Gauge Wheels

TomG · Sep 1, 2000

I'm looking for a set of manually adjustable gauge wheels that can be bolted on to the side plates of my box scrapper and snow blower. The scrapper weighs under 700#.

A dealer just told me he went through his supplier catalogues and could find the wheels, but not a set with mounting plates etc. Can anybody suggest a supplier. Thanks.

gerard · Sep 1, 2000

Tom, I don't have your answer but would like to know if you find one! I priced guage wheels for my 6ft woods rake today and they are $146 each!! Thats almost what I paid for the rake!! I also plan on getting a 7ft blade and would like to be able to use the wheels on that too. Where did you find the wheels? I'm sure I could have some mounted brackets welded up if I could find a wheel assembly for a reasonable price. Anyone else out there have any ideas or run into similar problems??

scruffy · Sep 1, 2000

TomG, Gerard, if I am thinking correctly about what you are referring to, Harbor Freight has pneumatic wheels (10) with a swivel very cheap. Don't remember the price offhand, but I believe they were in the 10 to 20 buck range. Would not be hard to build the brackets for them out of 2" square stock for example. You can make them removable, and use them on a few different pieces of equipment.

Rch · Sep 1, 2000

http://www.lorenzomfg.com/guagewh.html has serious gauge wheels. This is a good resource site for making/modifying implements

RCH

Hawgee · Sep 1, 2000

Try checking out the trailer tongue type that fold or fixed. Infinite adjustment by screw and some fold out of way. The key would be getting big tire.

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Anonymous Poster · Sep 1, 2000

I bought some swivel wheels from Northern and made adjustable brackets from square tubing. It was not very difficult. They are bolted on the back of my rake, and they make huge difference in how well the rake works. You can see a picture of the wheels mounted on the rake at:

http://www.his.com/~msimpson/tractor/hacker/rake.htm

In your post you said you wanted to bolt them to the sides of your box blade and snow blower. I would think that the wheels would work better mounted behind the implement than on the side.

Andy

scruffy · Sep 1, 2000

Andy, Your set up looks like what I had in mind! I must've seen a picture of your rake somewhere before and the idea stuck in my head due to its simplicity and effectiveness. Not to mentioned frugality! Ver-r-ry nice.

TomG · Sep 2, 2000

Thanks for the input guys. Good pic Andy. I should have suspected that I'll have to make my own mounts, since I don't need heavy duty for Cat I implements. Maybe this will get me going at rebuilding or replacing my old gas regulators. I never did learn electric welding.

Guess I also should re-think where to mount the wheels, especially for the blower. It's probably a good idea for the wheels to travel where the blower has already been. I also remember using the scrapper side-plates to make straight walls on shallow excavations. It doesn't seem like wheels on the scrapper side-plates wouldn't be a good idea either. It's good to think some, with a little help, before doing.

Bird · Sep 2, 2000

Andy, that's a very professional looking job! Well done.

Bird

gordon · Sep 2, 2000

Yea Bird he is good I looked a picture of the wheel weights that he made and they looked pretty darn good as well.
Good job name taken, oops I mean Andy!/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Shame he doesn't live next door to me so when I pickup my new tractor he could help out on all the add-ons that need to be done./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Gordon