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Another push along we acquired a few years ago. Plan was to tow it behind child no 3's tractor. Once we took it apart it was a basket case, the whole gearbox was seized I had to chop the plastic in half to split it, so a new boss had to be made. Then new hubs, to replace the rubbish plastic wheels it had. This allowed sack cart wheels to be added. I think we might adapt it to tow later...

Thanks mate.. Thanks Norm, t'other wheel is almost done Welded from the outside.. And the inside.. A slight change of design with this one.. A lot less metal to grind flat in the middle And for your viewing pleasure... The latest Why Not video..

Hi Iain, it will have a split brake pedal, but split front/back rather than sides on the rear... Thanks James, it's getting not as fast as I would like, but any progress is good progress.. Even though I have not posted anything about Why Not for a few weeks work has slowly been happening.. When I left off at the end of the last update I had just started making new wheel centers.. Like so Which eventually turned into this... The raised bit is a nice tight fit in the center of the wheel which means the new wheel center is centralized in the center of the wheel And from the outside it looks like this.. Please note the widened wheel rim was used for photographic purposes only and won't be going on Why Not.. Bolt holes drilled... The extra two holes were the result of me making a jig out of ally to drill the holes accurately.... The trouble with ally is it's rather soft to use as a jig and one of the new holes ended up a couple of mm's in the wrong place! Time to break out the welder.. Lot's of tacks to stop it moving with heat.. Fully welded in.. A mixture of neat strong welds and not quite so neat but still strong welds The blackish ring seen on the inside shows good heat penetration.. Next up was to remove the old wheel center... Once it was cleaned up you could see the join between the new wheel center and the old metal, so I carefully ground out a V along the join and.... Back filled the V with plenty of weld With the welds and the raised center carefully ground down to make it all smooth and level.. I could finally bolt a Wheel Horse wheel to a Reliant rear axle

Had a trips to Marks you today for a Natter and a swap if mower decks (Cheers Ian by the way )and I had the privilege of driving bendy in one word wow what a machine I only drove it around the drive but everything feels right the steering is awesome and the driving position is spot on its a work of art whilst I was there I didn't manage to take any photos but I'm sure Mark and Sam did well done mate cheers James Good to see you....

My son bought a plough cheap at a show, finally got round to modifying it to clevis mount. Firstly making the mount from a few chunky bits of metal from Doug And then making the handle

So that's were the blue Kohler went

Top job Mark that will look good behind a horse

Now this I will follow with great interest. Plenty of photo's please.

Nice job, Ian. Now get t'other wheel done.

Awesome job Ian

Today's update, lots of stuff has arrived Firstly switches, lights and connectors Then a batch of stickers Which meant I could finish these, shame I couldnt get the tacho in black bezel... Might have to spray it.... Might make a start on the dash panel tomorrow.