Probably the dumbest thing I've done in awhile, lost the tail wheel on the older model Rhino SE-6 and ran it over on the return pass ! Should have replaced that pin, wheel fell off, was gettin dark, decided to make that last pass, not good. Bent the rim, rest is ok, fork has a gouge in it, boy that'd do a number on a person, bent the side wall out too. Made quite a rumble, nothing sheared though.Question is, any suppliers of these on the net, it looks like the rim detatches from the wheel/bearing assembly, whole ring of bolts, ones I have seen only have 4 or 5 bolts, wondering if it might be specific to Servis Rhino or what, be nice if TSC had something on the shelf, could modify one, not the end of the world, assume TSC replacement cutter blades to be ok quality, really a bummer as I took good care of this unit, bent blade must be the new vibration I noticed, if that's all, should be no problem to repair, side wall should pound back in place, few whacks with a sledge and block of hardwood ought to do it, what a dumb@ss move though, darned pin was worn and I knew it.
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