Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/will-haggle/activity/ Activity feed for Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle). Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:05:28 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1c965ec56774dc1eab66f79bf0140888 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Weeley in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/weeley-4/#post-44140 Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:58:35 +0100 I wish I could have been there but my wife needs looking after full time these days! Alan…
Picture from 2015…

]]> ac841e94699bb958676ec7ef9d21446c Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Colwood TypeA User/Workshop Manual in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/colwood-typea-user-workshop-manual/#post-43116 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:01:25 +0000 My Model B (Villiers Mk10 engine but B’s could have JAP 2 A’s as well) doesn’t have a throttle it’s governed, you adjust the governor for the best speed.

]]> fb0d16f155ed21c58ea38592ef99b612 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Dynastarter in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/dynastarter/#post-42691 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 06:15:20 +0100 Here’s a thought, when three wheel cars such as Bond Minicars, Berkeleys or Messerschmidts needed to reverse, they would reverse the direction of the starter. By simply reversing the direction of the current.

]]> d27498826767c49356d608403b842446 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Shandy Barrow or Shardy Barrow? Assistance needed in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/shandy-barrow-or-shardy-barrow-assistance-needed/#post-42687 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 05:56:25 +0100 Shardy looks loke a typo to me. Reeves of Bratton, Nr Westbury in Wiltshire made a lot of ploughs, seed drills and other items such as hen houses, horse rakes etc. I enclose a brochure page showing your equipment and they describe it as a Grass and Clover Distributer, avoiding the Shandy or Shardy term altogether!

]]> 3922341878eff12ec5d575982a92f29d Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Landmaster l140 in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/landmaster-l140-3/#post-42487 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:25:16 +0100 Try Allotment.org.uk for the manual and Briggsbits.co.uk for the engine info….

]]> 3213d49faff8cb0c172702820f05b0cb Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic DIFF Lock v Single Axle in the forum Groundcare Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/diff-lock-v-single-axle/#post-42423 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:40:53 +0100 …and here’s one ploughing in very heavy conditions, Berwick St. John, 2008…

]]> beac4faef6bed9d0e790242246e8ef87 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Unidentified implement in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/unidentified-implement/#post-42422 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:36:59 +0100 I’m guessing it was blacksmith made

]]> 2d2ede5b4d975d0afaa6a370b0bb2d5a Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic DIFF Lock v Single Axle in the forum Groundcare Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/diff-lock-v-single-axle/#post-42374 Fri, 31 May 2024 09:17:46 +0100 Mayfield garden tracors had ratchets in the hubs which would ease steering, my Fouroaks Spraymobile has a Mayfield chassis but the hubs are seized making it a bit hard to turn, if it had 25 gallons of weed killer on board it would be even harder! 1st picture. My 1953 Mayfield, 2nd picture My 1955 Spraymobile.

]]> 3d2a3061a3c14459cdddace7d1050703 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic A (T)rusty Tractor, do I want to know? in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/a-trusty-tractor-do-i-want-to-know/#post-42308 Thu, 23 May 2024 06:09:36 +0100 It may be worth sending your info to Charlie with the pictures and he could put it in the Cultivator Magazine for you, there may be someone nearby who can have a look at it for you.

]]> 1749a187492cfa60c4f181127c4d2049 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Westwood Groundhog GT5 in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/westwood-groundhog-gt5/#post-42238 Mon, 13 May 2024 09:18:20 +0100 Looks correct to me and Factory or line no is 6

]]> 9ad6b849d5bb827acd092bda12d65e22 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) started the topic A Farm Through Time in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/a-farm-through-time-2/ Sun, 05 May 2024 15:03:54 +0100 I’ve just watched a Farm Through Time on channel 5, this episode covers the wartime farm featuring a Fordson tractor which was a wartime tractor unlike the Field Marshall in the Wartime Farm, anyway I watched the Land Girls and Lumber Jills and then who should turn up but that well known Tractor of London representative, Geoff Ravenhall, Charman…[Read more]

]]> 7ba5040be0d2a855904f4d86ff9bfe4f Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Nickerson Turfmaster T84 in the forum Grass Cutting Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/nickerson-turfmaster-t84/#post-42107 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:38:03 +0100 Hi Zorro, Welcome! A member called vhgmcbuddy had one and our friend wristpin knows all about them!Here’s a link….
https://www.google.com/search?q=Nickerson+Turfmaster+T84&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

]]> a5c289cf07f2f1f5e30bced0b8804a65 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic 1966.howard mini gapper and drill in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/1966-howard-mini-gapper-and-drill/#post-42105 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:31:39 +0100 I took the attached picture in 2014 at Newark of a Howard Mini-Gapper, Owned at the time by Mr. Mervyn Gathercole of Kings Lyn, Norfolk.

