Originally Posted By: Gebo
It's how I mow that causes the problem. What happens is as I mow the front wheels of the mower deck contact that concrete edging I have all over my yard. They sorta ride up on it as I mow close enough to minimize weed eating. Over time they just peel off like peeling an apple. It's the edges where the wheels are coming apart as they contact the concrete edging. LOL, don't get me wrong but I am unwilling to modify my mowing pattern. I only weed eat once a month.
I am just hoping to find a super tough "plastic" wheels for my deck. Is there a super tough wheel? I'll admit, $15 for 2 front wheels every year or two ain't gonna break me or my wallet.
I knew your problem had to be something like that and wasn't happening all on its own.
AFAIK, there are OEM scalp wheels and there are aftermarket wheels. The aftermarket wheels are usually lower quality and probably won't even last as long as the JD wheels. Even if you were to forge wheels from steel and put them on, rubbing them on concrete is going to wear them down, it just is.
I had cement pavers around trees in my yard. I too was tearing up my deck and scalp wheels on them so I replaced the scalp wheels and took the pavers out. To me, it looks better and the whole yard is so much easier to take care of with them gone.
If you are not willing to do that, I would just stock up on whatever the cheapest scalp wheels you can find and plan on replacing them every year or so.