Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Oliver Norris | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/oli2401/activity/ Activity feed for Oliver Norris. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:12:50 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 af4730642d1d013c3bc8b2f66afad153 Oliver Norris replied to the topic Ransome Crawler in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/ransome-crawler-2/#post-41622 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 23:12:22 +0000 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

]]> e33ca8adddefaf1c58794a2c1bd73bcd Oliver Norris replied to the topic Any ideas? Bernard Moteurs BM749 Tondo Tracteur in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/any-ideas-bernard-moteurs-bm749-tondo-tracteur/#post-41620 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 23:05:54 +0000 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]

]]> 2f2cfbe0e253a55a54b05b692ffbb1d0 Oliver Norris replied to the topic Any ideas? Bernard Moteurs BM749 Tondo Tracteur in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/any-ideas-bernard-moteurs-bm749-tondo-tracteur/#post-41614 Tue, 26 Dec 2023 22:37:17 +0000 More pics

]]> 9bf755969172ae206bf6a390022d0fa0 Oliver Norris started the topic Any ideas? Bernard Moteurs BM749 Tondo Tracteur in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/any-ideas-bernard-moteurs-bm749-tondo-tracteur/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 22:34:58 +0000 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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