Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

Looking for a mulching kit for my RM48 deck. I think the factory part numbers were MK48 and MK48-2. Wouldn't hurt to have a set of mulching blades but those are NLA... and ran about $150

Unlikely to show up here, but if it does I'll let you know asap.

I'll keep my eyes open, seems like I saw one for sale last fall.

Looks like this

Seems something was on FB Market place having to do with Case Ingersoll recently and you could see a mulching kit in the background, maybe in front of a CCI deck.

Bill

MattA wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:24 pmLooks like this

That part looks like it would be easy enough to have made . Sheared 10 guage run through a roller and cut to fit profile of the deck . Some tabs and a little welding , ready for paint . Any fab shop with a sheet roller can make that if you can't find one . You have the hardest part , what it looks like . As for the blades , What I have done on other older model mowers is to get a heavy duty (commercial ) blade similar to it and machine centre to match .
Food for thought .

Dave

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:06 am

MattA wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:24 pmLooks like this

That part looks like it would be easy enough to have made . Sheared 10 guage run through a roller and cut to fit profile of the deck . Some tabs and a little welding , ready for paint . Any fab shop with a sheet roller can make that if you can't find one . You have the hardest part , what it looks like . As for the blades , What I have done on other older model mowers is to get a heavy duty (commercial ) blade similar to it and machine centre to match .
Food for thought .

Dave

Agreed, I was thinking the same thing.
May be easier to make than find.

Timj wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:22 am

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:06 am

MattA wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:24 pmLooks like this

That part looks like it would be easy enough to have made . Sheared 10 guage run through a roller and cut to fit profile of the deck . Some tabs and a little welding , ready for paint . Any fab shop with a sheet roller can make that if you can't find one . You have the hardest part , what it looks like . As for the blades , What I have done on other older model mowers is to get a heavy duty (commercial ) blade similar to it and machine centre to match .
Food for thought .

Dave

Agreed, I was thinking the same thing.
May be easier to make than find.

Another source for steel to make blades from is leaf springs . New stock come curved and straight . Very tough wear resistant and can be bent to spec. in a press with the right dies , Again a well equipped fab shop.

Dave

The 44" kit is still a dealer available kit along with the blades. Last I heard anyway.

I do not know what your plan is on the 48" kit once your blades are used up.

Both the MK48 mulching kit and the mulching blades are NLA. I did see some similar mulching kits on amazon that I might be able to modify to work. I might kick off a separate topic...

MattA wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:23 pm Both the MK48 mulching kit and the mulching blades are NLA. I did see some similar mulching kits on amazon that I might be able to modify to work. I might kick off a separate topic...

If you can get into a small engine shop with a good selection of blades with one of yours as a template would help your search . Another option to try is what is a friends older JD. rear discharge . It has the standard blade and a smaller second blade 90 degrees to the main blade with an offset height .


Dave

I'm still looking for the MK48 or MK48-2 mulching kit.

Matt, I too have been looking for a while. Last year someone posted one for sale on the other site. He was taking offers. I pm'd him. He was looking for a $300 plus offer. Figured it was gold I guess. I don't think he sold it. My plan is to fab up some this year. My friend has a sheet metal roller and I have alot of sheet metal on hand. If you don't find any by the time I make them, I'll sell you some baffles. Will just have to figure out the blade issue. When I purchased my first ingersoll 4018 it came with Oregon gator blades. They have seen better days and are used up, but I put them on when needed. Wish they were still available.

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Jancoe wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:05 am Matt, I too have been looking for a while. Last year someone posted one for sale on the other site. He was taking offers. I pm'd him. He was looking for a $300 plus offer. Figured it was gold I guess. I don't think he sold it. My plan is to fab up some this year. My friend has a sheet metal roller and I have alot of sheet metal on hand. If you don't find any by the time I make them, I'll sell you some baffles. Will just have to figure out the blade issue. When I purchased my first ingersoll 4018 it came with Oregon gator blades. They have seen better days and are used up, but I put them on when needed. Wish they were still available.

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I was planning to have our mechanical engineer at work draw up some prints from an existing set and get some mulching kits made. I haven't had time to kick off another thread on mulching blades but I was thinking of having custom blade adapters designed and machined to convert from ingersoll RM series spindles to another blade drive type.