johnjk
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Equipment
B3200 w/loader, Woods RC5 brush hog, 4' box blade, tooth bar, B1700 MMM,
One of the gauge wheels on my MMM decided Sunday was its last day. My “yard” is pretty rough so bumps from the deck are always present. On the second lap, where I am close to gravel, it started throwing rocks. Quickly stopped but I already has some nice shrapnel cuts to my face. Good thing I was wearing eye protection. Went in to clean up and when I came back I saw I had lost a tire. The rim was plowing a furrow in the rock feeding it in to the blade. Raised the deck and back to the barn. I ended up ordering 2 tire assemblies from Messicks since my dealer said he could more get them. Now we wait. Spent a couple hours Sunday looking for aftermarket but didn’t find much that looked like they would work without modification either to the shaft or new wheel. Pricy buggers and I ordered 2. Shipping was around $10 for FedEx. Still less than a new finish mower. Will pull the blades and put a new edge on them as well.
