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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

Quiz: Guess the company…#3

September 18, 2024September 18, 2024 by Alan

This is the third in a series of ‘Guess the company’ quizzes – and is more difficult than the first two and the clues are not in date order. Can you determine which single company the clues refer to? The… Continue Reading

Coverella 21 and Dynamow

November 14, 2019 by Alan

I’m sure club members will no doubt have seen adverts for any number of machines or tools claiming to be bigger, better, quicker, stronger or more versatile than anything that has ever graced a garden before. The problem is that… Continue Reading

Husqvarna – Nearly Found One

November 7, 2019March 11, 2019 by Alan

Some machines appear to be rare, scarce, non-existant, but are they? Or are they out there hiding in the bushes? This article is about how elusive some items can be….or perhaps I’m not searching in the correct place for the… 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

Ireland’s first golf course gang mower with Cletrac – 1922

November 7, 2019August 20, 2017 by Alan

Although this article is about trialing machinery on an Irish golf course, it is also a good example of engine powered machinery and mechanisation taking over from horses.In October 1922 A newspaper in Ireland printed the following image along with… Continue Reading