GeneV
Elite Member
I build this mower deck dolly, as inspired by another poster on TBN.
I had a 1" chrome rod laying around, leftover from another project, so went hunting for a 1" axle bore wheel. Surprisingly hard to find those, but I finally tracked them down on Ebay, from a vendor from England. Low and behold, when they got here, the axle bore was actually undersized by ~0.020. I asked for a return/refund, they refunded and let me keep the wheels, so free wheels!
So what I did was, I bored out the axle bore to 1" on the drill press.
I cut the rod to 25" lengths. Threw the rods on the lathe, cleaned up the ends, tapped the ends 3/8" unc.
Over to the mill, drilled 5/16" holes, each end to hold 5/16" screws which would retain a 1" washer
on each end, and the center hole(s) to where the deck would be secured. 
I drilled 2 holes in the center, just so I'd have some play where I'd center the mower deck in case it tended to lean one way or another. It's a good thing I did, the second off-center hole ended up being the winner.
So yeh, that's all there is to it, no biggie. Took me a few hours total. The wheels stay put sandwiched between the 1" washers. The inner washer is held in place against a 5/16" screw.
The outer washer is held by an oversized 3/8" washer and screw. 
The way to use it, string up the mower with the tractor (I strapped it to the backhoe), remove the rear wheels. On the dolly wheels, remove one wheel/washer/retaining screw. Slide the rod into the axle on the deck, secure it with the deck's pin. Reassemble the dolly wheel on the other side, that's it. Easy peasy, lemony squeezy.
Only thing is you obviously can't steer it, so have to kind of lift up on one end to steer it into position, but sure beats the deck lying around face down, taking up space.
I had a 1" chrome rod laying around, leftover from another project, so went hunting for a 1" axle bore wheel. Surprisingly hard to find those, but I finally tracked them down on Ebay, from a vendor from England. Low and behold, when they got here, the axle bore was actually undersized by ~0.020. I asked for a return/refund, they refunded and let me keep the wheels, so free wheels!
So what I did was, I bored out the axle bore to 1" on the drill press.
I cut the rod to 25" lengths. Threw the rods on the lathe, cleaned up the ends, tapped the ends 3/8" unc.
Over to the mill, drilled 5/16" holes, each end to hold 5/16" screws which would retain a 1" washer
on each end, and the center hole(s) to where the deck would be secured. I drilled 2 holes in the center, just so I'd have some play where I'd center the mower deck in case it tended to lean one way or another. It's a good thing I did, the second off-center hole ended up being the winner. So yeh, that's all there is to it, no biggie. Took me a few hours total. The wheels stay put sandwiched between the 1" washers. The inner washer is held in place against a 5/16" screw.
The outer washer is held by an oversized 3/8" washer and screw. The way to use it, string up the mower with the tractor (I strapped it to the backhoe), remove the rear wheels. On the dolly wheels, remove one wheel/washer/retaining screw. Slide the rod into the axle on the deck, secure it with the deck's pin. Reassemble the dolly wheel on the other side, that's it. Easy peasy, lemony squeezy.
Only thing is you obviously can't steer it, so have to kind of lift up on one end to steer it into position, but sure beats the deck lying around face down, taking up space.
