Best place to buy gauge wheels?

[Bowhunter]

I'm considering buying a set of gauge wheels then fabbing brackets so that I can swap them between my KK rear blade, my Wallace box blade, and a possible future landscape rake. (inspired by Henro and others)

Where is the best place to buy a quality set of gauge wheels? Do any of the site's sponsors carry them, does TSC carry them, or do I need to check with local equipment dealers?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Henro]

TSC sells a gage wheel kit for the KK landscape rake. Not cheap at I want to remember about $170 or so including the shipping cost when I checked early last fall. It inclueded the caster part, the wheels and axles, the arms that the caster vertical axle fit into, and bolts to attach the arms to the rake.

I don't know where to get only the caster & wheels part. Mabye they sell that separate? The shaft on the KK casters that came in the kit for the rake measured 0.996 inches in diameter, a nice fit in a piece of 1" mechanical tubing.

Hope someone else can give more help!

 

[MadReferee]

If you are capable of welding and fabbing up stuff then take a look at this post:

Building your own Guage Wheels

My total cost for this project was only about $35. Cheaper than TSC or any dealer. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bowhunter]

Thanks for the information guys.

Henro, I remembered that your setup was around $175 but felt that it was worth that much to not have to worry about the frustration of digging up my gravel drive every time I wanted to grade it or push snow.

MadReferee, thanks for the link. This is what I'll be doing when I get time. I was going to have to weld up brackets for each implement anyway, and it will be about as easy to make the whole thing. You saved me some bucks and I appreciate it.