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| ieezitin:
Ship That's going to be a handy little tool. when its finished and all painted up you may want to consider renting it out to people, better than paying a heavty charge for a JCB plus it would fit down peoples alleyways. Keep up the good work old boy.. Anthony. |
| shipto:
Not so sure about renting it out I can imagine there would be lots of things to go wrong there, mainly getting sued if someone ends up killing or injuring themselves or others while using it and I am sure the insurance for such would be pricey. anyway I decided to carry on today got the ends squared up and started to weld the two halves together ..... and ran out of gas :Doh: so took some time to clean up the rams and its a good job I had a spare because the one is really badly pitted. |
| shipto:
*start silly major tom tune* major tom to madmodder, first ram in place and engine on *end silly major tom tune* but as it says I have managed to get the first ram in place and the engine onto the digger now (even got it running it for a few seconds (well you just have to dont you :D )) I havent welded the mounts properly yet I want to make sure it is in just the right place before i do that. still have lots of work to do but getting excited about using it now. :ddb: |
| shipto:
After yesterdays constant drizzle had a nice dry day today (although had to weld with wet gloves I forgot to bring them in last time I used them). Today I got the jib welded on and the bucket ram but to be fair didnt have to do anything but fit that as I left that all in place when I made it less bulky. If tomorrow stays good I should have the actual arms finished and done and be ready for piping it all up. I really should pay some attention to the engine cosmetic wise but I really need to get it running soon so cant justify the time maybe after I have finished using it. I did do a engine flush and oil/filter change (the only oil filter I could get to fit was massive compared to the old one but no matter it will be covered anyway) and have a new air filter on order. |
| shipto:
On holiday for rest of week so getting more done. had to dodge some showers but started on the frame work for the body and mounted the control levers even got a few pipes worked out. |
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