Broken snowblade

[Dhottinger]

I have a 702b front blade on my 1910 ford. I ended up tripping it when i reached the bottom of a hill in the pasture. It broke the two bottom studs that the springs attach to. Looks like they are welded into the blade assembly. The only way i see to repair is to drill out what is there and manufacture something similiar. Has anyone had these break? I havent checked with the new holland dealer to see if this is an available part yet.

 

[Kernopelli]

Can't comment about knowledge of them breaking but looking at Messick's website, it appears that the parts are still available. New Holland Parts Lookup Online Catalog

 

[Dhottinger]

The part that broke isnt labeled with a part number. If you look at the drawing for the blade, its the part that the spring fits over (on the blade), it shows a cotter pin going through. Im wondering if Im not going to have to manufactor something to fix it. Thanks for pointing me to the site though.

 

[Kernopelli]

It looks like the studs would be pretty easy to fabricate. A better design would be to support the stud from both ends. If you can weld, I would try to fabricate and weld a bracket to the blade that supports the end of the stud, similar to the way pivot pin #15 is supported.

Messick's site is great. It links to the manufacturers parts website but allows you to see parts availability and prices. I also like how you can enlarge the diagrams by scrolling in/out on them for close up detail. They are really good people to deal with from my experience too.