Here is a close up of how the braces fit the front FEL tube before I welded them.
The next picture is of the front bracket all welded together and ready to weld onto the FEL tube.
The photos below show the rear tube and it's bolt plate. Then the front bracket welded to the round FEL tube.
It was tough welding upside down and around the tube. There was very little room to position yourself so you could see and get the stick in there without burning yourself, knocking your helmet off or arcing against something else. My glasses got knocked off every time I bumped my helmet. So those welds aren't the greatest, but it should look alright when painted.
The last photo is of the square tubing welded to that rear plate.
I needed a heavy gusset since the plate is off-sett to the square tubing. Guess what, I happened to have a couple of broken scarifier pieces left from when I cut them to make the bucket reinforcements.
So I used those. They are at the bottom of the last photo.
That's all I got done today.
Tomorrow I'll try to finish painting and re-assemble everything.
Rob-