e173f7350224c0b38559b1821ba10a5c franktonpaget replied to the topic Where will it end in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/where-will-it-end/#post-34103 Sat, 02 May 2020 12:10:35 +0100 The other tractor listed by this seller is a “K.J Hemingway Tractor”

Mr K.J Hemingway was the managing director of Pattisons based at Stanmore at the time in a former brewery, a lovely old fashioned gentleman he entertained me to tea and biscuits in his office back in 1981 when I was doing some research on a Pattison RCT tractor I had. He pulled…[Read more]

]]> 5a74a850f9b74c9bcac05204c1e42fb9 franktonpaget replied to the topic Tyre Pressures in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/tyre-pressures/#post-33382 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:07:53 +0000 On our Monarch tractor which has the same size and ply rating front tyres, the tyre pressure is maximum 20 psi

regards FP

]]> 564b93fea4c0ea11f78d451f9f7a541b franktonpaget replied to the topic OTA Tractors in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ota-tractors/#post-33381 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:04:48 +0000 With a cast front your tractor is a MK1

If it was a early MK1 (yellow and red colours) the chassis and engine number would be on a cast aluminium makers plate mounted on the right chassis.

From what I can see your tractor is the Co-op Blue colour and the chassis has fixing holes for the underslung toolframe so I think this is a later MK1 where…[Read more]

]]> 7dea61fb2ff6c1c2957e7c5a23ba3c5a franktonpaget started the topic Contributing to the Cultivator in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/contributing-to-the-cultivator/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:54:37 +0000 The February Cultivator was a good read with ideal cross section of items, however the Editor in his “Ramblings” did say that not a lot had come in and he had a bit of difficulty filling the issue.

Some time back when a commercial publisher ceased publishing a dedicated magazine on our hobby and there was a lot of anguish on the Forum I thought…[Read more]

]]> ec723c0fbbf8d1dd8f547a841d00f5a3 franktonpaget started the topic The Hudson HF10 Rowcrop Tractor in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/the-hudson-hf10-rowcrop-tractor/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:43:46 +0000 Came across a article on this machine introduced in 1946 by Kenneth Hudson and Sons and had never seen one or seen mention in any books or magazines.
Has anyone seen one or have any information ?
I know Kenneth Hudson made implements and then merged with Salopian to become SKH part of the Rubery Owen organisation
Looks somewhat on the same layout…[Read more]

]]> 32e7087c9a6c8fb74c5268684fc2970d franktonpaget replied to the topic Martin Markham Trailer Renovation - Help! in the forum Projects http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/martin-markham-trailer-renovation-help/#post-27910 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:49:09 +0000 Having a sort out at present and came across a spare parts list for a Martin Markham all steel 70/90 Trailer with a A3 size centre fold exploded view of the trailer with blow up’s of hydraulics, brakes, hitch etc

Send me a PM with your E mail details and I will scan and send to you.
Unlike yours it has steel deck and sides but running gear and…[Read more]

]]> a04fe445b5df803198b3c28c85452a87 franktonpaget started the topic The Winget by Pederick Tractor in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/the-winget-by-pederick-tractor/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 20:39:03 +0000 Interesting article in a Australian magazine I subscribe to on the Winget tractor produced under license by the Pederick Engineering Company at Wagin in Western Australia
Under the arrangement Winget supplied one complete tractor and the Lister engine, transmissions and steering gear for 14 further tractors.Pederick manufactured the chassis, front…[Read more]

]]> 97ead6e74ff069e52c192451d4e7afaa franktonpaget started the topic Bradford Nu-Trac Tractor in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/bradford-nu-trac-tractor/ Wed, 10 Jan 2018 23:38:34 +0000 I subscribe to the Australian magazine The Old Machinery Magazine (TOMM) and in the last issue was a article on the Bradford Nu-Track Tractor written by Patrick Knight

These were a interesting single crawler track machine introduced in 1948 and although at least one survives in Australia I have never seen or heard of any survivors in this…[Read more]

]]> 66a06d80bf3c60543e92d3d87792c282 franktonpaget replied to the topic Ransomes MG, Do you need a driver ? in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-mg-do-you-need-a-driver/#post-24919 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:40:58 +0100 Seen at the Royal Show 1993 on display was the Powa-Trac 36 Crawler about the same size as a MG40 with a Lombardini diesel engine powering hydraulic drive, attachments and pto

Developed in Jersey as the salesman said to replace the old Ransome MG crawlers that were getting a bit long in the tooth
Quite a nice looking modern machine ,I only saw…[Read more]

]]> be5c47ba2f7e57f81fb1754cb2752d85 franktonpaget started the topic Ransomes MG, Do you need a driver ? in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-mg-do-you-need-a-driver/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:14:53 +0100 Came across another article in a Agricultural Machinery Journal from 1970 reporting the development of Richardson Automatic Cultivating Equipment which used a Ransomes MG as the development testbed.
The MG with mounted ploughs at front and back was driverless and used a sensor controlled pneumatically controlled operation system invented by a Mr…[Read more]

