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They are not to hard to make, this is the one I have just made for mine.

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Unfortunatley, I’m unable to pm you pmackellow as I’m not yet a subscribing member.

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Nigel
I’m sorry but I can’t understand what you mean: what pond?
I live in the middeld south of France in a country named “Auvergne” whose capital is Clermont-Fd. Usually the Clermont rugby team plays with english teams as Leicester or Harlequins..
I live 300 miles south of Paris: so you can have an idea
André
Would you excuse my english languaga which is not really “standard”!

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Found an illustration of an “early 1920s” Edgecumbe and Rendle pusher with no seat. The mower is fitted with extended handlebars so that the operator could walk (run?) behind the whole assembly.

(page 25 of Old Lawnmowers by David G. Halford. Shire Publications ltd.)

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Hi John that was a result of keri and the ice.she luckily walked away with minor cuts and scratches. The car has been weighed in now as was a bit past saving.

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pm me your email address gents if you want a copy of the brochure…

Can’t see a date on it.

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Amazing the amount of knowledge on this forum thanks to all who have contibuted will certainly look out for any on future show fields

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No one has mentioned a date but I’m guessing that the development of these pushers may have been instigated by a shortage of labour as a result of The First World War. Estates and gardens that may have had plenty of cheap labour before the war may have had to mechanise to keep gardens and grounds maintained in the post war years.

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The depth of this part is approx 6 cms. It’s a kind of contiuation of the top half of the petrol tank. If you look at image 2 above, the widest part is 21.6 cms but it has been dented a little bit. Where it’s narrower, it’s 19 cms. But basically, it’s a continuation of the petrol tank but slopes down a little. In your image, there’s a kind of ‘braket’ with two holes which fit in with two holes in the side of the cover which is seen above. Maybe I should have taken a photo of these holes.

I had some trouble becaue a niece of mine has taken my usb wire beloning to my phone so I had another niece taking this pics suing here iphone which I don’t understand. If you need any more information I’ll try and help.

Would it be possible for you to take a pic of the removable screw to show the oil level or point to it on your photo? I can’t see it at all.

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Thats an MP mower pusher with Ransomes Automaton mower

The guy on it is Andrew Mac Morland from Essex whos an OLC member

Tony & Pams pusher is a Rendle which is rarer than the MP

I did have an earlier unit than this but part ex it a few years back for some parts to finish off a large ransomes ride on I was restoring.

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That must have been the gadget to have back then, I would like to test drive that. Make a nice barn find.

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That was quick and thanks Angus, the gardeners of old would possibly be either proud as punch to have one,or scared to death !!!! looks as if a Villiers engine is the power house of this wonder.

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Several manufacturers made them to convert existing push mowers to powered ones.

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Good news then Kev, I think we can give you another good lineup for 2014…

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when you break it down like that,i nearly passed out at the thought of paying for 35 litres of oil. it wont be cheap stuff either.but I and many others generally only put in between a quarter to half a litre in our engines ,so we are lucky .but they are not as interesting as your project , and keep up the good work nigel.

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