Grading Front Blade Experiences

[kennyd]

sorry!!

You should be yelling at me!

 

[Nuru]

cerescobra, I think the front blade is one of the best attachments you can get for your tractor. You can move a lot of material with the front blade if it is loose. They really don't cut original ground all that well, although they will cut a couple of inches at a time. When used in conjunction with a roto tiller you can move quite a bit of dirt.
The front blades work well at the tasks you mentioned. Lanscaping, light road grading and snow removal. One thing to keep in mind is that the front blade mounts are not compatible with the loader mounts without modification. One advantage the front blade has over a 3pt implement is you can get down pressure to cut some dirt or scrape packed snow off a paved surface. The blade I have on my 3520 has plenty of angle capability and I've not felt that it didn't angle enough. I modified my loader mounts so that I can switch back and forth between my loader and blade in about 5 minutes.

Sincerely, Dirt

good job on the loader bracket mods. if i somehow go back to a frame mounted blade, i would like to do that same thing as you on it. I got the boom mounted blade and I am still learning how to not gouge the driveway with it. My dealer says I can put it in float but I am not so sure it is working.

 

[exiled]

Chuck, I dont know if this is even a consideration for you, but what I'm doing is buying a 7' 3pt scrapper blade. I'm going to mount pins on the back so I can detach it from the 3pt hitch and mount it to my FEL arms. I had 6 acres of hardwoods logged and I have a mess to clean up. Its hard to see around my bucket so I'm going to use the scrapper blade like a dozer blade just to push lose logs and limbs up into a pile. Then when I get done I can mount it back on the 3pt hitch and drag some dirt around. Its my plan it might not be for you. For $177 I think it'll work just fine.

 

[LBrown59]

Welcome to TBN Chuck

The front blade is a great snow-mover, and they are well suited for these tractors. Most will agree the only problem with them is that they are to narrow! JD seems to not want to make a 60" blade for the compacts even though they clearly have the power to use them...There are a few who have made "wings" to extend the blade with great success, and JD used to make x-tensions and may still...
The stock blade is 54", but when it's angled the 30*, it's only about 48" wide-just barley wider that the tractor depending with tires you get.

This seems odd out of them I have a 60'' front blade on my Kubota BX1500 and it handles that blade just fine.

 

[LBrown59]

Upfront Disclaimer: While I have a 2520 and a front blade, I haven't actually had it on the machine yet (not much snow this winter).

However, from what I've seen of it, it doesn't look hefty enough to do much grading with. If I were going to grade for a road, I would invest in a box blade, or at least a rear blade. I believe the three-point hitch is better suited to this type of work.

I would think it would still be able to push a lot of s
dirt and other stuff around though.

 

[LBrown59]

cerescobra, I think the front blade is one of the best attachments you can get for your tractor. You can move a lot of material with the front blade if it is loose. They really don't cut original ground all that well, although they will cut a couple of inches at a time.
When used in conjunction with a roto tiller you can move quite a bit of dirt.
The front blades work well at the tasks you mentioned. Lanscaping, light road grading and snow removal. One thing to keep in mind is that the front blade mounts are not compatible with the loader mounts without modification. One advantage the front blade has over a 3pt implement is you can get down pressure to cut some dirt or scrape packed snow off a paved surface. The blade I have on my 3520 has plenty of angle capability and I've not felt that it didn't angle enough.
I modified my loader mounts so that
I can switch back and forth between my loader and blade in about 5 minutes.

I have a BX1500 with a 60 inch front blade and a 48'' rear tiller.
This kind of set up will move a lot of dirt.
To help it out I also have a BX 23 with a FEL on the front and a BH on the back.
I can go back and forth between loader and blade work in about 5 seconds just by switching tractors.

 

[Nuru]

I would think it would still be able to push a lot of s
dirt and other stuff around though.

It should be at least as strong as the 54" blade I had on my 4100 and so your assumptions should be correct.

 

[Gizmo2]

cerescobra, I think the front blade is one of the best attachments you can get for your tractor. You can move a lot of material with the front blade if it is loose. They really don't cut original ground all that well, although they will cut a couple of inches at a time. When used in conjunction with a roto tiller you can move quite a bit of dirt.
The front blades work well at the tasks you mentioned. Lanscaping, light road grading and snow removal. One thing to keep in mind is that the front blade mounts are not compatible with the loader mounts without modification. One advantage the front blade has over a 3pt implement is you can get down pressure to cut some dirt or scrape packed snow off a paved surface. The blade I have on my 3520 has plenty of angle capability and I've not felt that it didn't angle enough. I modified my loader mounts so that I can switch back and forth between my loader and blade in about 5 minutes.

Sincerely, Dirt

Dirt, or anyone else.
It seems your blade has a belly piece the mounts behind the front axle and in front of the front axle.
Is this correct? The belly piece I made for my 650 mounted in the back to the draw bar mounting and was held up with mounting to the front of the tractor, somehow I need to convert this to the 2320. I am sure I cannot go all the way back to the back of the tractor but someplace behind the front axle would be fine. I am just not sold on the mounting of a blade to just the front of the tractor, I would rather be pushing from the midpoint vs the front. The steel in the front of the 2320 does not appear to be all that supportive of a heavy duty blade. Thinking about tying into the BH hanger brackets????

 

[kennyd]

Giz,
When I modified the #380 blade to fit my 4110-I used the brackets that the MMM hang on. The original mounting used brackets that replaced the loader supports.

 

[3RRL]

Dirt, or anyone else.
It seems your blade has a belly piece the mounts behind the front axle and in front of the front axle.
Is this correct? The belly piece I made for my 650 mounted in the back to the draw bar mounting and was held up with mounting to the front of the tractor, somehow I need to convert this to the 2320. I am sure I cannot go all the way back to the back of the tractor but someplace behind the front axle would be fine. I am just not sold on the mounting of a blade to just the front of the tractor, I would rather be pushing from the midpoint vs the front. The steel in the front of the 2320 does not appear to be all that supportive of a heavy duty blade. Thinking about tying into the BH hanger brackets????

Gizmo,
Are you talking about something like this?
This is an attachment made for my Kama that I was thinking about getting. Where they have the attachment points, it looks sturdy enough to do some dirt work with?
I don't know if it has side tilt or not though.