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Extending life of skid plates

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agman

08-04-2001 20:29:34




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Is there a way to extend the life of skid plates on mowers? Such as welding beads or a new plate on the worn surface?




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CharlieB

08-05-2001 20:00:58




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 Re: Extending life of skid plates in reply to agman, 08-04-2001 20:29:34  
We weld old plowpoints on skidplates all the time.A Vshaped hard surfacing bead helps too.



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Carp

08-05-2001 12:49:32




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 Re: Extending life of skid plates in reply to agman, 08-04-2001 20:29:34  
An old trick that we use is to weld a piece of a leaf sping off of a truck or car onto the bottom of it. The sping already has about the right curve to it and it is hard steel. Havn't had one wear out yet.



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Alvin

08-05-2001 05:03:00




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 Re: Extending life of skid plates in reply to agman, 08-04-2001 20:29:34  
How about poly-board. That should wear good..



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RickB.

08-05-2001 04:54:06




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 Re: Extending life of skid plates in reply to agman, 08-04-2001 20:29:34  
Better to re-skin the skids than just lay beads of weld on them. The rough weld will drag sod and clippings, and make a mess. If you reskin them off the machine, watch out for distortion during the welding process. The skid may not bolt back up, depending on its configuration.



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F14

08-05-2001 03:08:24




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 Re: Extending life of skid plates in reply to agman, 08-04-2001 20:29:34  
Both will work. Contractors with excavators routinely use hard-facing rod to run beads on the wear surfaces of buckets, no reason you couldn't do the same for the skids on your mower.

Not sure how expensive it would be, but you could also weld a piece of hardened steel in place over the skid as well.



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