Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

WELL MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT PLOUGHING. PHEW IT AINT EASY. THE PLOT I HAD FOR PRACTICING ON LOOKED OK BUT WAS NOT. IT HAD RUTS AND BUMPS BRICKS AND ROOTS AND NEARLY BROKE ME !! BUT AS YOU CAN SEE I GOT A REASONABLE RESULT[ WELL BY MY STANDARDS ANYWAY] AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS SWEARING ADJUSTING AND THEN SWEARING AGAIN. IF NOTHING ELSE IT PROVED THAT IT…[Read more]

THANKS FOR THE REPLIES CHAPS.MAYBE A TENNER WAS NOT SUCH A BARGAIN BUT IT WAS GOING TO THE SCAPYARD IF I HADNT BOUGHT IT SO PERHAPS SOME GOOD WILL COME OF IT ??I AM OFF TO THE ALLOTMENT NOW TO TRY THE 350 PLOUGH ON AN UNUSED PLOT AND SEE WHAT SORT OF A MESS I CAN MAKE. I HAVE A FEW BRICKS I CAN TIE ON TO BALLAST IT !! I MIGHT PUT A PIC OR TWO ON…[Read more]

JUST BOUGHT A BARFORD ATOM 15 OFF THAT AUCTION SITE THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO MENTION BY NAME !!. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BARGAIN AT 10 QUID AND WAS TOYING WITH PUTTING THE WHEEL WEIGHTS OFF IT ONTO THE HOWARD ?? THE ATOM IS VERY ROUGH. BEEN SLEEPING OUTSIDE FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE LOOK OF IT.ENGINE TURNS OVER EXHAUST VALVE STUCK OPEN SO NO COMPRESSION.…[Read more]

THANKS FOR THE REPLY. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD USED ONE AND IF SO WAS IT EFFECTIVE . ALSO WHAT ACTUALLY DO THE WEIGHTS WEIGH AS I DO NOT WANT TO PAY UPWARDS OF £50 FOR TWO WHEEL WEIGHTS IF I CAN JUST ADD THE WEIGHT ELSEWHERE . I MADE A FRONT WEIGHT BRACKET BUT DONT REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH TO PUT ON IT . I CAN ADD WEIGHTS TO REAR ABOVE THE PLOUGH…[Read more]