Got the topcoat on !
Tomorrow my job calls again. Saturday it will be dry enough so that i can mount the rotor.
The headstock with side swing must wait till later, because i need it to run at January 13th. The road here, has no verge, the asphalt borders directly to privately owned bushes and shrubs. Tourists love it, but i hate it. The municipality will place roadsigns, so that anyone who continues, can not sue us over fallen branches. Especially bicycle racers are bad, they dont listen to your warnings but just race straight into falling trees, and still get mad at you. Anyways, damage is on them if they do stupid behind a road with restricted access due to works.
Anyways, i will do the sawmen a favour by slashing as much as i can, so that they dont have to push themself ass first into a shrub to get to the sticks, without peeling their eyes out on the branches.
Manufacturer of a machine with similar flails says it will handle 2 inch branches, but we will see what it will handle when i slowly drop the mower on top of one...
Anyways, in the background you can see the gearbox and the gearbox bracket suspended from the engine hoist.
To do list:
Mount flail shaft
Mount gearbox and pulley
Weld new brackets for the depth rollers
Weld up the worn shaft stub of the roller and grind it somewhat round, and convert to El Cheapo flange unit roller bearing
When all works and i am satisfied with the parts ive rebuilt and painted, the next thing is the headstock: It also needs new bushings and new hydraulic hoses. I must make a belt cover. And if my tractor handles it well as is, i want to extend the swing arms to increase the offset stroke from 2 feet to 5 or 6 feet, do away with the leaf spring bump safety, and convert to one telescopic swing arm with built in hydraulic breakaway safety.