]]> 1b1009e44a2972e1771ed423b51c9900 franktonpaget replied to the topic Lawns of a Dilemna in the forum Ride-on machines http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/lawns-of-a-dilemna/#post-24884 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 07:13:09 +0100 I think the points made by Charlie are spot on and a completely valid view of restoring any machine

The Ransomes mowers were made in much larger numbers than the crawlers and as a result have probably survived in larger numbers as well. If you have made efforts to find a good home without any joy you have taken the right course

]]> 7855f9d6d2354672e768b89cd6433cf8 franktonpaget started the topic Stanhay Straddle Carrier in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/stanhay-straddle-carrier/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:35:29 +0100 In another Power Farming magazine I read as sorting through was a article about increased mechanisation in the Fruit growing industry and mentioned the Stanhay Straddle carrier which I think comes within the scope of VHGMC
Designed and built by Stanhay in Kent using Landrover Components they could carry six fruit storage bins from field to store…[Read more]

]]> 6e24f341d64377dd49a0e40c88ee9efa franktonpaget started the topic Ransomes MG Canefield Sprayer Conversion in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-mg-canefield-sprayer-conversion/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:07:44 +0100 The problem with having a sort out is you start reading the stuff you are sorting and not much progress is made !!!!

Reading a 1973 copy of Power Farming came across a Ransome MG5 conversion to a sprayer for use in Australian Canefields
It says a great deal for the Ransomes components that “up-engine” to a 30 hp Ford driving the machine and the…[Read more]

]]> 46ac35a3afca3695ed96ce7b573403f7 franktonpaget replied to the topic OTA & MONARCH Tractors at Newark Show in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ota-monarch-tractors-at-newark-show/#post-23132 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:23:30 +0000 I think eight different owners brought either OTA or Monarch tractors to the show. You do not see many OTA or Monarch tractors out on the rally scene, but speaking to owners and visitors it would appear that some have up to ten OTA and Monarch tractors in various states of repair at home.
The cast front OTA rowcrop came onto the market in 1948…[Read more]

]]> f60083dcdf7c291ad63c1d65a045cea2 franktonpaget replied to the topic OTA & MONARCH Tractors at Newark Show in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ota-monarch-tractors-at-newark-show/#post-23120 Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:50:27 +0000 a few more

]]> 71b92bf9ab592e37282237fde23890b3 franktonpaget replied to the topic OTA & MONARCH Tractors at Newark Show in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ota-monarch-tractors-at-newark-show/#post-23116 Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:47:58 +0000 A few more now resized

]]> f87d7c385358300b659c9bebc2e3db0c franktonpaget replied to the topic OTA & MONARCH Tractors at Newark Show in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ota-monarch-tractors-at-newark-show/#post-23114 Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:38:12 +0000 Good Display of OTA and Singer Monarch tractors with the various models represented
Some photographs attached

]]> 8731452528875642c69057a2dda7ba6d franktonpaget replied to the topic Winget tractor restoration advice in the forum Projects http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/winget-tractor-restoration-advice/#post-22525 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:07:29 +0100 The person you need to contact is Dick Bentley the Club Helpline expert on Winget and MSW tractors.

Contact details are in the Cultivator

Are you sure it is a Winget rather than a MSW ?
I understood that Wingets had Lister SR1 engines and a Newage gearbox while the MSW developed from the Winget had Petter or Hatz diesels or Kohler or Wisconsin…[Read more]

]]> df31e472b26856bb558c0642df4b00ac franktonpaget started the topic OTA & MONARCH Tractors at Newark Show in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ota-monarch-tractors-at-newark-show/ Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:14:07 +0100 Tom Ranyard a keen OTA and Monarch tractor owner has been putting together a display of these tractors at the Newark Show
It has not been widely advertised apart from one small write up in T&M magazine

It is 60 years since production of the Singer Monarch ceased on the takeover of the Singer Motor Co by the Rootes Group
Tom is hoping to have…[Read more]

]]> 87a361cf222babbbad20e13fb2df56a8 franktonpaget replied to the topic Ransomes crawler ploughs in the forum Ride-on machines http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-crawler-ploughs/#post-22349 Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:07:23 +0100 In the working instructions and parts book I have for the Ransomes TS42, TS42A and TS42B quite a few different bodies are listed :-
EC Body 12″ cut, Scout Body 10″ cut,VY Body,YL Body,RHA Body,SHP Body,TCP Body,Epic and IRDCP Body, some of these look very small and referring to Anthony Clare’s book Ransomes tractor share ploughs these smaller…[Read more]

]]> 7e46992705bdff0a40956ef6efcb7608 franktonpaget replied to the topic June Cultivator in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/june-cultivator/#post-21245 Sun, 26 Jun 2016 07:42:13 +0100 I can only echo the comments already made, it seems only a short time ago there were concerns on these pages that commercial concerns had abandoned the vintage horticultural sector but VHGMC members under Alan as editor are contributing to make The Cultivator a magazine that reflects and covers the broad church of interests amongst the…[Read more]

