the showman

Happy birthday Steve, hope you have a great day.

Yes they did Jonathan, and cranberry sauce

I had the traditional Christmas turkey dinner.

Just been out in the shed to look at mine, you've got the belt right , ive had them play up if the cover's not on. the cover stops the belt sagging at bottom and as Norm said the pulleys need to be shiney

That looks really good mate.

Fabrication all finished ( I think) I thought it would be handy if the hook for the hoist moved from side to side so I found some more bits and pieces and the photos show what i came up with. Also finished the 4 pins for the topbar.

Wasn't all the right size but i'm lucky enough to have an electric hacksaw.

I can raise the hydraulic lift and stand on that

After doing my chores this morning i was allowed in the shed. Finished making the A frames and welded on, found some 1/4 plate for the topbar gussets and made a cross bar for extra support. Ive put pins both sides so the bar can be fitted either side. Next was to drill 4 1/2" holes in the topbar, just got to make 4 pins now or put nuts and bolts though it. The topbar can be lifted up another 8" if i need extra height. And some photos.

That's interesting, looks like a small block chevy engine mounted back to front

Hi Jeff welcome to the forum. If your Wheelhorse is a 877 it may be a 1967, if it's a 1965 it would have a five in the number

You could always use the inner grove to run the mower deck.

That looks brilliant George, good job.

Nothing wrong with the early Fords and they seem to be going up in value.

Depends what your looking for and how much you want to spend, ?

They are really easy to make, Ive made a few and got some hanging in the shed

The shohttps://www.menkind.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4-7QyL_V1wIVwpPtCh0QVAbWEAAYASAAEgK2jPD_BwEp was called Menkind, I was told it was used for lifting bombs into aircraft, ???. Its only hooked at the top and its all enclosed in the casing, has 2 speeds and a brake so you can stand where you want, its a real neat thing to use and you don't have chains or cables all hanging over stuff

The sign I found in a men's gadget shop in town and just had to buy it. ive marked out the gussets but didn't have time to cut them, I also want to put an A frame on the legs at the bottom

Thanks mate, I'm really pleased with it, got some more to do yet but it's going to be handy.

Got the top bar made today, haven't put the strengthening braces on yet but made it so it slides on the uprights. Only takes a minute to assemble it and couldn't resist trying it

I used a vauxhall vectra one on the Trogan I restored, looked really good, got some photos somewhere

Use a spare wheel well from the boot of a scrap car ?

Looking better now you've got some red bits,

Looks bad Norm, if you had a mini digger you could make a drainage ditch

Made some progress today with the hoist, found a box of caster wheels and luckily a set of 4 heavy duty ones, 2 with brakes. The box section is thick wall and nice to weld, 4 plates were cut to mount the wheels and then welded to the box section then the uprights were added. I going to weld a A frame at the bottom to give it more strength and make the top bar detachable so i can fold it up when not in use. heres some photos of today's efforts