Hi Mark1,

Both reels are rather identical and have no advantages over each other. BTW the two hits that the one reel has suffered is repairable. Both have plenty of material left for a number of machinings. As mentioned the twin railer has a near new bed knife so no real money needs to be spent on that apart from a freshen up on a Foley grinder (brand name reel grinding machine)

I totally agree, there's no reason why both machines can't be restored etc. regardless of the situation of the chassis rails, as they can be repaired back to new if required.

Anyway take that engine off and have a really good look, even rub the paint back to bare steel around the area of the mounting holes as it's better to find out now of hair line fractures than later on after they've been painted and the fractures extend.

Cheers,
BB

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