Thanks Guys! Ya'll funny too! My tractor is missing the bottom mounts and I will figure it out on my own if necessary. I do have access to a machine shop and make fabrication drawings every day. I'm interested in making the parts myself and will private message Jeff and ask if he's willing to share any details. The only real question is, how high should the cradle rail be above the tractor frame mounting surface. In other words, what's the ideal gap?

Thanks for responding and I do respect not trying to put a guy out of business, but I'm going to do this on my own and share my results with ya'll for $1.00 each! Haha!

Thanks... But I'll just buy mine off Jeff.

I invested close to $2K for my lathe and about the same amount in tooling. I don't even want to add up what I have in material on hand. Plus the milling machine and tooling for that. Carbide endmills and lathe tooling are not cheap. I have searched far and wide to find the other hardware for a decent price so I can offer affordable parts for my fellow enthusiasts.

I mostly stopped making parts for the general public. I used to make a lot of custom motorcycle wheels and custom accessories. I got fed up with people being cheap and beating me down in price. They would look in some catalog and say " the ones you made are almost like these and they only cost xxx$"
Now I stick with companys that need parts and we agree on the price and it's all good.
Sorry my cynical side was showing there.

Respectfully I am going to make my own as I have access to the material and lathe. I am not in this to make money or compete, just using this forum to learn and share. I appreciate everyone's response and help. This is a great site with great people. Also, I am doing all of this for my son as a father/son project.

I certainly do not want to upset anyone and will buy parts from folks like Jeff when necessary. I will keep Jeff in mind.

Thanks,
Kevin

Fair enough. I wasn't trying to imply that you should.

You've certainly treated me well and have my business :ThumbsUp: