Ian

I know what to say when my Wife asks what I want as a present for "Silly season" (it's way too early to use the C word yet)

Fantastic little mowers chap's, I didn't know they were made that small!

That advert made me laugh so much Paul      "Ideal for christmas"..   Do they come with a little snowplow to put on the front?

Good to see this build is almost started James, I will be following with interest

No photo's for this small update, it was a frustrating day yesterday!!

After all the chopping about of the outrigger again, the chain that had been a pain was sorted and fitted well..   Shame the last chain to go on is giving the same problems!!   Yes, that's right... It's too long or too short!! 

I'm going to try swapping the chains about today as I think one is slightly shorter than the other and see if that helps..

I'm also wondering how much the chains have stretched during their short but very hard life on the 6x6, so some new chain has been ordered it should be here Wednesday..

Oh.. I also had to drop the 6x6 down on her wheels yesterday so I could roll her back a bit and get some working space at the front..

The weight balance is interesting.. I'd say that 52% of it is in front of the middle axles, with the 3 point put back on it might even have 50-50 balance!!     Until I sit my fat 'orse on the seat of course, then the front goes up

Good photo's Norm.. You friend is making a better "first time" ploughing job than I did on my first (and only so far) time..

Very funny Neil, thanks for posting it mate 

Looking good Paul, do the "go faster stripes" on the tyres make it steer faster ?

Very nice       I need a sickle mower in my life even though I have no need for one

It looks like it was an easy fit on the Norlett ?

It's the temperature in Ian's shed,it softened the metal,did he have his wood burner on to keep the kettle hot?

Maybe I shouldn't use the chisels for stirring coffee

any way at least the trailers fixed   all ready for tractorfest now

It is indeed mate, and a very good job we made of it too

Not long now

The 6x6 WILL be ready for the show

Good to see you played it safe Chris.. and didn't park it on the patio

That's a tidy looking WH

Welcome to MOM Ray, good luck with your search, sickle mowers are very few and far between.. Be sure to let us know how the search is going.. Which model Wh do you plan the sickle mower on?

Edit - Just seen the thread title.. A C-160

Get this update done take 2.. I did try this morning but ended up only typing one line in an hour odd due to slight distractions in the shout box

I'm in danger of getting distracted again, it's only been 13 min's since I typed the above line, so I'd better get on with it!!

First of all a big THANK YOU to Doug (Ranger) for sending me a pair of late Mini (a Mini as in the proper car not the German thing!) 12 inch wheels which bolt straight onto the Reliant axle.. Thanks Doug, your a gent

And second of all, another big THANK YOU to Bryan the mad Reliant man for the prop shaft.. I know it's unlikely your be reading this, but thanks anyway

By the way, if you ever want any expert advice on how to wrap stuff for shipping, Doug's the bloke to speak to

Anyway, have a photo of the wheels and prop shaft.

The wheels will need a bit of banding (widening) to get normal size WH rear tyres on, it would be something I would normally do myself but do to the er... interesting speeds "Why Not" could reach I'm going to take them to an engineering company to get widened instead.. Best play it safe on this me thinks

Out of interest I slipped an over wide tyre on the rim..

Just to see how it looked.

The prop shaft was up for the chop next, after some careful measuring the end of the prop was cut off which was all i needed.

Splicing the Honda and Reliant props together should be quite simple, I will just make a collar that fit's both sizes and weld it all together.

Before I started thinking about narrowing the axle I thought it would be wise to balance a few bit's together to see how it looked with the fill width axle..

Eeekkk!

With the main body tub cut to fit over the diff, "Why Not" didn't look to bad from the front..

But from the back!!!!!      Yes, I think the axle does need to be narrowed

Hurrah!! I managed to get all this update done

Thanks Mark, hopefully all should end up well this time

What was he chiseling?

Marine ply board..

Sounds to me that the trailer should not have been on the road

It wasn't that bad Chris, one wheel only sunk though an inch or so. 3 inches below the board is the steel trailer frame which would of stopped Noddy going and deeper if it had got that far..

Jeez, what hell was he doing?

  The new board needed to be notched to fit around the holes the uprights slot into..

You should have told him to use a wooden mallet, not a lump hammer.

I don't have a wooden mallet, only a rubber one which tends to bounce off the top of a chisel

Anyway, don't take this post to seriously chaps, I thought you'd like a laugh at the poor chisels.. I certainly laughed when the first one bent

As some of you will know Nigel an I have had some trailer repairs to do after Noddy (The Holder) put a wheel through the trailer bed on the way back from Rural Past Times on Sunday..

These two chisels were perfectly usable until Nigel used them today 

Thanks Doug, I'm hoping I have the problem sorted now but I do have some nylon block on standby just in case it's needed

After having a few days off from this project for rural past times and then a few more days off because I'm an old fart with an iffy hip, I finally got back to work on the 6x6 today..

The chain problem turned out to be a welding problem in the end, the problem being me welding the middle bit of the out rigger back in upside down! In theory the holes should of ended up in the same place but in real life they didn't!

So after a bit of measuring off came the outrigger.. Again...

Then some more measuring and marking out.. All the holes needed to be moved 5mm forwards and 2mm up.. Taking the extra mm into account I marked the outrigger so the bit with the holes could be cut out and turned around putting the holes in the right place.

Chopped out and tack welded back in.. The wheel looks a lot straighter now, I don't know how I missed it first time around!

Mondays job is to fully weld it up, then fingers crossed the chain will go back on with no problems this time..

I can almost smell the paint from here .. The wheels look good Mark

Looks like you have been having so photoshop fun Neil

Good news the engines a good'n Chris

Arrived yesterday.. Thanks Kev

If you post the gearbox number i will date it for you if you like

A great first post, Welcome to MOM

Thanks guy's    It was good fun to work the GT even if no photo's were got of it in action...   Noddy enjoyed being worked hard by Chris (loads of smoke ) and the clean out did it good

So keep this show in mind for next year guy's..

A diff lock is a very handy thing to have, you might want to grow your arms a bit to reach it from the seat though

Very nice Chris. The old box would make a good and different bird box for the garden