Starfire1 wrote:38racing wrote:Don't need to rebuild on deck because the housing was broke. Now I found the deck has some perforation too. Might still be usable by me for a few years but not something I would sell without making a buyer aware of it.
38, You would probably be surprised at the number mower decks I have repaired because of either rust though, wear though, or simply impact damage. With a acetylene torch, a wire welder and hammer plus a good source of donor sheet metal, be it a scrape mower or other items. Just need a little cleanup afterwords and paint.
I will admit some decks that come are so bad that I simply get the customer a new or used deck if they are will to part with the money. There is some customers that would rather have teeth pulled without pain killers then try open up the wallet.
I have fabricated new MTD deck hangers out angle iron recovered from bed frames (rails) many times. These is where brackets was completely missing and not available as weld on item from MTD. I also got currently 7 ea 24 x 48 x 69 shelving units with plywood as shelves made from these angle iron bed frames.
I know of one 1966 Ford pickup that is part Ford riding mower because of use of recovered sheet material to repair rusted out body parts.
Arkie wrote:Some people drive old cars because they like too, I drive old cars because I have too.
and I can repair them old ones with minimum effort and minimum $$
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