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I stand corrected. I hadn't heard them referred to as anti scalp tires before

Here is his quote: Question: do I need to replace the scalp wheels? He put new tires on this thing as well as filters and fluids, and he says the dealer told him not to bother with the front scalp wheels on the corners. Weird thing for a dealer to say. I did see that the front anti scalp...

I took his statement to mean that the pneumatic tires had been replaced. Shouldn't they last longer than 500 hours?

When you say He put new tires on this thing as well as filters and fluids, and he says the dealer told him not to bother with the front scalp wheels on the corners, do you mean new tires on the rear drive wheels? Shouldn't they last a lot of hours?

I de-greased and de-rusted things the best I could. Then I gave it a basic paint job. All the shafts turn, and all the zerks I could find took grease. I couldn't find any zerks for (front) shaft that drives the seed plates. Here is a pic of the base. Should there be a zerk in that hole -...

Soaking in Diesel. Now we wait...

Got it. If you do 3pt mount, you might want to build in some front to rear and side to side flex. I would love to have a rolling basket.

Why not just make a pull type frame for it. Use pillow block bearings if you need to.

This isn't identical, but there are many common features

Thanks. So far, all the shafts turn. The seed plates turn. The fertilizer agitators are froze up. The disc openers for the fertilizer are froze up. I was able to get one fertilizer hopper off. I'm wondering if it is a McCormick. Red frame and yellow wheels, and there is some blue paint...