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A few more pictures.

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Well, it’s all over now for another year. What a great time we all had, just a pity that I’ve got to go to work Monday morning! My throat’s sore from talking to so many people so I intend to go back to work for a rest!
Here are some pictures for you if you couldn’t make it.
Prizes were awarded as follows:-
the VHGMC Silver Platter for Members’ Best Horticultural Machine won by Richard Newbould with his fully restored Huffy mower;
the Jim Wakefield Shield, which is awarded to the best machine in the Featured Horticultural Exhibition, was awarded to Pete Lyon for his very original Colwood Motorhoe.
I would like to say thank you to all members who attended (I’m sorry that I can’t speak to you all) and an extra large vote of thanks to the organisers who put on an extremely good show yet again.
John Eyres was our steward in Hall 2 and did a very good job of keeping everything in order without being heavy handed, a very difficult job to achieve, even when Steve (The Gnome) Woollas managed to turn off the gas supply to the space heaters! Despite everybody complaining he and his mate got it all going again, then laid the blame on Ivan!!!
Then again, that’s Steve for you!
See you all at Tractor World.

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From the photo’s it looks like you may be struggling to remove the countershaft. They are sneaky little things and are impossible to remove unless you’ve spotted the grub screw hiding between the left hand sprocket and the bearing casting. It is normally a slotted head screw that is held in place with a piece of locking wire wrapped around the outside of the collar, but it’s buried in the grease from the bearing and difficult to spot.
On the later ones the screw and locking wire are replaced by a spring clip that just knocks out. In both cases they prevent the phosphor-bronze bush holding the left-hand drive sprocket from moving up and down the shaft; it is free to rotate around it, but there is a flange inside the dog clutch that prevents it moving sideways. If you force it you break the bush (yes, I’ve done it in the past when I didn’t know!).
Good luck with it.
If you are anywhere new Newark this weekend come and see us. We’re in Crocker Hall 2, Newark Showground.

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I will be there from about 11 am to set up the stand with Steve. All loaded up and two Gala pork pies for the weekend- there’s nothing worse than to run out on the Saturday night!
I hope to see you all over the next three days, although the weather forecast looks a bit grim; you may want to put a bag over your feet, John, if they still stick out of the back of the van when you’re asleep!

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It looks like you’ve got yourself a tidy little project! Don’t worry, I’ve rescued Trusty’s from far worse condition so don’t lose heart.
I can make one or two observations from your photographs; my best recommendation is to replace the wheels completely because the ones fitted are not the originals and are badly wasted away. I’ll have a look to see if I have a pair that I can spare.
The JAP 5 engine that you have is an earlier one, but you can pick them up for not too much money so it may be your best option to invest in another engine to provide parts for your original.
I can’t see that the side plates are too badly pitted to be rescued. Normally the parts that are rusted and pitted are the exposed areas, and the places where the reduction gears are bolted on are still the original thickness. It should be possible to clean them up and fill the areas that are pitted without losing any strength and, more importantly, without losing the alignment.
If you let me know the serial number I will enter it onto the Register.

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Here’s a picture of last year’s stand. It changes slightly every year depending on how creative we feel, but the general opinion last time was that this was the best display we had put on to date.
Well done Steve!

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Don’t worry, Sam, you won’t be on your own. In fact it looks like Crocker Hall 2 will be pretty crammed with horticultural products- at least it looked that way when I saw the entry list last week- and the club stand will be in the usual place in the corner with a small seating area (and pork pie!).
I will be putting up the stand on Friday ready for Steve Woollas to put his hand tools on it so that hopefully everything will be finished by four o’clock on the Friday afternoon.
Please use the club stand as a meeting point if you need to see anyone, and please don’t be shy to come over and introduce yourself if you are at the show. It is an ideal opportunity to come and have a chat with other club members and committee, share your ideas for the future of the club and just have a chat.
Please come along!

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Those weights will be tractor only. The plough will add another 1cwt and the Self-Lift Cultivator approximately 2cwt.

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Hello, Joe,
The Shackleton is situated at Bagington Airport in Coventry. If you wish to go to see it you need to consult their website for special events; your best bet is to Google “Shackleton Preservation Trust” and it will tell you all you need to know.
I see that Steve has risen to the challenge yet again, and I can’t fault his imagination at all- it is obviously firing on all cylinders! I still have a little chuckle about our ‘phone conversation last week- when I called he was walking through Lincoln town centre, so he stopped and sat down on a bench.
Our conversation was interrupted by a passer-by pressing a pound coin into his hand, which started Steve off on a tangent. All that I could hear at my end was, “No, I’m not a beggar, honestly! Please take this money back!”
I was creased up at my end!

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The Trusty brochure is very good- any chance you could put some more pages up so that we can see some of the rest?
Of particular note is the logo at the bottom. If you look closely it is the older style of Trusty with the tank on the top where the toolbox normally goes. If anyone hasn’t seen mine then here’s a picture of one to show the difference.

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There wasn’t an exact shade that the factory used; it was difficult to buy any paint at the time unless it was the same shade used by a major user (such as Army, Royal Navy, etc.).
The shades of green that were used seemed to vary from Mid-Brunswick Green through to Dark Brunswick Green, and the wheels on the implement were painted in the same shade of green to match.
Keep persevering with it- it means another one saved.

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It’s been a long time since I used mine, but from memory the drum has to revolve around the shaft. The pawl inside it is operated by the lever at the back of the machine- in one position the wheel is free to rotate (when in work) and in the other position the pawl moves out to contact a stop which locks the drum to the wheel, in effect making the rotation of the wheel do the work of lifting the frame out of the ground. This is why only the left hand wheel has strakes cast across the tread so that it can grip enough to drive the lifting mechanism. The right hand wheel only has a ridge cast into the tread in line with the direction of travel.

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I have had to make my own in the past. They are Whitworth thread and you can turn a collar to fit over the thread which does the same job as the shoulder. The hexagon head is a problem because it is far bigger than the normal hex for that thread size- I have sawn the hex off a new Whitworth bolt and drilled it out and tapped it to accept the thread. A lot of work, but you simply can’t get these bolts anywhere.

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If you contact your club rep he will be only too pleased to lend a banner if you are going to attend a show. The reps in your area are listed in The Cultivator.
Some members prefer to have their own banner and so one has been made available in the shop for those members who wish to purchase their own.

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I have tried to be even handed with what I have added over the past few weeks. The “Survivors” section for the members who have a general interest in the machinery and the “Ploughing ” section for those who wish to compete for prizes at all levels. Because the ploughmen have to compete in a certain way there are rules and guidelines which they have to adhere to- what better place than the club website to publish them so that they are all in one place and easy to find?
The “Survivors” section will potentially grow to be far bigger than the ploughing, but only if members supply the information to make it grow. Don’t forget that we have many “experts” in our club and it would be nice to get their information together so that everyone could benefit and use this website as a resource; again, if it’s all in one place it’s easy to find.
Let’s not forget that the forum is a resource in itself with stories of members’ rebuilds as they progress and answers to their problems as they crop up.
In conclusion I would say that the ploughing section is a tiny part of the space devoted to “our” machinery; ploughmen also perform a very useful part of the club’s activities in advertising the club in the non-show season. Up until now they haven’t had a mention on the website, whereas the general membership have had the forum and news pages for a considerable time.

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