Grading BX mid-mount Grader blade

[brinet]

IF this were available, how many people would be interested? What if the mounting device allowed other mid-operable implements to be interchanged for the blade? ex. power rake?

 

[beenthere]

I think I am way too spoiled by the quick hitch 3pt attachments, such that getting attachments under and out from under the belly of my tractor would be a pain where I sit.

But, over the years, I have thought that a grader blade underneath (like a real grader) would be the cat's pj's. However, there would have to be a lot more room to do anything with it. Maybe the hi mount tractors would work best. Then, a longer wheel base would work better, and more degrees of freedom to move the blade. Pretty soon, wahlah, we have a real grader. Sorry to have rambled on a bit.
Your thoughts were good and it will be interesting to learn what others think.

 

[frank_f15]

SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY but would be a pain to get on and off, don't think i would go for it.

 

[thcri]

Is this what your looking for.

 

[brinet]

Kinda, but much less elegant and much smaller scale. I was thinking of using the loader control for up/down and tilt. Blade angle would be manual like many rear blades are. The controls in that picture make me dizzy! Even if ALL the controls were manual, it would make a really neat toy, uh tool.

I think I have a design that would be super easy to mount and reasonably inexpensive.

I have thought of a million applications (well maybe not quite that many) for such a blade. Cart paths, trails, finish grading, just to name a few.

Thanks for the picture. I have seen this blade before. However, their web site has no information on this product. I must be looking in the wrong place! Do they still make this product?

 

[shoppintractors]

Look in the photo section. Search under 'grouserproducts'. They have several pictures posted but nothing as small as a BX.

Don

 

[GrouserProducts]

Grouser currently is not making a belly blade for the BX tractors. We do get calls about putting our belly blade on the smaller compact tractors. One thing that we do not promote yet is the blade itself is on a quick attach system. The reason for the quick attch is to put other attachments on as a mid-mount. (scarfires, rakes, brooms......) Once we get the other attachments designed and the kinks worked out we will be promoting this feature more. The photo here does show what the system looks like when the blade is unhooked. grouser@grouser.com , Grouser Web Page

 

[RobertN]

They were somewhat popular on old Farmalls. You could get a belly blade on an "A" or a Cub.

Seems to me it would be the cat's meow. But, a Farmall "A" has a lot more clearance than the relatively low sitting CUTS of today(I have the Famrall A, but no belly blade /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif yet...)

 

[davcog]

Poking around and found this old thread. Anyone know if Grouser now make the mid mount grader blade to fit a BX 23?

 

[94BULLITT]

Here are some for a B and M.

Neilo Kubota M7040 Tractor Grader in operation in restricted space - YouTube

 

[Artisan]

If anything is developed for the BX25 I would want to see it.

 

[thirdroc17]

Digging up an old thread again. I really wish I had one for my BX, the one on my old Wheel Horse worked so much better than anything mounted behind on the 3-point. I've been working on building one for a year now, but the BX is dang limited. I wanted a B-series, but was talked into the BX. One of the bigger mistakes of my life, and costly as well because of the limitations. My 40 year old Wheel Horse had many more attachments available, making it much more universally useful. But then, that can be said any 40 year old tractor, they were built to use, not to be fancy and purty.

 

[mikester]

I welded a cantilevered trailer axel on the back of my blade and put on golf cart tires. Gives you the same grader blade effect. The negative with belly mounting is you can’t raise the blade high enough to clear obstacles like you can on the 3ph...unless you have tons of clearance under your tractor.

 

[thirdroc17]

That is an option, but is also limited. Big, cumbersome, no down force, less maneuverable. I have a 6 way back blade, which works well at what it does. I thought about adding gauge wheels, but decided the drawbacks warranted a true grader blade. A grader blade works best for finish grading so no huge obstacles to get over, but there are some tight spaces in the drive. Having a grader blade in the past spoiled me I guess. :laughing:

I've tried a few different mounting designs, but ran into obstacles in the tractor itself, but just last night came across another idea that is worthy of looking into. Sooner or later, I'll have what I want, it just won't be as easy as it used to be with tractors of yore.