mower deck dolly

[Imold]

I just called the iron shop this afternoon and ordered two 12 inch pieces of 1 inch solid stock and I also ordered four 10 inch pneumatic tires for 3.99 each on sale with 5/8ths hub bearings from Harbor Freight and tomorrow I will pickup nuts, washers, bolts and pipes.



I have a small 110 welder so I will see if my pacemaker will handle it and if not I will have my neighbor weld them for me, I have not welded since they put a new pacemaker in me.

 

[KennyG]

I just called the iron shop this afternoon and ordered two 12 inch pieces of 1 inch solid stock and I also ordered four 10 inch pneumatic tires for 3.99 each on sale with 5/8ths hub bearings from Harbor Freight and tomorrow I will pickup nuts, washers, bolts and pipes.

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I have a small 110 welder so I will see if my pacemaker will handle it and if not I will have my neighbor weld them for me, I have not welded since they put a new pacemaker in me.

You are probably well under way on the project, but an easy alternative is to use 1/2 inch pipe. Standard 1/2 inch pipe is 0.62 inner diameter so with just a touch of grinding (or perhaps none) on a 5/8 threaded rod, you can insert the rod into the pipe. The outside diameter of 1/2 inch pipe is 0.84 so it will fit into 1 inch mower shaft holes with only a little slop. This is how I did mine and limited the welding to a few spot welds.

 

[Imold]

Ok so here it is, I hope Gene is ok with me posting this on his thread?

Anyway I bought 2 pieces of 1 inch solid stock 12 inches long and four 5/8 stove bolts 5 inches long, I was going to weld it with my 110 but I chickened out and went over to my neighbors and we welded them up with his 220 Miller welder and I even tried it but stopped because I started to get a weird feeling in my chest, I think it must have something to do with the frequency bu anyway Dave finished the welds and now I am at home to finish the grinding part.


I will need to put them on to find the best balance point then I will drill holes for cotter pins, just need to wait for the wheels now, I will post a few more picks as I go.

 

[GeneV]

Ok so here it is, I hope Gene is ok with me posting this on his thread?

**** yeh man, post away...for me it's all about sharing information and helping each other. As far as the balance point for where the mower deck sits, at first I had it dead center in the rod, but found an offset is better. 10" from the end worked out good, but that's on a 25" rod.

 

[ovrszd]

Any dolly is better than no dolly.

I used swivel casters on one end.

 

[GeneV]

Oh come on, even heck (with double "L") is blocked lol?

 

[GeneV]

Any dolly is better than no dolly.

I used swivel casters on one end.

Yessir. I gotta say, it's really nice to be able to put away this beast of a deck sideways when your enclosed space is at a premium.

 

[Imold]

You are probably well under way on the project, but an easy alternative is to use 1/2 inch pipe. Standard 1/2 inch pipe is 0.62 inner diameter so with just a touch of grinding (or perhaps none) on a 5/8 threaded rod, you can insert the rod into the pipe. The outside diameter of 1/2 inch pipe is 0.84 so it will fit into 1 inch mower shaft holes with only a little slop. This is how I did mine and limited the welding to a few spot welds.

I was thinking of doing something just about like that but then went what the heck and went this route, with the wheels, iron, washers, nuts and cotter pins I am into this for about 32.00 dollars.

 

[Imold]

Yessir. I gotta say, it's really nice to be able to put away this beast of a deck sideways when your enclosed space is at a premium.

Tell me about it here is my shop well it used to be my shop now it is just a packed garage.


Here is my storage spot for my mower deck for now.

 

[Imold]

Ground off two of the welds and now I am just waiting for tires then I can balance it and drill the four cotter pin holes for the pins and it will be done, thanks for the ideas from those who have built their own dollies.