Taylortractornut
Elite Member
- Joined
- Mar 27, 2002
- Messages
- 2,909
- Location
- Iuka Mississippi USA
- Tractor
- 3550 Fard Backhoe and a 1948 Farmall Cub,
That 450 in the first photot has a tilt blade, look at the front and see the back of the blade with the little plates with the 3 bolts in it. Those are slide ways. thats whal holds the blade ends like a thrust bearing. The tilt should be in the ceneter horizontally behind the blade atthe top. I like this set up on a small dozer with a straght with a tilt. The 350 and 450 crawlers were both based on the industrial 350 and 400 tractors. They are a tough little tractor the forestry still uses one a 350 gas buerner and a 450 as backups with there fire fighting units and tree planting. Some stright blade 450's came whet out a tilt but had everything else but the cylinder. I put a junkyard cylinder on one once and undid tha blade loacks and put a lever on the extra controll valve. I think that tractor would be a bargain even if it had a straight blade only. Ive built many roads with a straight no tilt dozer and my dad has for nearly 50 years so the tilt is really just a conveinience.