Rear Blade Adjustment Preferences

[jyoutz]

Nothing wrong with the Bison, other than cat 2 only for the size we have been talking about. The OP has a cat 1 tractor.
Didn't you have to do something for the Bison unit to fit your tractor?

No I have a cat 2 hitch. But Bison does also make cat 1 blades.

 

[devildog1]

Well you could always go with one of these. An RBT3584 would only be a little more $$$$.

Yep I agree 100%, LoL as that is the blade I've had for the last 4 years or so, It's a beast ,Heavy but it's just what I needed to plow snow up here in the Great Northeast winters.
DevilDog

 

[MtnViewRanch]

No I have a cat 2 hitch. But Bison does also make cat 1 blades.

But not with the features of your blade or as heavy. It seems like bison has cat 1 or cat 2, but no cat 1&2 units. None that I have ever found anyway.

 

[CobyRupert]

I find offset very handy for both snow plowing and ditch cleanup. There are a couple spots on my driveway where the edge drops off 10 to 15 feet. Offset allows the tractor to remain on the driveway and not slide over the edge.

A Cat 1 blade can be sleeved up to Cat 2. A Cat 2 blade would need new Cat 1 pins. Probably not the best idea.

Yes, having all 3 (angle, tilt, offset) is handy. So would a hydraulic top link arm. But how would you rank them if you could only get one or two hydraulic controls?

I’m not sure I’d ever want end plates on blade when moving snow. I guess that’s because I’d never push the blade driving backwards.
Seems like if the blade ever caught something solid going backwards it would either stop you or break instead of jumping over it.

 

[jyoutz]

But not with the features of your blade or as heavy. It seems like bison has cat 1 or cat 2, but no cat 1&2 units. None that I have ever found anyway.

I could be wrong but I don’t think any company makes a 1000# cat 1 blade.

 

[AaronD81]

So how big is too big? My tractor is 3,000lb bare weight with a FEL and 30hp. I'd like a 7 footer to get outside my turf tires when angled, and again I'm not planning on heavy scraping. Is a 500lb 84" blade ok?

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I could be wrong but I don’t think any company makes a 1000# cat 1 blade.

No, I believe you are correct on the weight, no cat straight 1 units at 1000lbs. But there are cat 1-2 units with Hydraulics for all 3 positions pushing 900lbs if not a bit more.

 

[CobyRupert]

So how big is too big? My tractor is 3,000lb bare weight with a FEL and 30hp. I'd like a 7 footer to get outside my turf tires when angled, and again I'm not planning on heavy scraping. Is a 500lb 84" blade ok?

Moving dirt, you can always take less dirt and more passes when the amount of dirt you’re moving is greater than traction, which is dependent on tractor’s weight.
With snow, I want to plow it all bare to the surface in one pass. I find this requires the most traction/weight.
I pull a 8’ blade with 4wd, rear chained R1 tires on tractor that is about 8000lb with FEL and loaded rear tires. When the blade fills with wet packed snow, you know you’re PULLing something. On some surfaces you want the snow to be rolling off the angled blade (sans end plates) so more doesn’t accumulate and stop you.
Backing up over what you just pulled behind you can be a challenge sometimes too.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

So how big is too big? My tractor is 3,000lb bare weight with a FEL and 30hp. I'd like a 7 footer to get outside my turf tires when angled, and again I'm not planning on heavy scraping. Is a 500lb 84" blade ok?

IMO, nothing under 700lbs. Do the lighter units work, sure or they would not be selling them for very long. But the heavier the better is basically the rule for anything that grades. As long as the tractor has the capabilities to raise the implement under a full load, you are good to go. People mention snow, is snow always light and fluffy, no. It gets hard and turns to ice. You need weight to break that up and move it.

The Land Pride RBT3584 is the perfect blade for your tractor IMO. I have recommended it for many of my customers with your size tractor, never had a complaint yet, other than why didn't I get this sooner?

Last suggestion, if you don't already have your tires loaded, get them loaded, all 4. I did that on my Mahindra 3215 HST, what a difference. Like a different-bigger tractor.

 

[LouNY]

I just finished plowing off 5" of heavy wet snow (forecast 1-2") .
I would hate to move snow without a hydraulic angle, I did for years and it was a royal pain.
I changed the angle on my blade at least 20 times while bladeing the driveway,
some of that is because it has an S turn in it.