yeah, the deck on my 318 was all beat up after 20 years. Mowing a few rocks (3" or so) didn't help. A few times I had to re-adjust with a sledge hammer. I ended up buy a new 48" deck from my dealer, it was left-over stock, got a good price on it. The old deck was on it's 3rd set of spindle bearings.
The new deck just cuts stuff that's already been leveled and is clear. And it's just around the house. The old deck cut everything, and now that's cut by an MX-6 which, unlike my old 318, tends to win if there's a tie.
I think you could beat it back into shape and just beef up the sides with some welded on bar. The outside edges where the worse. If I had a welder, that's what I'd do.
I'm probably going to just give my old beat up deck to a local guy who's got 3 300 series old Deeres. He can restore.
Pete
The new deck just cuts stuff that's already been leveled and is clear. And it's just around the house. The old deck cut everything, and now that's cut by an MX-6 which, unlike my old 318, tends to win if there's a tie.
I think you could beat it back into shape and just beef up the sides with some welded on bar. The outside edges where the worse. If I had a welder, that's what I'd do.
I'm probably going to just give my old beat up deck to a local guy who's got 3 300 series old Deeres. He can restore.
Pete
