Gator blades for a mini Zoom 1540

[bertsmobile1]

Four year ago I convinced a customer to fit Gators to their mower .
Unfotunately Oregon changed their Australian distributor from RGS to B & S Australia who have no intention of stocking these blades
None of my usual USA direct suppliers list the blade , Oregon # 96-040 .
Can some one check to see if this is still in production please ?

 

[bullet bob]

This https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Oregon+#+96-040 what you're looking for?

 

[bertsmobile1]

Thanks for the reply Bob.
I did an search from here & found several sites listing them as NLA , including the places I usually get USA parts directly from .
A lot of sites list parts that they do not have in stock then order them after you have paid for them.
Then a month latter you get told they are NLA and you get a refund .
So what I needed was some one who can order directly through Oregon or through a distributor who has a live connection to Oregon to see if the blades are actually available .
Oregon still list them, but all of the suppliers of Gator style blades have deleted them from their product listings.
THis is a customers mower so I have to find out the situation.
If they ar available but no longer made then I need to find some one who actually has stock & do a bulk order .
If not available then I need to make 3 swing back blade holders for the spindles.