Ian

Looks like you all had a good time.. Much less wind than last year

I'm sure I can find an interesting machine or 2 to bring Kev

Your soon have it up and running Ben The seat looks so low it makes the steering look like ape hangers

Nice engine James, it fits a treat

Sorry chaps, I'm going to have to give this a miss now... The house move chaos is starting otherwise known as packing!!

Thanks Mark.. Thanks Charlie, it's looking even more the part after the past two days.. And what a two days it has been.. This sudden house move lark has slowed things down a bit but over the past couple of days I have got the top chassis rail tacked in place..

You might want to think about fitting a full cab with winter on the way

Great work Richard, I can't wait to see the finished machine.. How are you planning on cutting the treads back in the tyres?

It lives!!! What a great machine.. I can see it getting driven plenty just for the fun of it

You shouldn't have any problems getting up the kerbs with those wheels Ben She is a big beasty indeed

Evolution out of control I think your build knows the route it wants to take.. A tractor unit sounds a fine idea and something different

Thanks Guy's Anyone care for a video about the welding trolley?

Free and minimal work to make it work.. Great job Norm

Fantastic work mate, she looks to handle big stones just fine

Thanks Paul, it is getting there.. Slowly but moving in the right direction I will do when I can... It's just getting a lift over.. No Pete for a couple of weeks now. Thanks James.. It was the only way I could think of finding the center point without putting an axle back in.. And they are still a bit too long to fit Why Not now officially has lower chassis rails... Only tacked together and in need of a few cross members but they are there all the same The angles look a bit strange in the photo's but the rails kick out and the up to reach the axle..

And onto the chassis.... Almost I thought it would be handy to have a way of mounting the axle to the chassis so I marked out a couple of squares of steel, cut them out, tack welded together, but it was only when I started to bore the centers out on the lathe that I realized the square plates were going to be too small!! Take 2 on a slightly bigger scale.. That's take 1 on the bench behind it! A perfect fit around this axle off cut.. Chopped in half's and tacked on to the axle.. The sticking up bit's at the back are temporary and were only added to keep the plates the right distance apart for tacking onto the axle... Strengthening will be added but on when I have the chassis sorted.. And finally the first 2 new bit's of chassis roughly in place.. Working out the step up and step out so the rails line up with the axle mounts is going to be fun

Well, the time had come to get cracking on with building the rest of "Why Not's" chassis, but before I could do that I needed to make sure the rear axle was in the right place and would stay there.. So I dug out some old angle iron to make a pair of bolt on axle stands.. But how to find the center of the axle!! Not a problem... I bolted a thin steel plate over the hole and gently tapped around the edges of the bearing hole which kinda gave me an outline, but a rough one.. Once the plate was removed it had a nice smooth sharp bearing hole mark... Just right for marking out the middle The center mark was given a light nudge with a punch so it could be seen on the outside and then bolted back to the axle like so A view from the rear.. The axle is 100% in the right place now and is firmly fixed down to the bench.. And the prop shaft mocked up..

A great start to your project, one to follow for sure Is the chap is the 3rd pic sandblasting or just trying to blow snow away?

I rather like that.. It has everything you could need on it.. Dozer blade, back hoe etc.... I'd just change the seat to something with a bit of padding Thanks for posting it.. I'm guessing as it's so far away your not thinking of buying it?

HI Ghost, good to have you aboard

I don't think Nigel did get it running Mark... From what I understand the engine is locked up solid!

Good work Nathan, and a nice video.. Good to see the tracks turning... I tweaked your post so the video could be seen

I like your thinking James

The final two photo's of what must of been my fastest project to date The finished frame now with more tube and a bit of chain to hold the gas bottle steady.. Loaded up ready to work..

Ouch Charlie, that's a lot of rust! But on the bright side it could be repaired using some thick flat steel, no need to try and shape the ribs into it..