]]> 2339a2ff5198568e40f9ce2fbf1b3d3d franktonpaget replied to the topic The "Fortuna" ractor in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/the-fortuna-ractor/#post-20926 Wed, 18 May 2016 06:17:00 +0100 The OTA tractor is listed separately in the Farm Implements guide so is not the Fortuna tractor.
The OTA tractor was exported to Australia as the OTA tractor and the main importer was the Dickson Primer Co

I am the registrar for OTA and Singer Tractors in the Singer Owners Club although mainly cars Singer did produce in early days cycles and…[Read more]

]]> 1880959ebc08b24b57a12e1cdaba739b franktonpaget replied to the topic HOWARD MINI GAPPER in the forum Ride-on machines http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/howard-mini-gapper/#post-20901 Sun, 15 May 2016 08:03:04 +0100 Please see attached copy of Howard Mini Cross Gapper Sales Leaflet, hope this assists a unusual and interesting machine
regards
Joe Paget

]]> c274d8c45127b392da4dacef57caba80 franktonpaget started the topic The "Fortuna" ractor in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/the-fortuna-ractor/ Sun, 15 May 2016 07:54:05 +0100 I have just acquired a Farm Implement Buyers Guide for 1950/1951,a very interesting read with 240 pages of information on tractors and implements available with period advertisements

One entry is for the Fortuna tractor with makers given as A.P. & E Singer Ltd, Park Mansions Arcade,Knightsbridge, London SW1.
Engine stated to be Ford 10hp with…[Read more]

]]> cf922dee023c55b17a8309ebd6f5b425 franktonpaget replied to the topic BMB Cultmate in the forum Projects http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/bmb-cultmate-2/#post-15744 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:06:42 +0000 You might like to use the attached view from the original BMB Cultmate brochure to display with your machine and also help identify some of the Cultmate implements which sometimes turn up in the Tractorworld auction
Hope this assists
regards Joe Paget

]]> 087c5a094194527199270ef6696182a3 franktonpaget started the topic Gunsmith Tractor Decal in the forum Ride-on machines http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/gunsmith-tractor-decal/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 06:54:50 +0000 A Gunsmith light tractor currently for sale is in very original condition given it must be sixty plus years old.
In particular the original decal is still visible located on the Jap engine cover, see attached photograph
I cannot remember seeing this decal on a restored Gunsmith , although on some sales literature I have a small oval Gunsmith decal…[Read more]

]]> 7d3fb31f642e4f4aabc0494b30e09570 franktonpaget replied to the topic Ransomes MG Crawlers in France in the forum Ride-on machines http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-mg-crawlers-in-france/#post-15342 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:58:23 +0000 Interestingly a diesel Ransomes MG40 is for sale on a certain auction site ex France which has the hydraulic ram rear lift
Some good photographs on the listing give the MG chassis number but also the French manufacturers plate on the rear lift attachment.
I think this supports the idea that to get around protective French import duties on imported…[Read more]

]]> c9e51e1c2e1c3583d80b912cd402f8a9 franktonpaget replied to the topic John Deere 332 and a plough in the forum Ride-on machines http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/john-deere-332-and-a-plough/#post-15319 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 06:27:51 +0000 Interesting discussion I wonder we do not see more Brinly ploughs although the digger body may not be ideal for a ploughing match.
Attached is the front page of a Brinly brochure showing the plough,the plough seems to have a lot of width adjustment on the cross member and shows a rear depth wheel not shown on the other photographs in this topic

]]> 845b912dd0aeb83121cba4bc5d54ba91 franktonpaget replied to the topic October Cultivator in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/october-cultivator/#post-14924 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:29:09 +0100 I received my Cultivator today, I think it is a credit to the Club and is developing into a publication which the Club members will find interesting whatever there particular interest is.
The Club is a pretty broad church but the breadth of topics covered is a tribute to the members who contributed and the skill of our Editor Alan Rogers in…[Read more]

]]> 047a6b6ff46a26a716986b085bd37b81 franktonpaget replied to the topic Mansley rotovator in the forum Ride-on machines http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/mansley-rotovator/#post-14917 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:39:06 +0100 Richard,
Please find attached copy of Sales Leaflet for the Mansley Rotary Cultivator manufactured by Gregson & Monk Ltd, Agricultural Machinery Dept, Vulcan Iron Works, Preston.Lancashire.

Two models were available, the 30″ wide model for the MG5 and the wider 36″ model for the MG6 and MG40
30″ model cost £132 and 36″ model £140 delivered to y…[Read more]

]]> 4a66d72951bd22491b51fbce5e02a800 franktonpaget replied to the topic BMB President in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/bmb-president/#post-14617 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:10:14 +0100 You may find it interesting and informative to view the PRESIDENT TRACTOR FORUM

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