Ian

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!

well monday came around and the beast was pulled into life being brand new i ran it up first without the 5ft bar and 173 drive link chain then once id made the chain i assembled it all and ran it on the workshop floor my collegue adam help steady the the saw whilst running it so i could film the beast i will post the video although fairly boring its just running on the floor no actual cutting going on i will ask the customer if i can attend when its in operation to video it in planking mode

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

Is the Showman there overnight tonight?  I never realized quite how much my GT means to me until I went back to the shack and it wasn't there!

Is that another Wh with a stack that I see on the back of the truck?

I never would of guessed

The Martin 3 wheeled little trucks used an Albion 3 speed box, the clutch pack was multi plate and was much thicker than pictured above.

I like the look of that saw Nate, a small and neat machine...  I've got a slightly bigger one and it's very handy for cutting through the thick stuff

I have to say George, that looks a very scenic place to be working

Just wondering if there's a way of building the barrow and JCB into one machine

Good luck with the missus Andrew, just tell her it's not old, it's stylish

It will join without the half link, it just makes the chain too small!

Er... a bit of a strange day with this project... I found I had quite a strange chain problem!!

I went to put the rear right hand side chain back on today, when I fitted it up I found it was too long and the chain tensioner pushed the bottom bit of the chain into the top bit..

No problem I thought, just take the half link out the chain and all will be cool.. Er... No!

With the half link removed the chain only just fitted on, but it was tight.. So tight in fact the chain tensioner was wedged down against the inside of the outrigger!!

So with the half link in the chains too long, without it it's too short!!!    I'm stumped!!!

A slight change of plan, I'm now taking the GT-14+2 instead of the 6x6.

Just sprockets I bored out on the lathe to fit skateboard bearings Mark.. Not sure wher I bought them from but I'd guess the Bearing Boys.

8hp!!   I like the sound of that