G'day Geoff
Brilliant!
I feel you are a natural story teller and write with such sympathy and excitement.
Members clearly like your posts and topics and hope for the next installment.
Great images to boot!
The Allen has a special place in our history; mainly because it was the
number 1 sickle mower sold here and in the UK (best guess).
The Allen has a special place in that Scott Bonnar imported them and
promoted them extensively.
These were the scrub clearers of the day, before the rotary revolution
would take hold. I guess they were a sort of half-way-house between
the reel and rotary revolutions (pun intended).
That you have a late model Allen is significant.
These sickle designs were in decline, as rotary slashers were
on the incline.
You have a changing-of-the-guard machine.
Many thanks.
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Jack