]]> 61b0cd138ed02f52776f168f16286a00 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Engines, Brands & Manufacturers in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/engines-brands-manufacturers/page/2/#post-42065 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:46:04 +0100 How about Drayton, as used in Ransomes Crawlers. German diesel marine engine….

]]> efb26173dff5664a72c4bda8a188e790 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Engines, Brands & Manufacturers in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/engines-brands-manufacturers/page/2/#post-42063 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 07:57:41 +0100 Did any early mowers have Blackburn engines, Blackburn was an aircraft firm, they were used in some motorcycles and Morgan 3 wheelers….

]]> e947094f9e27ce6f454e46a3076a47d1 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic HOWARD MINI GAPPER in the forum Ride-on machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/howard-mini-gapper/#post-41942 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:17:07 +0000 Mike, Your Wanted Advert is in the April Cultivator! Good Luck, there must be some more in sheds somewhere.

]]> 8ea81fa3fb634af1803fe4255432748d Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Barrow sprayer in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/barrow-sprayer/#post-41917 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:41:05 +0000 A better picture….

]]> b9b3485e419411d5b61c819ae1735fd9 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Barrow sprayer in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/barrow-sprayer/#post-41915 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:39:29 +0000 I too have an unknown barrow sprayer. I’ve never seen anything like it but it has a paddle as well. They may have been made by local blacksmith for a large estate.

]]> 084445572a990c1704210cd0dc707e60 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Help needed identifying gardenmaster engine and machine. in the forum Garden implements https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/help-needed-identifying-gardenmaster-engine-and-machine/#post-41914 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 22:55:57 +0000 According to my info. the letter O after S80 is the year 1958…

]]> 630e361e34690a055f30862d279f9cc5 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic push hoe in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/push-hoe/#post-41800 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:06:08 +0000 Looks like an M&G product, more well known for their seed drills.

]]> 94f793c712f8228bb05ea74cee0cae92 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic howard bantam flywheel issue in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/howard-bantam-flywheel-issue/#post-41531 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:02:41 +0000 I have a book for the F15 engine and it mentions a Flywheel extractor, it seems it doesn’t self-extract like the older Villiers engines.

]]> 31cde5742f66982f183880dd749a9895 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Douglas interplant hoe and gapper in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/douglas-interplant-hoe-and-gapper/#post-41519 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:20:48 +0000 Douglas made agricultural equipment, shoe making tools, motorcycles and Italian Vespa scooters all in Kingswood Near Bristol.

]]> 3559a3c0973f7b1f06841c7dbba4259f Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Gunsmith Mk 2 drive belt replacement in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/gunsmith-mk-2-drive-belt-replacement/#post-41518 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:15:21 +0000 While I don’t have direct experience of this firm, they do have a very good reputation among the stationary engine enthusiasts for their knowledge and helpfulness.
http://www.acbelting.co.uk/belts.asp

]]> 3a2ce1a74c24994a0d86639755f2e172 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic October 2023 magazine in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/october-2023-magazine/#post-41338 Sun, 22 Oct 2023 11:18:23 +0100 Known in mower circles as a Frankenstein Mower!

]]> 8614a0b2b80d1838a20575e59d25bfda Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic October 2023 magazine in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/october-2023-magazine/#post-41330 Sat, 21 Oct 2023 08:02:16 +0100 Mine hasn’t arrived yet!

]]> 2509e5da183824914460213e423c33c4 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic October 2023 magazine in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/october-2023-magazine/#post-41312 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:38:07 +0100 The December issue, No:150, is now underway but I probably won’t be able to attend the Newark Vintage Tractor Show, so I need some pictures and some copy. Please send anything you have to:
Cultivator-Editor@outlook.com
Thanks a lot, your editor.

