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« Reply #615 on: July 20, 2007, 04:13:35 PM » |
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What (if anything) do you need to complete the trike, and I have a pair of forward controls for Tazet when she needs them (if wanted and the tractor seat)
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« Reply #616 on: July 20, 2007, 08:10:36 PM » |
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After that. Hmm, who knows!  Perhaps you'll build me an exact copy of your latest trike frame ? I'm now hiding behind the settee in case you shout at me !  |
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« Reply #617 on: July 20, 2007, 09:00:40 PM » |
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NO!!!
maybe.
Thanks for the kind words chaps. Very much appreciated I assure you.
It's quietened down a bit now, but there have been times recently when I've been turning down 2 or 3 email frame enquiries a week. Never sure how many are serious & how many just daydreamers, but there's obviously a market out there. As you can see, we're just working from rented lock-up garages. No power supply so even just drilling a hole becomes a logistical nightmare & involves running about from one mate's house to another to borrow tools. Apart from the financial & admin side of it, what really puts me off ever doing it commercially is the thought that people then expect a professional product, with warranty & built by someone with qualifications, not just a bloke in a shed. If something went wrong with something I'd made for a mate, I'd apologise profusely & fix it. If it was a paying customer they'd be demanding compensation & trashing your building reputation to anyone who'd listen.
I'd rather stay just an enthusiastic amateur, but I'm obviously more than happy to help others build their dream rides.
Doc, thanks for the offer! Tractor seat would need to be one of the lightweight pressed steel ones, rather than the older cast iron type. As she works with horses on a country estate a tractor part would be kinda appropriate wouldn't it. Haven't thought as far as foot controls yet, but it'll basically just be a budget copy of mine. I'm thinking battleship grey gloss powder-coat. Slightly darker than grey primer. Isn't there a vintage tractor company who's machines were grey? Mine's almost the same green as John Deere tractors so would make a nice matched pair! The coaters I use mainly do industrial stuff & have done a bike before for me in Government filing cabinet grey. Lots of polished ally & some gloss black coated engine parts. Maybe a black & grey chequered band down the tank. Going to fit black rubber gaiters on the forks too.
Tanya's not a "girly" girl. She hates all things pink & fluffy so I don't want to build an obviously girly trike. It's got to stand it's ground on an equal footing with bloke's stuff -as she does. So it'll be solid & practical but not overly macho. Sort of.
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« Reply #618 on: July 20, 2007, 09:45:59 PM » |
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it'll basically just be a budget copy of mine. I'm thinking battleship grey gloss powder-coat. Slightly darker than grey primer. Isn't there a vintage tractor company who's machines were grey? Mine's almost the same green as John Deere tractors so would make a nice matched pair! The coaters I use mainly do industrial stuff & have done a bike before for me in Government filing cabinet grey. Lots of polished ally & some gloss black coated engine parts. Maybe a black & grey chequered band down the tank. Going to fit black rubber gaiters on the forks too.
Tanya's not a "girly" girl. She hates all things pink & fluffy so I don't want to build an obviously girly trike. It's got to stand it's ground on an equal footing with bloke's stuff -as she does. So it'll be solid & practical but not overtly macho. Sort of.
Sounds good to me babe  That last bit sums me up just right  Ferguson TE 20 Grey Fergie Tractor |
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« Reply #619 on: July 20, 2007, 11:27:56 PM » |
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Yep pressed steel it is, as seen below.
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« Reply #620 on: July 20, 2007, 11:41:22 PM » |
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I learned my tractoring on one of them little old Fergies!
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« Reply #621 on: July 20, 2007, 11:49:06 PM » |
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I learned on a Fordson, addicted to easy start when I worked at a riding school.
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« Reply #622 on: July 20, 2007, 11:52:51 PM » |
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I moved on from the little Fergie to the Fordson TVO tractors, temperamental beasts, had to leave them chugging away and rocking to themselves in a corner of the field when we stopped for lunch, cos once you stopped them there was no starting them again till they they were cold!
When I got onto a Fordson Major diesel it was like going from a Ford Pop to a Rolls!
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« Reply #623 on: July 21, 2007, 10:11:25 AM » |
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NO!!!
maybe.
WOW ! That hurt me eardrums, even though I'm all the way over here ! That "maybe" sounds somewhat promising though .......  |
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« Reply #624 on: July 21, 2007, 11:56:43 AM » |
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Wish I had decent workshop facilities & jigs & stuff.
Or just electric light & a plug socket would do. Tazzie's got a large shed at the end of her garden, big enough to put her frame together in, but it's in a very quiet corner of Surrey & I don't think her neighbours would appreciate me turning it into an industrial trike factory.
Doc, PM me a price & we'll sort something out about the seat. Don't suppose you're going to the Victory Wheelers rod show at Broadlands in Romsey tomorrow are you?
So who's got a nice old tractor they can do a write up on for the site then?!
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« Reply #625 on: July 21, 2007, 05:59:04 PM » |
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« Reply #626 on: July 21, 2007, 06:16:24 PM » |
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Fergie used to live near here you know. In the local village of Dummer -yes, we've heard all the jokes!
I once knocked her Dad, Major Ronald Ferguson, over. He was Prince Charles top Polo pony chappie. I stepped out of a shop door after delivering their mail just as he walked by & sent him flying. He wasn't amused.
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« Reply #627 on: July 22, 2007, 09:03:25 AM » |
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The thing is Manky if you build a custom vehicle for someone it is unlikely to work perfectly first run out and things need adjusting moving changing etc. Also they take more looking after than a production motor so as long ast that is made clear to any purchasers of your fine machines you should not get any bother! The more complicated the higher the risk of a cockup or problem and then the more you charge for the build but if people want cheap that's the price you pay! Saying that if you plan well enough problems will be minimal! My Beach Bastard has completed 700 miles now and apart from an oil seal and a couple of adjustments it's all working fine! To paraphrase someone else. It's ok to try think "outside the box" when engineering but the box has sound engineering written on it!! |
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« Reply #628 on: July 22, 2007, 11:33:36 AM » |
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this is my workshop but still want a bigger one you can never have to much room
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« Reply #629 on: July 22, 2007, 05:21:45 PM » |
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BLOODY HELL ! My wee shed would fit in there about ten times over In fact, that looks bigger than my house ! |
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