Piston
Elite Member
Last year (thanks to GreatWhiteHunter) I purchased a used box blade for a good price. It had barely any use on it but was faded and had some rust spots on it from sitting for years at a golf course.
I intend to have it sandblasted (or spot sandblasted?) and repaint it, however, before I do that there are a couple of things I'd like to do to it.
I'd like to add a hydraulic gauge wheel to it. I have a pretty good idea on what I want to do, I'm just having a tough idea figuring out how to attach my gauge wheel to my box blade, and I'm hoping you guys can help.
What I'd like to do:
I have a spare 3pt hitch frame off a light duty landscape rake, it is just the frame, not rake is attached to it. SO, I'd like to use this frame as my guage wheel frame, and simply attach a wheel to the end of it.
My problem with attachment:
I have an 18' trailer, a lot of times I take my tractor up to my land in NH and I want to take both my box blade, and my landscape rake, however there isn't enough room on my tractor. Soooooo, what I'd like to be able to do, is also use the 'attachment point' on my box blade (normally for the guage wheel) and be able to attach my landscape rake to the box blade, and flip it up so it is 90 and straight up in the air, I could then strap it secure, this way I could trailer the tractor, with box blade on the back, and landscape rake 'piggy backed' to the box blade.
Therefor, I can't just come up with a simple method to attach the guage wheel, because I need it to be universal and able to disconnect the guage wheel frame, and attach another standard cat 1 3pt hitch implement.
I was also thinking that if it worked out well enough, I could possibly use my box blade AND landscape rake at the same time? It probably won't work but it's in my head and I have to try it to see how stupid of an idea I had :laughing:
Does anyone have any good ideas for attaching a 3pt hitch frame to a box blade? I have the top link portion of it all figured out, it's the two bottom attachment points that are difficult, the reason is because they have to be able to move out of the way, slide the 3pt hitch implement in place, and then move them in to secure the pins on the implement, and somehow keep the whole thing rigid.
I'll post pics tomorrow that may help give a visual when I get to the other computer (where my pics are) :thumbsup:
I intend to have it sandblasted (or spot sandblasted?) and repaint it, however, before I do that there are a couple of things I'd like to do to it.
I'd like to add a hydraulic gauge wheel to it. I have a pretty good idea on what I want to do, I'm just having a tough idea figuring out how to attach my gauge wheel to my box blade, and I'm hoping you guys can help.
What I'd like to do:
I have a spare 3pt hitch frame off a light duty landscape rake, it is just the frame, not rake is attached to it. SO, I'd like to use this frame as my guage wheel frame, and simply attach a wheel to the end of it.
My problem with attachment:
I have an 18' trailer, a lot of times I take my tractor up to my land in NH and I want to take both my box blade, and my landscape rake, however there isn't enough room on my tractor. Soooooo, what I'd like to be able to do, is also use the 'attachment point' on my box blade (normally for the guage wheel) and be able to attach my landscape rake to the box blade, and flip it up so it is 90 and straight up in the air, I could then strap it secure, this way I could trailer the tractor, with box blade on the back, and landscape rake 'piggy backed' to the box blade.
Therefor, I can't just come up with a simple method to attach the guage wheel, because I need it to be universal and able to disconnect the guage wheel frame, and attach another standard cat 1 3pt hitch implement.
I was also thinking that if it worked out well enough, I could possibly use my box blade AND landscape rake at the same time? It probably won't work but it's in my head and I have to try it to see how stupid of an idea I had :laughing:
Does anyone have any good ideas for attaching a 3pt hitch frame to a box blade? I have the top link portion of it all figured out, it's the two bottom attachment points that are difficult, the reason is because they have to be able to move out of the way, slide the 3pt hitch implement in place, and then move them in to secure the pins on the implement, and somehow keep the whole thing rigid.
I'll post pics tomorrow that may help give a visual when I get to the other computer (where my pics are) :thumbsup: