To me the 50A and 50C decks were not built strong enough for the weight and sooner or later the right rear wheel bracket gets bent or cracks the metal on the deck. I built additional brackets for support and while I was at it I decided to add front swivel wheels. I have tried the solid front wheels but they were always sliding. I decided to use swivel caster wheels for the front which I got at Harbor freight. The wheels are metal with solid rubber and have bearings in them. They worked so good that I bought solid caster wheels for the rear and just removed them from the caster mounts and bolted them direct to the mower rear brackets. I have been using them now for 6 years and they work really good and Harbor freight has them on sale almost all the time for around $4.00.
Since we irrigate here we have a lot of berms that I have to mow up and down and turn on and I never get any gouges in the grass since I added the front swivel casters. I liked the front swivel casters so well I added them to all of my 44A decks.
I will try and post a picture of the 50C deck.
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