Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Will Benton | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/will/activity/ Activity feed for Will Benton. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:20:44 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 e305e7d37b5f825ca301a16fae1e386c Will Benton replied to the topic Geoff Ravenhall in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/geoff-ravenhall/#post-44073 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 20:30:14 +0100 Very sad news. I bought Geoff’s Trusty books only relatively recently, and he left me a kind note inside one of them. Moreover he always gave a detailed and knowledgable answer to my questions on this forum.

I am sure he will be missed. My thoughts to his family

]]> cc22aaf37a2bfd607cba513ab2a8a7eb Will Benton replied to the topic Douglas SV54 in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/douglas-sv54-2/#post-43647 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:51:03 +0100 Thank you!! I’ll do that now

Regards
Will

]]> de351a8a347ef69cb6197d7edddcdf1e Will Benton replied to the topic Douglas SV54 in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/douglas-sv54-2/#post-43646 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:50:09 +0100 Hi Grahame,

Cox and Turner supplied the rings. £58 inc delivery. I’m so pleased with the engine – now the rings and valves have been done I can hardly wind it over the compression is so good. Ready for many more years!

Regards
Will

]]> dbfcc5901a3ff8f28e440ca801dbc414 Will Benton replied to the topic Douglas SV54 in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/douglas-sv54-2/#post-43626 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:59:55 +0100 In the end I used 10 thou inlet and 16 thou exhaust (not sure why 16 exactly!). With a hone and new rings it now has huge compression and runs beautifully

]]> 853e7ff2e9fb5511942645007618486f Will Benton started the topic Douglas SV54 in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/douglas-sv54-2/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:48:42 +0100 Good afternoon everyone,

Might anyone be able to provide tappet clearances for the Douglas SV54 engine?

Thank you
Will

]]> d425ab1035946686822d1ee12ba9a87a Will Benton replied to the topic Re-joining club in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/re-joining-club/#post-43557 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:14:30 +0000 Ps the last magazine I have is dated dec ‘24

]]> d52ddc2350b7709cd826fe1ad8e22bc0 Will Benton started the topic Re-joining club in the forum General talk and discussion https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/re-joining-club/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:48:51 +0000 Hi all, quick question, I notice I got a renewal notice which I found in the pile of post (!) but when I login I see I am set to auto-renew. Presumably that means I don’t need to do anything?

Thanks,
Will

]]> 5404c81e140e97d50a2682b910b4d097 Will Benton replied to the topic Trusty tractor info in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/trusty-tractor-info/#post-42372 Thu, 30 May 2024 20:50:20 +0100 What a lovely story Geoff!

Yes I will never plough at the levels of Brian or yourself and others, but I do intend to use the machines as well as showing them (14274,13421,14355,P12352C) Annoyingly I just missed a local working day a few weeks ago. I have a few ploughs and a set of discs and a cultivator so I can have some fun 🙂

Thanks again…[Read more]

]]> 8e55f84d58bbca28873e93346829f846 Will Benton replied to the topic Trusty tractor info in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/trusty-tractor-info/#post-42364 Wed, 29 May 2024 18:56:14 +0100 Thanks so much Geoff, I really do appreciate the time you must take in writing your replies. All very interesting stuff, thank you again.

The tractor I will be showing is a Norton, 13421 (on your register already – ex Brian Carter), it’s in very good condition and sounds wonderful. As far as I know it had lain unused for some years before I b…[Read more]

]]> 32cbf337410c35961c7ca1a5c7fc5a6f Will Benton started the topic Trusty tractor info in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/trusty-tractor-info/ Tue, 28 May 2024 21:32:10 +0100 Hello,

I am going to show one of my Trusty tractors at a local show here in Cheshire in the next few weeks.

I’d like to put some exhibitor info on the tractor so people know what it is. So, could I ask for a bit of info about Trusty (two wheeled) tractors? If possible id like to know how many made in total, first and last (early 30’s to cir…[Read more]

]]> 380690165de6b4bea74bd048d38b419f Will Benton 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-42332 Sat, 25 May 2024 09:59:25 +0100 I have just taken on a similar machine (1952) which has been stored outside for 20 years or so, it’s proving to be a bit of a pig, with a lot of seized parts, but it looks to be in far better condition than ‘yours’. I’d be giving that one a very wide berth I think, unless you are looking for a full on restoration project..

]]> 9d256525ca459a555de9d20b57a7c097 Will Benton replied to the topic Trusty skimmer in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/trusty-skimmer/#post-42275 Mon, 20 May 2024 08:54:00 +0100 Perfect Geoff, thanks again 🙂

]]> 6dc61b5a82671eb17fd26cf6b53d53da Will Benton replied to the topic Trusty skimmer in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/trusty-skimmer/#post-42263 Wed, 15 May 2024 11:15:51 +0100 Thanks Geoff, if I did that would I be able to compete at ploughing matches? I only ask the question as I thought I had read somewhere that – essentially – everything on the plough had to be original, or from the correct time period or something.
Thanks!
Will

]]> 70dbe01e22364b43d0f453362b1cafe2 Will Benton started the topic Trusty skimmer in the forum Pedestrian operated machines https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/trusty-skimmer/ Tue, 14 May 2024 10:27:52 +0100 Hi all,

I’m looking for a skimmer for the disc coulter of a Trusty tractor plough. Are they available?

If not am I allowed to use (I refer mainly to ploughing matches) a skimmer from something else, such as Ransomes or Kverneland?

Thank you,
Will

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