MMH
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I need help picking a scrape blade size. The primary use will be snow removal although I will use it as a grader blade as well. I have a John Deere 4500 MFWD tractor. The tractor is 39 HP & w/the FEL weighs 4400 lbs. The rear tire track is adjustable ranging from 6' to 8' (from outside to outside of the tires). I normally have it set to 7'
I talked to a guy at Everything Attachments & he recommended a 7' blade saying that the 8' would be a little too big for my tractor. I am on the fence between 7' & 8'. For grading I would agree that 8' may be too big. The question is would it be inconvenient, or just plain not usable. On the other hand would 7' be too much of a pain for snow removal? With the blade angled it would really be 6' wide & I would have to offset to clear one of the tires. BTW, the specific blades that I am looking at is a Everything Attachments 6 way deluxe scrape blade for compact tractors for the 7' (weighing in at 342 lbs.) and the XTreme duty for the 8' (weighing in at 575 lbs.). Right now I am leaning towards the 7'.
Also, will I need chains? The tractor has R4 tires which are fairly worn. I am in western PA and have a significant slope (25%) on the driveway (which is 12' wide & 100 yds. long) that I would be plowing. If so, I was thinking about a duo-grip as I would also use for mud traction & not just snow removal off of asphalt.
I talked to a guy at Everything Attachments & he recommended a 7' blade saying that the 8' would be a little too big for my tractor. I am on the fence between 7' & 8'. For grading I would agree that 8' may be too big. The question is would it be inconvenient, or just plain not usable. On the other hand would 7' be too much of a pain for snow removal? With the blade angled it would really be 6' wide & I would have to offset to clear one of the tires. BTW, the specific blades that I am looking at is a Everything Attachments 6 way deluxe scrape blade for compact tractors for the 7' (weighing in at 342 lbs.) and the XTreme duty for the 8' (weighing in at 575 lbs.). Right now I am leaning towards the 7'.
Also, will I need chains? The tractor has R4 tires which are fairly worn. I am in western PA and have a significant slope (25%) on the driveway (which is 12' wide & 100 yds. long) that I would be plowing. If so, I was thinking about a duo-grip as I would also use for mud traction & not just snow removal off of asphalt.