Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Roger fermor | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/leakyrabbit/activity/ Activity feed for Roger fermor. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:04:48 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 904b506e53646355cd52dace96174ec1 Roger fermor started the topic Ploughing guidelines with a MG5 and TS42A in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ploughing-guidelines-with-a-mg5-and-ts42a/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 05:50:37 +0000 Well it’s been along time coming and has caused many moments of indecision but I have finally decided to take my MG5 and TS42A to a ploughing match. The Anzani is upset over this but you have to try these things.

I have never used a trailer plough, let alone a crawler before and so would welcome any guidelines anyone can give me including any p…[Read more]

]]> 36f1ed76f206a15737f72943df5e4ad3 leakyrabbit changed their profile picture https://vhgmc.co.uk/activity/p/24750/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 12:44:47 +0000 0 eab1cc84ca878202383fa6f7b3dc2019 Roger fermor replied to the topic Farmall cub in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/farmall-cub/#post-40165 Fri, 04 Nov 2022 12:42:41 +0000 Well here we are over a year since that last post and just to say that I did not buy the Farmall but went and purchased an MG5 and TS42A. I thought this would be the answer to my dreams and would be living the easy life when competing, what a poor deluded fool I am.

Spent sometime on it and found it too uncomfortable plus I felt divorced from the…[Read more]

]]> c5c732a0ddf4398e23dc6390125d76ff Roger fermor started the topic Douglas engine on a Trusty Plough in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/douglas-engine-on-a-trusty-plough/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 12:28:44 +0000 Hi,

I have at long last decided to bite the bullet and attempt to restore my old Trusty having favoured using an Anzani Ironhorse.

Its not really appealed to me in the past due to having a very thirsty Douglas engine and recently had thought of changing the engine but its a question of what for and how to find another unit (answers on a post…[Read more]

]]> 049a728cb2ea0bb4eb9c86257921e2dc Roger fermor started the topic TS42 ploughing guide in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ts42-ploughing-guide/ Sun, 14 Aug 2022 10:14:16 +0100 Hi,

Is there a definitive guide to ploughing with a mg5 and ts42 as it is my first foray into trailer ploughing and am looking for help.
I fully understand the level and depth wheel but it’s the setting up of the drawbar and such like and closing that has me concerned.

]]> 83ea0295ff5928e9a6d48af925978185 Roger fermor started the topic Ransome TS42A Mouldboard in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransome-ts42a-mouldboard/ Sun, 07 Aug 2022 12:52:10 +0100 I am looking for a mouldboard for a TS 42 and wondered if anyone can tell me the model number and a good place to get them?

]]> f2078bccca8147b12a1452f13d944a93 Roger fermor started the topic Ransomes MG5 dealerships in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-mg5-dealerships/ Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:24:21 +0100 I am currently researching the past history of a MG5 which and wondered whether anyone knows who would have had a dealership in Kent?

I wasn’t looking to buy originally but it looks as if it may have belonged to my Grandfather.

]]> 1469035bc97f128ff0aee0183ad93757 Roger fermor replied to the topic Farmall cub in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/farmall-cub/#post-37436 Sun, 18 Jul 2021 07:15:57 +0100 It’s ok there is nothing to apologise about as it has been offered to me to buy and I’m trying to find a suitable class. When I first started out in the class, in fact my first ever match, I used my 2D vineyard with adapted front axle to get the correct spacing. Within a season I felt that this was not right and it was difficult not to leave too…[Read more]

]]> a1257836e0dd60f50e174f58a8e02635 Roger fermor started the topic Farmall cub in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/farmall-cub/ Sat, 17 Jul 2021 07:18:43 +0100 Hi
Can anyone tell me whether a Farmall cub qualifies for the horticultural ploughing class with the correct plough.

]]> cae5f0b51b2400d70b6891633b8b48ba Roger fermor started the topic Ransome’s TS42 size in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransomes-ts42-size/ Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:17:57 +0000 Hi,

Can anybody tell me the length of a TS42 with the draw bar removed. I’m trying to work out if I can get one in the back of a van with an 8’ bed.

]]> d74dc1dc8bb45b8d3be977a45fc6ad4b Roger fermor replied to the topic dating agency in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/dating-agency/#post-30681 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:11:35 +0000 Blimey, she must have some stamina as I have had the same email as everyone else.. Don’t think I’ll reply though as I need to polish my Anzani!

]]> 9934239ac12081d9a79f8eb04ec88c32 leakyrabbit changed their profile picture https://vhgmc.co.uk/activity/p/15866/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:41:17 +0100 0 c8152015ff602c6aa34fe6f8f128a1c9 leakyrabbit changed their profile picture https://vhgmc.co.uk/activity/p/15865/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:39:34 +0100 0 3da42cc81c3450ba8ed2e8cb45258595 Roger fermor replied to the topic Biddenden tractorfest 2018 25yrs of vhgmc in the forum General talk and discussion http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/biddenden-tractorfest-2018-25yrs-of-vhgmc/#post-29199 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:35:59 +0100 I was booked in to be there with my 2d vineyard but ended up preparing a Fordson N to take the bride to her wedding. However, I noticed there were at least two other David Browns there, perhaps they can be grouped together next year..

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