Floorboard

[Wclodge]

I have a 2006 Kubota B7800. Where can I find a new floorboard? John

 

[gwdixon]

Are you asking about the rubber mat? Or is it the metal frame floorboard?

If it is the rubber mat then a lot of folks have used truck bed liner (think LineX) and brush it on. Harbor Freight has it. There are other choices as well.

 

[Wclodge]

I am talking about the metal frame, a salt water environment is eating the metal. Thanks, john

 

[gwdixon]

Ohh...that a tough one. A couple of choices.

>Ask the dealer about the whereabouts of a tractor boneyard. He/She might have a source for junked tractors for parts.

>Go to a welding shop and ask how much it would be to fabricate a floorboard. They should have a metal bending brake and be able to make one or direct you to one.

>A member on TBN, 4shorts, is excellent at fabrication and may have some good advice. You may want to send a personal message to him. (Who knows, he may show up on this thread.)

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/members/4shorts.html

 

[Wclodge]

I am talking about the metal frame, a salt water environment is eating the metal. Thanks, john

Thanks for the reply. There is a metal fabrication shop in Kodiak, I will see if they can build one for me. John

 

[Recoveryhill]

Have it properly primed and coat it all over with bed liner before installation, says another guy that lives in a salt bath.

 

[Wclodge]

Thanks, I tried restoring the existing one using bedliner but I was a little late. If I can build a new one, I will for sure treat it.

 

[kcender]

Have you priced a new one from Kubota?It may be cheaper than you think.If the floorboard is similar to my B2620,and I think it is,there will be quite a bit involved in making one from scratch,depending on how close you want it to match the original.

 

[Wclodge]

I just found one from Messick's. $101 plus $65 to ship to Alaska. They ordered it directly from Kubota. Comes in a right and left hand side. I only ordered the left. I found a used one on Kansas for $75. John

 

[kcender]

I just found one from Messick's. $101 plus $65 to ship to Alaska. They ordered it directly from Kubota. Comes in a right and left hand side. I only ordered the left. I found a used one on Kansas for $75. John

It's a no brainer,you can't get much metal fabrication done for that kind of money and the factory part will always fit and look better.

 

[Recoveryhill]

Glad you found your parts. I agree that the price you paid is cheaper than having them custom fabricated.

Ahhh the shipping. I'm in the same boat, pun intended. At least I have a dependable freight forwarder in Miami that consolidates stuff into containers so the cost isn't crazy anyway. I also get hit with Customs Duty though which irritates me no end! Goods for which duty was paid when they entered the U.S. get taxed again when they enter a U.S. Territory?

 

[Wclodge]

I am not sure I would trade living on the ocean just to avoid the hazards of salt water. Living on an island costs more no matter where you are, but I try to get products through the post office in flat rate boxes. Best deal going if you can get vendors to send stuff that way.

 

[PAPPASMURF]

>A member on TBN, 4shorts, is excellent at fabrication and may have some good advice. You may want to send a personal message to him. (Who knows, he may show up on this thread.)

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/members/4shorts.html[/QUOTE]

I agree with you 100% gwdixon!!! 4Shorts would be the best to answer this question, and probably the best at fabricating one that even Kubota wouldn't recognize as fabricated. :smurf: