I have this mower:
In 2003 the bottom front of the deck on the left side was rusted out. When it would scalp the ground trying to mow the ditch or if the wheels fell in a rut or something the sheet metal would get bent back & hit the blade.
I got tired of having to stand the mower up on it's hind legs and beat the metal back into shape. So I did this:
Problem solved, ... for a while. Eventually the right side rusted out too & by then I had 3 other mowers to use so I just took that...
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Waiting on a callback from a Northland agent. Going to get the authority ball rolling.
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