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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SkidRoe" data-source="post: 31068" data-attributes="member: 3290">My rims were pretty much rotted out for years of immersion in bovine exhaust.  Just for giggles, I called Bobcat:  150 clams.So, a surfin' I did go.  Turns out, quite a few older garden tractors used 23x8.50-12 tires. An add on our local internet classifieds netted 4 perfect condition rims for $40.  The offsets were all wrong, but the dishes did have the correct bolt pattern. I was going to re-use the dishes from the original rims, but the lawn tractor dishes cut out nicely with the plasma cutter.  A new set of dish flanges were made, welded to the dishes, and skimmed in the lathe to true them to a slight interference fit.  A piece of heavy wall tubing was faced to length to set the offset and the rims welded to the dishes.A little sand blasting and a coat of orange paint, presto, new rims.  Just letting the paint set up for a couple of days before the new tires go on.</blockquote>