The axle tubes unbolt from the main housing and are in two pieces that slide allowing you to adjust the rear track by simply undoing a lock nut. Unfortunately the broken piece wasn't with the machine at the tip otherwise it could probably have been tigged back together. The front end is quite substantial and could probably handle a small bucket.
I am actually thinking about dropping the front end onto my Rover Rancher. I live on 100 acres and have tracks all through the bush which are a bit rough in places and the Rover has quite a light duty front end. It was also a dump find, swapped some Ironbark fence posts for it. 17HP B&S, Autodrive. The pin through the bell crank that operates the drive discs was sheared so replaced it with a 20mm Grade 6 bolt. New battery, oil filter, oil, one front tube and a bit of welding and it goes like a rocket. All up less than $200, big part of that for the new battery.
