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DIY Mower Deck Repair Welding Patches — It is tough when you have a mower that still runs good but is starting to rust out. This mower was still working fine, but the deck had a couple of large holes in the front due to rust. Read more to see how we got it fixed and back […]

DIY Mower Deck Repair – Fixing Rust and Patching Holes

March 26, 2020 in FABRICATION KNOWLEDGE / FABRICATION PROJECTS / MISCELLANEOUS tagged 36 / 42 / 54 / Deck / Dixon / Hole / MIG / Mower / Patch / Repair / Riding / Rust by Paul

The Lawndozer - DIY Mower tractor plow dirt snow blade — When I originally built my DIY Receiver Hitch Snow Plow, I mentioned that I wanted to be able to use it for multiple things. Well, I finally came up with another use case for it… Meet ‘The Lawndozer’

The Lawndozer! DIY Dirt/Snow Plow Blade

December 17, 2018 in FABRICATION PROJECTS tagged Blade / Dirt / Garden / Grader / Mower / Plow / Receiver Hitch / Snow Plow / Zero Turn by Paul

DIY - Zero Turn Mower Receiver Hitch — It is no secret that it is handy to have a 2″ hitch on just about everything. It was bugging me that my Deere zero turn mower didn’t have one. Read more to see how I built one for my tractor.

DIY – Zero Turn Mower Receiver Hitch

March 24, 2018 in FABRICATION PROJECTS tagged Ball / Hitch Pin / Mower / Receiver Hitch / Spreader / Tow / Zero Turn by Paul

DIY Zero Turn Mower Headlight Installation Guide — Hello everybody. Long time no post (my bad 😛 ) I haven’t been doing a lot of welding lately, but I did just finish up a project of putting front and rear lights on my zero turn. I did it without drilling a single hole anywhere on the mower. My […]

DIY Zero Turn Headlight Installation Guide

October 15, 2017 in MISCELLANEOUS tagged Headlight / LED Foglight / LED Light Bar / Lighting / Mower / Round LED / Tractor / Wiring Harness / Zero Turn by Paul

I recently came across a FREE Toro mower on Craigslist! Great news! but, there was a reason that it was free… Read the rest of the article for how I fixed it in my own garage with a welder in about an hour.

Welding to Fix Push Mower Handle

November 14, 2015 in FABRICATION PROJECTS tagged DIY / Handle / Metal Fabrication / Mig Welding / Mower / Mower Repair / Welding by Paul

John Deere Mower Deck Repair — I had two John Deere mower decks come in to me from family and friends this spring with multiple cracks. Instead of buying new decks, we were able to fix them and put them right back into service. Read more to see how we did it.

John Deere DIY Mower Deck Repair

July 27, 2015 in FABRICATION KNOWLEDGE / FABRICATION PROJECTS tagged Crack / Deck / Fabrication / Lawn Mower Deck Cracked / Metal Fabrication / Mig Welding / Mower / Mower Deck Repair / Welding by Paul