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Nov 26th, 2021, 21:01 | #21 | |
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Nov 26th, 2021, 23:03 | #22 | |
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Most of the stuff I was working on then was Ransomes - cricket pitch and outfield equipment, with a fair few Suffolk Punch's thrown in and the old Atco.
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Nov 27th, 2021, 08:08 | #23 |
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My first job at 15 was in the local parks department. - junior assistant groundsman. I still lust after a Ransomes Auto Certes with the BSA sloper engine. I have walked many miles behind one of those - with three bowling greens to mow three times a week. Happy days.
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Ransomes kit was superb quality and very invovative, wasn't it! |
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Nov 27th, 2021, 08:31 | #25 | |
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Nov 27th, 2021, 17:05 | #26 |
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I learnt my mechanicking at an early age on Dad's Suffolk Punch. This was mid 50s, I'm amazed I've still got all my fingers.
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And the Suffolk Punch - my favorite - and I think one of the best mowers ever made (the early cast iron sided ones, not the later pressed steel). I love the old Suffolk engines as well, runs on an egg cup of oil, ultra reliable. In my storage I have to restore one day a 17" Suffolk Punch Groundsman edition (12 bladed cutting cylinder rather than 6) complete with original 98cc engine (identifiable over the 75cc versions as they have 8 cylinder head studs). Takes me back - yes Ransomes kit was great but the parts extortionately expensive, little wonder most councils and parks departments are now using Toro. A must for Suffolk Punch fans : https://eafa.org.uk/work/?id=792214
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Anyone remember the Ransomes Antelope??
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Nov 29th, 2021, 12:43 | #29 |
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Yes, also walked many miles behind one of those. We used them for mowing grass fronts on housing estates and the private gardens in sheltered housing. It seemed to generate many offers of cups of tea
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