Deere Dude
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- John Deere 3720
I have a medium duty John Deere box blade and pull it with a 45 HP 3720. I can't level out rough dirt very well and was searching links and there are a few ideas of people putting tag wheels and other things in the rear to try to alleviate the dumping of the dirt when the tractor rears hit a little knoll or loading up when the rears hit a dip in the ground.
Before I do to much fabrication in this heat, what do you guys think, pro and con, of me bolting two 5-6" angle irons 6' long, of which I have, and one on each side of the blade. They would be bolted to the side plates. One side of the angle would be bolted to the side of the plate and the other side of the angle would be under the side plates. So the BB would sort of float on the edges. That way the They would trail the box blade by about 4' on each side. My thought is the BB would float on the long angle irons and not dig in when I didn't want it to.
Obviously I would have to take it easy and run it straight, no turning, so I wouldn't bend the side plates. The rear end of the angle irons would have to be bolted in place so they wouldn't bend in or out right away.
What do you think?
Chuck
Before I do to much fabrication in this heat, what do you guys think, pro and con, of me bolting two 5-6" angle irons 6' long, of which I have, and one on each side of the blade. They would be bolted to the side plates. One side of the angle would be bolted to the side of the plate and the other side of the angle would be under the side plates. So the BB would sort of float on the edges. That way the They would trail the box blade by about 4' on each side. My thought is the BB would float on the long angle irons and not dig in when I didn't want it to.
Obviously I would have to take it easy and run it straight, no turning, so I wouldn't bend the side plates. The rear end of the angle irons would have to be bolted in place so they wouldn't bend in or out right away.
What do you think?
Chuck
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