Best place to get a new wear bar for 42” plow

[RJ Hamner 1,007]

Looks like I am going to need a new wear bar this year. Both sides are in pretty bad shape  
Any recommendations?

Thanks Bob

[rjg854 11,353]

I want to a metal fabricator in my area and just got a piece of flat stock to length I needed and cut my own holes in it

[8ntruck 6,991]

Being mechanically inclined and owning a drill press, I would go to the local welding/fabrication shop and purchase a length of 2" by 1/4" bar stock to match the width of the plow.  Drill the appropriate holes and mount it,  

 

A piece of abrasion resistant steel or a piece of 4140 pre-hard steel would laid longer than hot rolled steel.

 

Good luck.

 

Dang @rjg854 beat me to the draw.  He posted while I was typing.

Edited October 31, 2021 by 8ntruck

[stevasaurus 22,711]

I found the right length and width at either ACE or TSC and drilled the holes myself.  

 

[RJ Hamner 1,007]

Did a search of the local folks and it looks like I will be making a trip to Lowe’s and dusting off the drill press in the next couple of days. 
Thanks for the input guys. 
Bob

[ri702bill 8,294]

Did make my own for the 48" plow on the C81 - used 4140 flat stock thru Online Metals. Drilled .375 holes and used a piloted new 3/8" square HSS lathe tool bit in the 20 ton HF press to cut the square corners. Cleaned them up with a square file to accept the carriage bolts.

Bill

[71_Bronco 1,072]

I used flat stock from Tractor Supply. I think I used 2" x 3/16" for the front. I have a small paved driveway, so the thinner stock will still last a long time.

 

I had some issue with rust holes on the bottom of my plow where the bolt holes were. I used an additional 1" x 1/8" (if I recall correctly) strip as a "backing" to the bottom of the plow. This way, the nuts had a nice solid piece of metal to tighten against.

[ronhatch 406]

 I just purchase a 3/16" X 2" X 48" flat stock at my local farm store (Blains Farm & Fleet), cut it to 42" length, drill the 9/32" holes and use round head 1/4:" bolts. Even though it would have been better, I'm too old and lazy to deal with a file and make sq holes for carriage bolts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        FYI: Carefully drill the holes in the middle of the 2" width so when it's time for a new edge, all you have to do is flip over the wear bar for a new edge.   

 

Edited November 3, 2021 by ronhatch