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Old 18th November 2013, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by chris wedgwood View Post
very interesting, but it would be a shame to have it just for the wheels no? I maybe getting sentimental but it like killing a Rhino just for it horn,
It would indeed be criminal..!

I even considered going for this machine myself, but it doesn't have the elevator-pulleys that I need, and, judging by recent sales against conventional auction results, Ebay is a very expensive place to purchase a threshing machine.

Hang in there Chris, some people (such as a couple of thatchers that I know in Devon) couldn't wait to get shot of their wooden rims and fit iron wheels or pneumatics. Folk who need the machines for a job of work can't be messing around spending money restoring wooden wheels!
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