Aluminum rear covers
 

The Brown truck showed up today. A while back when I picked up my 2nd 2182 it had most of the rear PTO. When I got working on it I noticed that the rear cover was made out of 1/4" steel plate instead of the crappy stamped sheet metal like the other aluminum rears had. Well when it comes to scraping the gasket off it is a breeze so I had my welder buddy make me a couple out of 1/4" plate. Fast forward and the welder has sold his shop. Looking through the Xtreme website I noticed that they had a cover but it has a drain plug and a fill plug both of them are in the way if you have the rear factory 3 point so I called Aaron and asked him about making the cover in 1/4" but without the drain and fill plugs. The pics are of what he sent me. So if you have had all the fun you can stand trying to scrape the gasket out of the recess in the stamped cover or your cover is bent or rotted out this is the answer. :beerchug:

Looks great, thanks for sharing Sam! :beerchug:

I never thought about that, replacing the crummy rear covers with something better. And what do you know, they are up on Xteme's site! For $36, you can't go wrong.

One nice thing about these is that they are the same thickness as the Cub factory cover for the 3 point with the rear PTO so the OEM or Ruegg 3 point's fit as they should. I'm done with the stamped covers. I have 2 tractors that will be getting these covers next time I remove them. Happy, happy, happy. :beerchug:

Very nice Sam, looks good.

They must be heavy,are you going to paint the inside of the cover?

I'll paint them in and out. I hope it will be a while before I need to use them so I don't want them to rust. :biggrin2:

You could have them anodized black while you are waiting.
I painted mine cause I wanted it CC yellow

Those look nice and heavy duty compared to the originals. Great idea.