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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 18, 2006 22:33:05 GMT
OH has bought me a prezzie for the allotment......a romantic gift wouldnt you say?  Its still in Somerset, fetching it on saturday. It ploughs and Scythes, and has a petrol engine to drive the wheels and attachments! |
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Post by Dr Bill on Oct 18, 2006 23:30:14 GMT
Blimey, How big's you allotment?
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Post by Spruance on Oct 18, 2006 23:40:38 GMT
That looks great fun Sweetleaf!
In fact it looks very similar to the one that 'Tom & Barbara' used on The Good Life! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2006 7:06:09 GMT
Well if it is something you have always wanted sweetleaf then .......... I wonder what he will buy you for Christmas  Can you set how fast it moves?  |
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 19, 2006 7:22:09 GMT
Blimey, How big's you allotment? I have 2 allotments Dr Bill, I think hes bought it for me so he wont have to help me dig! I have no clue whether Ill be able to control it. Its a "Farmers Boy Garden Tractor " and it may well have been on "The good life"! OH is a mechanic, so he sees its beauty, where others might not...... |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 19, 2006 7:22:48 GMT
Oh boy that looks like it could do some damage. ;D ;D Don't men do the sweetest things sometimes  |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 19, 2006 7:23:40 GMT
It probably IS the one from The Good Life Spruance!!!
Well I'm not sure what I'd think if my OH bought that home for me but then I don't have a lottie or even a large garden. I hope it's very useful and that you get years of pleasure from it Sweetleaf! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2006 8:09:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2006 9:20:57 GMT
Sweetleaf
Great pressie the OH has bought you, I bet you'll have two allotments ready for planting in no time!!
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 19, 2006 9:25:44 GMT
Sweetleaf Great pressie the OH has bought you, I bet you'll have two allotments ready for planting in no time!! I knew someone would like it! It looks a little scarey but if it helps me, it doesnt matter what it looks like ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2006 9:55:38 GMT
Feel free to bring it up to York and try it out on my plot anytime!!! ;D
BTW, my OH bought me Chicken Manure Pellets and an antique watering can for Valentines Day one year, all my pals thought he was taking the mickey but I loved them!! ( He did thake me out for dinner as well!!)
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 19, 2006 10:08:12 GMT
Feel free to bring it up to York and try it out on my plot anytime!!! ;D BTW, my OH bought me Chicken Manure Pellets and an antique watering can for Valentines Day one year, all my pals thought he was taking the mickey but I loved them!! ( He did thake me out for dinner as well!!) Thats a lovely gift...My OH once bought me Saucepans for christmas........  |
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Post by borderbabe on Oct 19, 2006 12:40:50 GMT
Sweetleaf - I'm jealous!! I could do with a similar machine for my clay allotment. Can your OH tell mine where he got !!
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 19, 2006 12:45:39 GMT
Borderbabe,
he bid for it on ebay..but wont say how much it was.......a bargain anyway!
I believe there are more of them, or similar though!
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 19, 2006 15:09:59 GMT
Wow what a gift. In case it is too much too handle I bet he will be very willing to help you with it.
I just thought it can even make you money for plants/seeds/the lot.
Rent it out to other lot owners. ;D
Or lend it to them in exchange for garden goodies
( you will need a good damage clause in your insurance though)
Dutchy
Oh and yes it is very romantic
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Post by magrich on Oct 19, 2006 22:49:11 GMT
I think your OH really knows the way to your heart!!!
hope you have lots of fun playing with it.
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 21, 2006 15:48:32 GMT
We got it back to brum about 2 this afternoon and OH got straight on to servicing it, although it started first pull on the starter! Hes changed the oil and siphoned the old petrol out (I didnt know petrol got OLD) Then he cleaned it and did something fiddly with the spark plug and now its ready for use, he says..but the weather forcast has turned nasty, hope I get to play tommorrow! ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2006 17:39:39 GMT
I am waiting with baited breath Sweetleaf, keeping fingers crossed for good weather so you can go and play!! ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 21, 2006 20:51:29 GMT
OH plans to record it in action, and if poss Ill post some video footage ...if it all goes to plan!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2006 21:19:38 GMT
Action shots....absolutely brilliant....can't wait, What time are you due back from the lottie?!! ;D
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 22, 2006 12:38:31 GMT
Hope everything went to plan with your new toy. Bet you will have some aches and pains when you get home  but it will be worth it. Can't wait to see footage or pics  |
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 22, 2006 17:42:42 GMT
(very) amateur video showing OH using the tractor today, recorded on a mobile, forgive poor quality please ;D
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 22, 2006 17:53:12 GMT
Coo, what a beast (the machine - not your OH!). Blimey Sweetleaf, be careful when you use it or you'll have ploughed a huge furrow all round everyone's allotments and most of Birmingham before it's run out of petrol!
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 22, 2006 18:27:09 GMT
Looks like they have both earned there keep today SL. He'll let you have ago soon , men they have to have there moment. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2006 19:15:52 GMT
Sweetleaf
Yep...I'm lovin' your contraption!! ;D Will you ever be able to get it out of the OH's hands and use it yourself? Looks like it made a good enough job of ploughing. My offer still stands of fetching it up to York....
GH
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Oct 22, 2006 19:22:12 GMT
Aw Sweetleaf...that's love that is. What a thoughtful present. I hope that you find it useful.
CPBx
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 24, 2006 11:09:53 GMT
Hey, I sort of knew he`d have to play with it first, but I console myself with the thought that Im going to be able to play eventually, its not going away! Hes on about fitting an electric start, now for my convenience, lol
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2006 14:55:04 GMT
It is like this one sweetleaf? Notice - Barbara is a passenger  |
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 24, 2006 15:08:45 GMT
A lot like that actually Rita except its green and has no trailer, OH is slipping all over the place in the video clip shown earlier in the thread because it was pulling him about, so it has some power, IMHO!  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2006 15:17:51 GMT
Do you think it could pull a little trailer then?
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