Alan Rogers (Will-Haggle)

I got mine yesterday, now I need an article and pictures from Newark, please. Any ploughing match reports would be welcome too!

There was one at the Lanlivery show in Cornwall in 2013.

Try A. C. Belting Ltd.
58 Kingsholm Road,
Gloucester. GL1 3BQ

01452 410968

sales@acbelting.co.uk
They are well known in the stationary engine world for everything from flat belts to chain drives.
http://www.acbelting.co.uk/default.asp

dick-dastardly, copied these for Feb. issue

I’ll put it in the Feb. Cultivator for you, Philip.

Dick’s tractor is a Wickham one according to this:
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2619847

There are some pictures of Towpath Tractors on this page….
http://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/bw200.1.40.119

When I read this I was reminded of the Ford Classic and Capri (Mk1) cars which had a 1340cc engine bored out from the 1200 Cortina unit. They broke crankshafts as well! We had a Classic that did it!

I’ve been passed this query by Charlie and I’ve put it in the Cultivator with a couple of photo’s I took at various places, I hope we’ll get some replies. There is a club for these machines called The Light Industrial Truck Club and they always meet at the Gloucestershire Steam Extravaganza Show in August at South Cerney. Trucks based on…[Read more]

I have to lighten the photo’s more, they come out a lot darker in print than they appear on screen.
Cover picture has not been credited, sorry, it was taken by Sandi Stockham.

Ixworth House, Ixworth, London, SW3. was also the address for Tarpen throughout the’50’s.

This is useful, I’ll put it in the Cultivator!

Here’s an interesting link….
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-mysto-wikeham-weed-eradicator-garden-tool

I’ve got one, mine’s a Mysto, you fill the body with weedkiller and inject it into the soil next to weed. It will deliver a dose of weedkiller sufficient to kill the plant.

There’s a group on Facebook for the Clifford register….
https://www.facebook.com/cliffordcultivatorregister/

JAP Engines have a year letter as part of the serial no. Here’s a link…
http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/EngineDating/JAPDate.htm

…and Yesterday’s Farming at Dillington Park, Ilminster, Somerset

Blimey, we get a few down Yesterday’s Farming, shame the date clashes, but that’s a good entry, better get a drone up for the group photo!

I’ll put it in the Cultivator for you, should be out in time….

Allen Scythe pump