Grader blade guage wheels again

[Elsie71]

I thought I would post photos of the gauge wheels I put on my grader blade. These wheels came off my old Kubota rear mount mower. I also use them on my snowblower. Not perfect, but the blade sure works better with them. Eliminates the ups and downs as the front wheels go over bumps or in holes. They help keep the snowblower out of the stone as well. For light grading I use a chain in place of the third link for easier height control. PICS included. (Photos out of order)

 

[JB4310]

I have a terrible time when ever I get in the dirt with my rear blade, I might have to try some wheels, I knew when I got a rake it had to have wheels. The only easy time I have with the rear blade is on paved drive.
JB.

 

[bjr]

I get all wide eyed and want some guage wheels that I can switch between implements like back blade or box blade or rake. But just haven't had time to build them so what I've tried and seems to work on installing a new lawn seed bed is dragging the back blade backwards. It's kinda like back bladeing with the bucket in float postion on a FEL setup. I had to do a lot of passes but it did smooth things out a lot. Some of you guys might try this as it works real well in already broken up soil. bjr

 

[3RRL]

I made a set of guage wheels out of my rotary cutter rear wheels.
Actually I made them FOR my rotary cutter and wanted to have 2 wheels back there instead of one. Then I figured I could swap them over to my boxblade to spread lifts of material or to do some really good smoothing with it. I made receptacles for the implements all the same so I could switch them from implement to implement. I also made them with a hydraulic cylinder so I could set the height on the fly using one of the rear remote valves. I have receptacles for my wife's rake too, but haven't installed those yet.

 

[dirtworksequip]

3RRL, although I'm not a big fan of gauge wheels.......that is a nice, well thought out set up. Sincerely, Dirt

 

[MJPetersen]

Gauge wheels are a great help to get a great looking finish in a short time. I made mine for the RB that I made. I planned for the wheels at the beginning of the project and believe that they came out well. Rear blade with gauge wheelsl

It would not be too hard to make my wheels a quick attach, but right now I have no motivation as I have nothing else to put them on. The adjustment mechanism could be easily replaced with hydraulic if it were available.

Mike

 

[3RRL]

Mike,
I remember your thread and even commented in it about making yours quick attach and using the hydraulic cylinder instead of the mechanical adjustment.
You might as well do it if you have time.

3RRL, although I'm not a big fan of gauge wheels.......that is a nice, well thought out set up. Sincerely, Dirt

Thanks Dirt.
I happen to agree with you and I really don't use mine for general smoothing like I thought I would.
I get a very good finish without them. On the other hand, with that added weight on the boxblade with the wheels in the "up" position, it sure makes it a nice heavy implement.
But what I have used them for and they are great for is to set them when dragging a certain amount of material in lifts. Such as when I recently add 2" lifts of DG to a pad I'm building. It spreads the new material exactly what I set it for and it after several drags, it all comes out even. The reason I want to add the receptacles on my wife's rake is so she can lightly rake (skim) certain areas without digging in too deep from spot to spot in case she forgets to reposition the 3pt over bumps and swales.

 

[Egon]

Those are all very nice looking Gage wheels.

I'll not post a picture of mine!

 

[MJPetersen]

Mike,
I remember your thread and even commented in it about making yours quick attach and using the hydraulic cylinder instead of the mechanical adjustment.
You might as well do it if you have time.

Rob, I have thought several times about how I could make them QA but really I do not have a rear cutter, rake, or anything else that they might be used with. If I had somehting then for sure they would be. About the hyd I would really really like to do that, but I do not have any hyd on the tractor (beyond the 3 pt). I am already tired of climbing on and off the tractor for minor adjustments. I want to rectify that situation, but have not yet. Finances and free time holding me back on that. I have dreams of adding a loader this winter, but we will see.

Mike

 

[3RRL]

OK Mike, good luck with that.
I can see where if you don't need it it's senseless to do it.
I hope this Christmas will be a good one for you and you get what you want.