]]> 95a31b6e44fdb5514ec4572ab3bae2c9 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic June issue The Cultivator in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/june-issue-the-cultivator-2/#post-40825 Sun, 21 May 2023 08:12:13 +0100 I don’t have much for the June Issue, so to save me writing the whole thing, which would be boring, please send me your articles to Cultivator-Editor@outlook.com Thanks a lot, Alan….

]]> 0623e2b390969bd185157a99dcc8595d Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) started the topic April Event... in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/april-event/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:24:01 +0000 I’ve been sent this event for the Cultivator but it may be too late for the April issue:-
“Dear Editor.

I am events manager at the Museum of Power in Langford near Maldon, Essex.

I am looking for various forms of transport for our event on the 9th April and thought to contact you to see if there may be people in your club who may like to exhibit…[Read more]

]]> b897d54fce8bb1c98bb60504a26a5d82 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Winget Mechanical Mokes in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/winget-mechanical-mokes/#post-40473 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 22:22:52 +0000 I saw one at Newark in 2010

]]> 86853085b7c9c023bf8847eaccb940fc Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic ATCO scythe in the forum Grass Cutting Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/atco-scythe/#post-40466 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:32:06 +0000 ….and now I’ve joined!

]]> 9d435a490becb25315f7e67624c3dea7 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic ATCO scythe in the forum Grass Cutting Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/atco-scythe/#post-40465 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:29:49 +0000 Nice picture, I must have a look at that site!

]]> e2d3024e9ae1e3895687391dbadb5f31 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) started the topic Wroughton - Doomed? in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/wroughton-doomed/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:35:54 +0000 Mow some rather disturbing news. From the latest Old Glory Magazine: Wroughton Science Museum is selling off tractors! Nothing on their website but they still have details of a Simar Rototiller.
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co39333/early-simar-rototiller-simar-rototiller
Seems that Cheffins are handling the sale. Old…[Read more]

]]> d8582493d2c5545a0a19f02a7c0ad805 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Allett Regal No.1 in the forum Grass Cutting Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/allett-regal-no-1/page/6/#post-39753 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:33:07 +0100 I do recognise where thee’s got that ‘un! Down near Pilton”

]]> a62fa1967098a85cfaff7d00b8b50474 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Looking for information on this old mower for parts in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/looking-for-information-on-this-old-mower-for-parts/#post-39439 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:36:58 +0100 Cheers, Angus, they do everything but start! a couple of wrinkles would be most helpful. The ones on my Clinton engined Professional models are much more amenable!

]]> 5d4d16b6446ee2eb5a0b2060714272d0 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Looking for information on this old mower for parts in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/looking-for-information-on-this-old-mower-for-parts/#post-39436 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:02:33 +0100 I swapped the coil on my 1968 Merry Tiller for an electronic one, easy job and it always has a good spark now. I wish i could sort the carb. as easily!

]]> 01dd240a00fb4c7ed871e773cf3836b1 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Looking for information on this old mower for parts in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/looking-for-information-on-this-old-mower-for-parts/#post-39434 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 08:59:30 +0100 Date is the last numbers backwards you have 65 05 25 4
4 is the line or factory
so the rest works out to 25th May 1965! So they could trace exactly who built it!

]]> c64dfe083cbde682f849bb90e1d0434b Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic BMB Brockhouse mk3 in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/bmb-brockhouse-mk3/#post-39433 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 08:36:01 +0100 Ahhh, the last page is the clue, they used that engine in the Corgi small motorcycle. far be it from me to advertise another forum but try this one….
http://classicmotorcycleforum.com/index.php?topic=5974.0

]]> dcba29fa6405d241ca309037354b82a6 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Toolbar Attachment? in the forum Garden implements https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/toolbar-attachment/#post-39145 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:01:19 +0100 It is pushed up through the hole and clamped with a special bolt.

]]> 0c84a57ea7646634b9284ddd3442b78c Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Anzani rescue in the forum Groundcare Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/anzani-rescue/#post-39144 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 08:38:46 +0100 Looking forward to it!

