Who sells rock guards and pitman rods anymore

Farmallb

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And PLEASE dont suggest TSC. I called them first, then 2 local farm stores to no good. Twice, once
for pitman rods, and today for rock guards they suggested a local farm store which didnt have them
 
"Midway Supply", 14400 Dover Rd., Dalton, Ohio 44618
Write him a letter (Amish - No Phone). Be very specific with what you have and what you want. Print him a picture(s) also (a picture is worth 1000 words).
He will have anything you need / want. He'll ship you what you want, and include a bill (and trust you to pay him by sending him a check).
John
 
Rock guard I find at my local Orscheln's farm and home pitmans are a bit harder to find so I make my own out of square thin wall metal tubing
 
Buy some parts mowers at auctions usually can get them for under $25 for a guard source, the older original guards are better anyway.For pitmans if you have a saw and a drill you can make them.
 
Webb Cutting Components in Grand Island, Ne and or Rouse Rakes. They have all the stuff for sickle mowers and at reasonable prices. Rouse this spring sent me to Webb to get the items I needed and they were cheaper than Rouse.
 
I called Orschelins, and they said they were out of rock guards but would have them back in next week
 
You might consider contacting <a href="https://www.cuttingcomponents.com/">Webb Cutting Components</a>.

Hope this helps.
 
(quoted from post at 17:43:26 06/04/19) And PLEASE dont suggest TSC. I called them first, then 2 local farm stores to no good. Twice, once
for pitman rods, and today for rock guards they suggested a local farm store which didnt have them

Just to clarify (or to be the "mower police" for a moment), all sickle mowers have "guards".

When cutting in tough/rocky conditions, heavy-duty "rock guards" can be installed to replace the basic "guards" the mower came with.

Well and good, if you need them, but they are heavier and rougher and "wider" than the basic "guards" the mower came with, and do NOT improve cutting performance in an average field "good going" situation, IMHO).
 
Most any think post war would have been rock guards and all aftermarket guards were rock guards. Others would have been more prewar without the bracing on the back to keep them from turning sideways.
 
So it came probably with the standard guard with the rock guard avaible at extra cost, after war they were finding the rock guard would not come loose as easily and stayed better in alignment so gradually they all went to the rock guard and droped the older style and all the like TSC replacement guards are rock guards that on some mowers for the inner or outer end guards you had to cut part of a side of the rock guard to fit. I started mowing with Dads David Bradly horse drawn mower and my first pice of machinery I ever bought was a John Deere No. 2 open gear horse drawn mower. In my collection of books I probably have the parts book for your mower but after a recent move I don't know where anything is. My books cover back to the 1880's up to but not including the 100 series or side mount mowers.
 
Same guard fits all those mowers from thw 1880's to up to the 100 series and I would think possibly them as well but no way will you find any thing except the rock guard now. The universal guard most places like TSC sold carries a part No. of 700 and that will fit your mower. Fits most other makes as well. I could walk in to dealer and no problem getting the guards but the pitman would be the problem as yours is not a horse drawn mower but tractor mounted that would take a different length I could also get the end to get you away from greasing that pitman forever, And guards would be about half price of places like TSC. Pitman stick would be a universal that you cut to length and drill.
 
Actually the aggressive ledger plate on the old style guards to improve cutting quite a bit over the smooth side sided "modern" guards. I just replaced the "modern" smooth sided 2 guard units on my IH 1200 mower with the older single unit guards (MC2041) with new ledger plates. My son couldn't believe the difference it made in cutting. He thought I was fool when I bought the box of them at a farm sale a couple weeks ago.
 
Have you checked with local tractor dealers? They usually have a selection of generic ones. You need to know how thick your cutter bar is to pick the correct guard. Match the offset for the cutter bar in the old guards.
 

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