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All I will say is I’ll keep you all in suspense, or is that suspend********

Well Mr Chairman, you just dont know how close you are with your answer! You will just have to wait till the new series of Thomas in the capital, comes out! (be careful with the last bit, it is not a typing era!)

Just finished reading mine, though had a little trouble finding the end of Thomas’s article as starts on page 11, but finishes on page 6.
Lucky for me, I can read in two other languages which helped greatly (Cantonese and Mandarin)

Thanks wristpin and john-e-w for picking up typing era, as you should both know better centrifugal refers to the clutch.
I say typing as it reflects both your ages!

Dear phillip-s
This is going to be your lucky day! And a free ident from The Hall & Duck Trust

Your Ransomes MK 10 No B3413 is a 20 inch machine, You are correct to say the mark started before WW2,infact the first Mk 10’s came into production at the start of 1936.All Ransomes motor mowers had suspended production in 1940 except for Gang Mowers…[Read more]

Hi Dave
It would be very helpful to include a photo preferably from the front showing a 3/4 section to include a side as well
Kind regards
Andrew

To day while doing my day job, having to clear dross from garages, I came across a stash of magazines to include old issues of the Cultivator and FHEC,Old Glory, Vintage Car and Commercial enough to fill a small 4 cu yard skip!
How many other garages are full like this up and down the country.
Had to put a muzzle on Mr Wallingfield and reins to…[Read more]

Its quiet a strange history about Shanks, geographically speaking, Arbroath had the correct infrastructure, for raw materials and labour plus a sea port. It also has to be mentioned that up to 1890 Scotland had its own patent laws.
Way back in 1842 Budding was sent by Ferrabee in Stroud to check on infringements of Budding’s lawn mower patent…[Read more]

Try this book for size! Produced only in the USA, The Site Calculations, Pocket Reference (they have bid pockets over there!)
It was extremely expensive at $54 but worth every penny, there’s not a day goes by without me using it. It covers for all eventualities, look what’s inside

Toro badged Harriers, the last ones I saw over there selling in dealerships was in 2009.
The historic prophecy of selling in the USA, was to sell a quality product, at an affordable price realistic to the market, but in recent years with the cheap influx of Chinese products, entering the market, reduced in price, as China requires Foreign…[Read more]

Nothing like putting a picture to words, this is an original poster from 1925 from Automower’s which proudly sits in my office, there are only 2 known examples of this poster, of which we also own the second but in a much worse state, it was used in their drawing office on the reverse for drawing out more ideas!