]]> b0c7dbf87ee77d4858cdfa899549b5c1 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Allett Regal No.1 in the forum Grass Cutting Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/allett-regal-no-1/page/3/#post-39117 Sun, 29 May 2022 07:03:58 +0100 If anyone’s interested in the Uni-horse 700, see the April 2018 issue, there’s a good description of it on the back page.

]]> 7754926820ed7bce411aafc6b6c4546d Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Allett Regal No.1 in the forum Grass Cutting Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/allett-regal-no-1/page/3/#post-39116 Sun, 29 May 2022 06:55:32 +0100 Oh Ahh, I do know where that be, down near Glass’nbr’y I’ll warrant!

]]> 85998aa8541d324212e0ba99db485c2c Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Allett Regal No.1 in the forum Grass Cutting Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/allett-regal-no-1/page/3/#post-39101 Thu, 26 May 2022 08:32:53 +0100 See my reply below, not a mini unit.

]]> 3ca17c90ac60ca8d82137a1974989d29 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Toolbar Attachment? in the forum Garden implements https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/toolbar-attachment/#post-39098 Thu, 26 May 2022 08:22:46 +0100 Looks like an early Merry Tiller tool bar, early Merry Tillers had a round hole in the hitch but later ones with the cast hitch could take both round and rectangular tool connectors.

]]> 0d67b98e19da00217272132d0c9fcbef Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Allett Regal No.1 in the forum Grass Cutting Machinery https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/allett-regal-no-1/page/3/#post-39097 Thu, 26 May 2022 08:12:27 +0100 Your GT6 probably has more in common with that Reliant engine than just the Lucas Electrics. Reliant poached the Triumph designer when they were swapping from the Austin 7 derived side-valve 750cc engine to the 600 cc OHV unit for the first OHV Reliants. These engines were wet-linered all-aluminium units and developed 25bhp. Apart from the Allett…[Read more]

]]> b868146c7496b32adb7e785835845710 Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Advice sought. in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/advice-sought/#post-38958 Fri, 06 May 2022 08:34:24 +0100 I have been a member of the Wessex Stationary Engine Club Ltd. and here’s a link to their contact page. https://wessexsec.org/contact/

]]> 9582054cd3177e13e32ec37490f1e65f Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Carburetor on a Villiers MK 15 HS in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/carburetor-on-a-villiers-mk-15-hs/#post-38618 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:20:34 +0000 Here’s a spec. sheet for the James Comet L1. 98cc. 1956-1964 which used the S12 carb.
http://simplywizard.co.uk/folders/specsht/l1ss.htm

]]> bf349e1384903f08228f70cbc2a5238a Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Carburetor on a Villiers MK 15 HS in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/carburetor-on-a-villiers-mk-15-hs/#post-38617 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:15:59 +0000 The carb you need is an S12, as used on small motorcycles from James & Francis Barnett before they started using the dreaded AMC engines! Villiersparts.co.uk do a refurbished one, or https://www.themowercentrehailsham.com/

]]> f2871a20e6ad6cda2ff12a1a5876282f Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic For sale and Wanted adverts. A reminder. in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/for-sale-and-wanted-adverts/#post-38534 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 07:54:01 +0000 Send your adverts to me, at cultivator-editor@outlook.com or via the contact form on here, next issue will be in April. It reaches all members, many of whom are not on line.
Adverts are free.
Non members can post sales ads. in the magazine.
Only Members can post wanted ads.
Please include your name, location (county will do), and a telephone number.

]]> 0f05d1c60bc752abf58728ff129a18df Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) replied to the topic Trusty Brochure in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/trusty-brochure/#post-38533 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 07:39:24 +0000 What a great find and so early!

]]> 62df49b33f5cd098ae0c0a65ecab152a Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle) started the topic Wessex Midsummer Vintage Rally in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/wessex-midsummer-vintage-rally/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 11:24:35 +0000 The Wessex Stationary Engine Club will no longer be holding their popular event at Semington, instead it is to be moved to White Horse Country Park, Coach Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, England, BA13 4LX. June 18 @ 10:00 am – June 19 @ 5:00 pm.
ORGANISER WSEC
Phone: 7751918283
Email: secretary@wessexsec.org
Website: wessexsec.org

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