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Little bit of progress. So while Ian was cutting up Deck Carrier Bars for his project, I was cleaning and repairing mine. Finished all the repairs to the Deck Carrier Frame and painted after adding weld metal to some of the parts - Finished cutting the metal for the Baffles and Grinder is good as new . Started to put the location of the important bend in the facing plates by improvising a press using the Brick reveals of the garage side Door opening- Gave up after getting the bend started, as it was too painful for the old joints (the Baffle shapes are also cut out and finished now). So to sort the metal bending jobs and future projects, I hit the button and ordered a new 12ton capacity Press so I could manage better. So a reshuffle is required in the workshop tomorrow.

Just picked this up, nice machine and all works. Even has the bag and the original brochure which I understand is rare. Bag is unfortunately not original but at least it has one. Engine runs a treat and great fun to drive.

Spending a few hours making the Husky linkage fit the Gutbrod and made it hydraulic lift. Stripped the ram, Ex forklift tilt ram , And extended the stroke. Took quite a time to figure out the stroke position but very happy with the amount of lift .

A very nice bit of kit, does the gearbox look anything like this?

Looks in good shape Harry, what year is it

That's a very tidy machine, Harry. Good buy.

You could fit a set of detachable forks on the blade.

Brilliant job and quick too.

Thanks mate, I'm quite liking them too While busy welding the mesh on the left side I thought I could feel my right leg getting warm! For some reason I forgot to tuck my jeans over my boots this morning, the foam in the tongue had caught alight and was taking my jeans with it!! Oops! Fire put out and the mesh welded on.. With MadTrax on axle stands it was time to start making something heavy.. A engine/sump guard made from some rather thick and heavy diamond plate.. The diamonds are on the other side. A big thank you to Nigel for offering me the plate to use. A test fit after cutting it to shape. The front of the guard needed to be bent up a bit, after cutting it part way through and beating it with a big hammer it was time for some heavy duty welding.. Me like my Murex TradesMig. Another test fit to test the... er.. fit.. I needed something nice and strong to mount the heavy sump/engine guard to the frame... So I started slicing up some nice thick angle iron. Sliced, cleaned up, drilled for a bolt, and a captive nut welded on.. Welded on. Although my welding is getting much better, I just can't get the knack of welding upside down for some reason!! Which is why the mounts will be fully welded on when I can turn MadTrax on her side.. One of the mounts had to go on the side rather than under the frame tube... Nice welding eh I think the engine/sump guard is strong enough You may of noticed a gap between the top of the leg guard thingys and the frame.. Which is why I made a couple of these.. They slot in here.. Welded in.. That looks a lot better now. I had to find some storage space for a lot of parts, so the "rack sort of thing" under the bench was turned into a big shelf using er.. metal shelves.. So why do I need parts storage space? Well.... This started happening. Followed by even more of the same. Until finally I had reach this stage by the end of play yesterday. On Monday that last parts will be stripped off, then some serious welding can begin Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings, comments and questions are always welcome.. To finish up this update, here's the latest video fresh off of MooTube where you can see MadTrax being stripped down and even two of me at the same time... What more could you want eh