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I won this on Allen Oxford on ebay at the weekend . I go to pick it up later this week

Some of the neighbours residences.

Sorry the planned update is a bit later than advertised, I've been playing the waiting game, but finally late Monday afternoon I had a large er.. parcel delivered, and a smaller one with some much needed welding rods The GT's 3 point with some extensions fixed on was ideal for moving a large lump of metal to the shack Even though it was late in the day I had to throw the quad axle (from a Qwakasaki KLF300B) on the bench to have a look at it in roughly the right position.. Hhhmmm, wide springs to mind! A closer look at the quad axle, it came with the quad mounting arms which I won't be needing.. But it also came with a diff lock that operates the small lever on the top of the diff.. A diff lock will be handy One thing I didn't realize until after I had paid for the axle was if I used it the right way up then I would have no forward and 5 reverse gears!! Not a problem I thought, just flip the axle over and the drive will be going in the right direction.. What I didn't know until Mark (Meadowfield) mentioned it (this was before the axle was delivered), was quad axles have lot's of oil breather pipes that would all need to be moved! Here's one of them behind the brake drum.. Not a problem I thought, just unbolt all 6 bolt's holding the axle case to the diff and turn the axle case around by 180 degrees.. By this point on Monday evening I was feeling quite tired, so I reversed the wheels to see if it looked a bit narrower, and called it a day. Even though I should be getting on with welding my 6x6 back together for a show early next month, I just had to spend a day playing with "Why Not" and working things out a bit more, like how to get 5 bolt Wheel Horse wheels onto this 4 bolt hub! The two options are make an adapter ring thingy that will convert 4 bolt to a 5 bolt pattern or make the Wh wheels a 4 bolt pattern.. Not sure which way to go yet! After what felt like ages battling with bolts that had rusted solid into bushes all the old quad suspension arms came off! Time to flip the axle over, so the 6 bolt's holding the narrower side came out.. But only 3 of the 6 bolt holes lined up!! Why Qwakasaki couldn't space the 6 holes evenly apart I just don't know! Plan B it is then.. Off came the brake drum, the first one I've ever seen with an oil/dirt seal on the outside diameter! A bit dusty inside but not too bad.. But the good news is the 4 bolts that hold the brake assembly are evenly spaced apart Which meant I could rotate the brakes each side by 180 degrees to get the breather pipes up top and then flip the whole axle over which not only get's the drive the right way around but also help the prop shaft line up with the bike engines gearbox much better. The diff drain plug can easily have a hold drilled through the center to fit a breather pipe to So there you go, all up to date I should be cracking on with getting the 6x6 done today, but instead if plans come together I will be buying a rather handy tool that will change the ways I do my builds by opening up a whole new ways of doing things... But more on that later

Hello all, As some of you will remember I made a post back in February welcoming a new member into our family, young Tyler was born, (my Nephew) he was born premature weighing only 3lbs 8oz. My sister was told he would be slower adapting then normal children. He wouldn't start sitting up,crawling touching and grabbing things until over a year old.... well how wrong can they be, he is now sitting up and can support himself, he has starting holding things even better still hes starting to chuckle, so listening to the doctors they told my sister he wouldn't be able to do these things until he was over a year old, he is now nearly 6 months old, AND...... he had his first drive on a wheel horse today and he loved it, needless to say, when the little lawnranger is done and finished its a pretty safe bet who is going to claim that! heres a few pictures.... the photos don't do me any justice, but hey!!! And now.... 4 weeks old to 4 months old, how much hes grown.... hes even bigger now!

Used mine at the weekend for about two hours and its taken about that long for my arms to stop acheing. Only down fall I find with them is the handles are very low and non adjustable for height. I am six feet tall so find I quite often have to stoop down to use them, apart from that they do what the advert says. Heres mine Paul

Great photos chaps

You know what Ian , photography was one of my passionate hobbies before I got into these tractors. It's a great hobby to follow . Now that we are in the digital era the subjects are endless and can be done for not a lot of money . I love getting out into the countryside & taking the camera with me. I love the pics that you have taken , on what equipment do you use to take your pics. Here is a picture of the swans that are residents of the pond next to my house that's my house in the picture

Very nice Will have to find some of mine...