JackDWaller
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2011
- Messages
- 65
- Tractor
- john deere 2320
Hello all,
Having overspent by at least 200% in acquiring my JD 2320, mower and FEL, any additions will have to be DIY. I'm handy and have the basic tools including welding skills so I'm excited about getting started. So although a tractor snow blower would be nice I'll be using my walk behind.
However, I'd like to makes some use of the tractor so I'm pondering a blade. A friend with a larger tractor has a FEL and a rear blade and he feels both are useful. In that case the blade would go on the rear using my iMatch and since I have a bad neck it would have to be a pull type. Anyone strongly in favor of a front blade?
Can those of you that have had an interest and followed various posts point me to what you consider the best ideas and are there so definite do's and don'ts. I do not have any extra hydraulics at the moment.
For starters I have a curved grader blade that is about 5/8 thick, 7' wide and 7 1/2 inches tall that I thought I'd use - probably cut down to 6'. I have 1/8 x6" flat steel and other widths that I figured I could weld to make a full blade - how tall, and what curvature? I would beef up the center mount region.
From browsing TBN, I've seen references to the need for a spring loaded mount to absorb shock??
Is it desirable to incorporate some kind of tilt, perhaps spring loaded to 0 degrees?
To allow angling that could be converted to hydraulic I thought I'd design for a rigid arm about the length of a cylinder and arrange for it to be adjustably pinned.
I'll stop there because you get the idea of where I'm going with this and I need ideas and advice before even deciding on the details. There is a lot of collective wisdom here and years of experience that I'm hoping to draw from.
Thanks in advance for any and all pointers.
Jack
Having overspent by at least 200% in acquiring my JD 2320, mower and FEL, any additions will have to be DIY. I'm handy and have the basic tools including welding skills so I'm excited about getting started. So although a tractor snow blower would be nice I'll be using my walk behind.
However, I'd like to makes some use of the tractor so I'm pondering a blade. A friend with a larger tractor has a FEL and a rear blade and he feels both are useful. In that case the blade would go on the rear using my iMatch and since I have a bad neck it would have to be a pull type. Anyone strongly in favor of a front blade?
Can those of you that have had an interest and followed various posts point me to what you consider the best ideas and are there so definite do's and don'ts. I do not have any extra hydraulics at the moment.
For starters I have a curved grader blade that is about 5/8 thick, 7' wide and 7 1/2 inches tall that I thought I'd use - probably cut down to 6'. I have 1/8 x6" flat steel and other widths that I figured I could weld to make a full blade - how tall, and what curvature? I would beef up the center mount region.
From browsing TBN, I've seen references to the need for a spring loaded mount to absorb shock??
Is it desirable to incorporate some kind of tilt, perhaps spring loaded to 0 degrees?
To allow angling that could be converted to hydraulic I thought I'd design for a rigid arm about the length of a cylinder and arrange for it to be adjustably pinned.
I'll stop there because you get the idea of where I'm going with this and I need ideas and advice before even deciding on the details. There is a lot of collective wisdom here and years of experience that I'm hoping to draw from.
Thanks in advance for any and all pointers.
Jack