Mark 7 Treadle

[zepher]

My treadle plate broke over the weekend for my older Mark 7 MP. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement? It's the metal type you drive up on and it's spring loaded with a eye on there that senses when it's down and when you drive out it springs back up. Thanks.

 

[soapy]

When I had treadles on some older Ryko units I converted them over to use a large pressure pad instead. Measure the area where the tire sits and get a pressure pad that is closest in size. Kleenrite sells both Recora and london Matt brands. My guess is a replacment pad would be somewhere around 12 inches wide by 24 inches long. These turned out to be more reliable for me.

 

[zepher]

I'll give that a try. Thanks!

 

[DiamondWash]

Soapy, Can you send me some pictures of your treadle setup please.

 

[soapy]

Here is a picture of one conversion. The pressure pad sits between the under carriage spray bar and the guide rail. I added a short metal riser at the back of the pad so that the tire sits between the front ryko stop and the riser.