Solutions To Worn-Out Wear Plates On New Holland And Vicon Pull-Type Mowers

Solutions To Worn-Out Wear Plates On New Holland And Vicon Pull-Type Mowers MOWERS Mowers (31H) 29-3-36 Jimmy R. Batemon, Batemon & Sons, Hanceville, Ala.:"The wear plates on the bottom of New Holland and Vicon pull-type mowers often wear out prematurely. The problem is that dirt gets into a 5-in. wide cavity on the mowers' skid plates, which causes the front part of the skid plate to wear down. It can be an especially big problem wherever there are fire ant mounds. "To solve the problem, we weld two or three 1-in. wide strips of stainless steel along the front part of the skid plate, in order to partially cover the cavity and keep dirt out. It works surprisingly well. We've also used this idea on several neighbors' mowers and their mowers show almost no wear."

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