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

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

Fantastic Doug, just fantastic. You are a man of great skill and talent

Mine has not arrived yet Kev, but I think it's at Cranbrook PO for some reason!

That's a big beast Harvesting all done and dusted here, the fields were even reseeded at the weekend! They don't hang about these farmers

That's good news indeed Charlie, your another step closer to having the Ranger usable

I think you only bought the Husky because it's the same colour as your Morris Minor Andrew Looking at the photo's I can see the rear axles have what looks like a big butterfly nut's on the end.. Is the rear track adjustable in width?

It's more than worth the effort to get the engine sorted, the M16's are great sounding strong engines

Ah yes, the world famous Russian drivers!! What always amazes me is the lack of self preservation!! You would of thought that at some point their brain would say "Hhhmmm, if I don't brake or swerve a little to miss that car it's going to hurt!"...

Give the rust a wipe over with an oil soaked rag to keep the rust at bay, or brush on diesel as Chris would say Sedlescombe was great despite today's weather. Did your brother go?

If the carb bowl is the same size as most other Kohler carbs then I have a few spare bowls if you need one.

Good to see the Bolens has arrived Andrew, your not wasting any time getting stuck in Sooo... Are you going to restore or preserve her as she is?

Yes it was a bit of a wet day, but it was fun pulling the big trailer out backwards and the towing it through the show site

To all those that didn't go to Rural Past Times.... Did you miss out on a great weekend despite the weather today... Why did I like it so much? It didn't matter what make or size machine you were driving, everyone was made to feel at home with lot's of "Hi, how ya doing?" being said by everyone The other thing I liked was it's such a relaxed place, if you wanted to get on your machine be it a Westwood or a massive tracked crawler and have a potter about the site, you could Anyway, here a few photo's I managed to grab from video footage before the Hard Drive lunched out!

It would be great to see it in "planking mode", do what you can to get a video of it Ben

It's just fine here Richard, it's good to follow your progress