lastcowboy32
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The old one was rotted out pretty badly. When I told my wife about it; she did that deep man voice thing and said: "I thought you just bought a welder."
I used 16 gauge steel; because that's what they had at Tractor Supply Company. I think the original is slightly thicker metal. I made the cuts with a circular saw and a masonry blade (worked fine). A little grinding, filing, welding, drilling... The hardest parts? Getting that double bend on the back using just the edge of a workbench and some clamps and a vice grip for a brake and welding in bolts for captive fasteners for the air cleaner and solenoid. My wife was actually impressed!
The old one was rotted out pretty badly. When I told my wife about it; she did that deep man voice thing and said: "I thought you just bought a welder."
I used 16 gauge steel; because that's what they had at Tractor Supply Company. I think the original is slightly thicker metal. I made the cuts with a circular saw and a masonry blade (worked fine). A little grinding, filing, welding, drilling... The hardest parts? Getting that double bend on the back using just the edge of a workbench and some clamps and a vice grip for a brake and welding in bolts for captive fasteners for the air cleaner and solenoid. My wife was actually impressed!