New blade adaptors for mower deck

[cmorningstar01]

I needed 3 new blade adaptors for my mower deck and Kubota wanted $79.00 each so I decided that I would fabricate my own, Personally I think the ones I have fabricated are better than the stock ones, I have included a few pics below, The old rusty blade adapter was made from 1/8" steel and as you can see it was not very sturdy, The new adaptors are made of 3/16" and are more robust, Total cost for 3 new adaptors was about 1/2 the cost of 1 new one from Kubota.

Hubs from Surplus Center
1" hubs 3 @ $4.00 = $12.00 plus $10.00 shipping Total $22.00

1 - 10" piece of 3/16" plate steel bent to fit blade then cut into 3 sections apx 3 1/4" long cost $20.00 from my local machine shop

I took photos before welding the hubs to the blade adaptors, I just finished welding them up and putting everything back together. To keep the nuts from spinning off I used castle nuts with cotter pins.

 

[skeets]

Interesting,, Ya done good

 

[cmorningstar01]

Thanks skeets.
I have an aversion to paying money for something I can make myself for less and often times better. The other thing is I know when I am building them that what I am getting is correct for my application.
Val