Henro
Elite Member
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2003
- Messages
- 4,982
- Location
- Few miles north of Pgh, PA
- Tractor
- Kubota B2910, BX2200, KX41-2V mini EX
A couple months ago I ordered a gage wheel kit for my KK landscape rake. After trying it, my conclusion was I would never go back to NOT having gage wheels for the rake. It made THAT much difference.
Remembering how I always have to turn my rear blade around after the first snow and plow with it backwards, I got to thinking how gage wheels on the blade could be to my advantage. AND, since I had the gage wheels already for the rake, and they were not cheap at around $175 including shipping, why not call them into double duty service. Rake in the summer and rear blade in the winter?
Problem was finding tubing that the vertical caster shaft would fit into. It was 0.996 inches in diameter.
I ended up ordering some 2.5 inch long pieces of mechanical tubing from http://www.metkit.com . They advertise it as being 1.5 inch OD with .25 inch wall thickness. Should result in a one inch diameter hole, right? First stumbling block.: The 0.996 diameter caster shafts would not go in the ID of the mechanical tubing.
Anyway, I had started fabricating the brackets for the rear blade, so I continued that part.
The original intention was to use the existing bolts that hold the cutting edge. That is why the brackets are welded together like they are. Turns out that I must have measured wrong, because after looking at things it did not appear that the brackets would work very well if attached using the existing bolts. Hole sawed new 5/8 inch holes for mounting bolts and attached the brackets.
This picture shows progress to that point a couple days ago.
Remembering how I always have to turn my rear blade around after the first snow and plow with it backwards, I got to thinking how gage wheels on the blade could be to my advantage. AND, since I had the gage wheels already for the rake, and they were not cheap at around $175 including shipping, why not call them into double duty service. Rake in the summer and rear blade in the winter?
Problem was finding tubing that the vertical caster shaft would fit into. It was 0.996 inches in diameter.
I ended up ordering some 2.5 inch long pieces of mechanical tubing from http://www.metkit.com . They advertise it as being 1.5 inch OD with .25 inch wall thickness. Should result in a one inch diameter hole, right? First stumbling block.: The 0.996 diameter caster shafts would not go in the ID of the mechanical tubing.
Anyway, I had started fabricating the brackets for the rear blade, so I continued that part.
The original intention was to use the existing bolts that hold the cutting edge. That is why the brackets are welded together like they are. Turns out that I must have measured wrong, because after looking at things it did not appear that the brackets would work very well if attached using the existing bolts. Hole sawed new 5/8 inch holes for mounting bolts and attached the brackets.
This picture shows progress to that point a couple days ago.
