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Oliver Norris

@oli2401 Active 1 year, 4 months ago
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    oli2401 replied to the topic Ransome Crawler in the forum Ride-on machines 1 year, 4 months ago

    Hi Paul, depending how original you want to go, I remember seeing one that had been re-engined with a Kubota diesel that had a bit of poke

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    oli2401 replied to the topic Any ideas? Bernard Moteurs BM749 Tondo Tracteur in the forum Ride-on machines 1 year, 4 months ago

    Hi Alan!

    That’s great information, thank you! I’ll make sure I do a whole thread on the tear down and rebuild when I get round to it. Last time it was all cosmetic other than a gearbox repair as there was a problem with reverse.

    His mower deck was long gone when recovered from the scrap yard by my dad as a present all those years ago as…[Read more]

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    oli2401 replied to the topic Any ideas? Bernard Moteurs BM749 Tondo Tracteur in the forum Ride-on machines 1 year, 4 months ago

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    oli2401 started the topic Any ideas? Bernard Moteurs BM749 Tondo Tracteur in the forum Ride-on machines 1 year, 4 months ago

    Hi all

    First post here! My name is Oli, and I have a Bernard Moteurs BM749 Tondo Tracteur. I’ve had him for over 20 years now, with a minor cosmetic refresher 16 or 17 years ago now.

    Does anyone know anything about these machines, either than they’re made in the USA for the French? At some point, it was looked after by Hereford Mower Services,…[Read more]

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