(ET) Bad deck issues

[Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

So my deck is getting old, and rusted, and all of that. The area over by 
the blanking plate is always the worst, a few years ago I put a metal 
bar in an L shape across the opening to support the right wheel side 
because that little metal block-out always breaks apart.

Today while mowing the bolt must have fallen out because when I hit a 
curb while mowing instead of going up the wheel started to fold under, 
bending my bar and making a bit of a mess. Yes I can fix it but I can 
see that the deck is not going to last forever.

Anyone got a deck shell I can swap everything over to this winter? 
Likewise is there anyone with the dies who can make a new run of shells, 
these things seem to be consumables in the 100 year time frame of these 
tractors...

C