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When Mountfield Plugged In

August 30, 2025August 29, 2025 by Alan

A while ago, this blog looked at Vertex engines. These were two-stroke engines which made their way onto Mountfield mowers in the mid-1970s. It was not a success. Around the same time, Mountfield experimented with adding electric motors to their… Continue Reading

Vertex Engine

August 27, 2024August 26, 2024 by Alan

Earlier this year there was a discussion on the forum about how many different manufacturers (or brands) had produced engines that were fitted to horticultural machines. The list became long and would have been longer if I hadn’t stopped adding… Continue Reading

Machines in the North East – 1988

November 7, 2019June 14, 2018 by Alan

This month our search for machinery takes us to the north-east of the UK, to be more precise it’s to a now defunct chain of home improvement stores by the name of Dickens. By all accounts Dickens was a fantastic… Continue Reading

G. D. Mountfield Adverts

November 7, 2019January 20, 2018 by Alan

G.D.Mountfield of Maidenhead are well known to be associated with a large range of horticultural machinery and accordingly the company did a vast amount of advertising. Mountfield started their ‘proper’ marketing in 1967 after the appointment of Robinson Scotland and… Continue Reading