MLU FORUM  

Go Back   MLU FORUM > BUY, TRADE or SELL > For Sale Or Wanted

Notices

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #5  
Old 05-04-17, 07:26
Lynn Eades Lynn Eades is offline
Bluebell
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
Posts: 5,541
Default

I did say it, and the old guy should have known what he was talking about having owned many carriers (Canadian, British, and Australian pattern) and having made a living using them for 40 years or so. He, his father and his brothers used them for "sweeps" They (Butler brothers) trimmed 300 miles of box thorn hedging each year. They all made their living this way.
The hedge cutter was a 16 foot blade mounted on a CMP front hub, mounted on a Ford CMP. The blade was driven by a separate motor also mounted on the boom the blade hung on. apparently they could dig deep trenches with the trimmer.
Anyhow, back to the carb. They are not too uncommon a carb, and I suspect the critical diaphragms can still be bought.(I have a couple of NOS carbs)

I've not had any feed back until now, and was not planing to use them so thanks for the input Marc (and the Hobson's choice Ben )
Anyone other than Marc and Ben running a Solex?
__________________
Bluebell

Carrier Armoured O.P. No1 Mk3 W. T84991
Carrier Bren No2.Mk.I. NewZealand Railways. NZR.6.
Dodge WC55. 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6
Jeep Mb #135668
So many questions....
Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
43 wlc carb Christian Shoebridge The Softskin Forum 7 05-01-17 16:04
Which carb to run ? RichardT10829 The Carrier Forum 9 04-03-14 14:47
261 Carb on E-Bay Phil Waterman Auction and Classified Ad Site Heads Up 1 23-04-12 03:02
Zenith Carburetors Neil Ashley The Restoration Forum 2 18-09-08 17:55
Zenith Carb kevin powles The Carrier Forum 3 03-08-08 08:13


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 02:51.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Maple Leaf Up, 2003-2016