Homelite Power Plant
Stationary Engine|January 2018

I am sure that we all have certain shows, whether they are big events or little crank-ups, that we don’t want to miss; for me these include the two Marshalls Yard Engine and Tractor Crank-ups organised by Tony and Sylvia Haydon in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Support, a most worthy charity I think you will all agree.

Homelite Power Plant

These crank-ups are relatively small affairs, and in the past show reports on the events have featured in Stationary Engine, so for a change I thought that would take a more in-depth look at just two exhibits seen at the October 2017 event. The first of these is a Homelite generator plant owned by Tony Kuhn. The second, a Stuart Turner twin cylinder Lighting Plant, will feature in the next issue (No 527).

I don’t know how, but Tony Kuhn somehow manages to find and exhibit an engine that is different from what we normally expect to see on the UK rally field; this time it was a little American-built Homelite Power Plant.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2018 من Stationary Engine.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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