Re: (ET) Bad deck issues

[john j casey <jjcrmc verizon net>]

Over the years I’ve had two decks on two tractors.  The early deck with 
the thin motors was, I think, made with steel prone to rust.  My second 
deck, fat motors, was stamped with a floral design for rigidity and I 
think made with better alloyed metal.  When bought, it had been sitting 
out in the elements for God-knows-how-long but with only surface rust.  
Get one of those.
Cheers, Jack

> On Sep 2, 2018, at 4:02 PM, Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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