SirFallalot
Member
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2021
- Messages
- 36
- Tractor
- Hinomoto C144
Hey all,
I built a small angle iron frame to put a toolbox/bag on top of the weights, but after I was done with it, I realized what I really wanted was a front dozer blade to push stuff or earth around after dump it or scarify. For this I'm not sure if it's best to build single purpose long chassis mounted arms to a blade, or if I might as well build a 3pt hitch, could be handy to put a dedicated weight bar, or pick up....stuff, we don't need to justify ourselves to build stuff right?!.
I've spent some time searching around and found a couple "templates" to follow, but I'm unsure about two things, design/position of the 3pt arms, and size of the metal to use. Here's some examples of the two "designs" I'm a bit torn between.
Style 1:
Advantages:These are the most simple I guess the whole thing is mounted to the bumper plate, the lower arms are parallel with the bumper/3pt. I think this probably gives more travel because the cylinder is closer to the pivot.
Drawbacks: is it too much for the front bumper? Is it too high for the blade?
Style 2:
Advantages: The arms on these are mounter back in the frame, I figure this gives them more resistance to twist and allows the tractor to better apply forward force? Looks like it might distribute the load better. Although maybe the top one could also have a brace running back to the frame, it'd just no be the movable arm.
These are also closer to the ground, looks like it's more appropriate to mount the blade, also looks like adding tilt might be easier, it's halfway to a loader I guess
Drawbacks: I think this would probably be a dedicated mount, since it's so close to the floor, not sure if it'd work with other things. Construction might be more complicated? he frame is quite narrower so there's got to be some spacing. Also looks like it's got very limited vertical movement.
This is the tractor in question, it's not my own as I'm not close to it right now.
I built a small angle iron frame to put a toolbox/bag on top of the weights, but after I was done with it, I realized what I really wanted was a front dozer blade to push stuff or earth around after dump it or scarify. For this I'm not sure if it's best to build single purpose long chassis mounted arms to a blade, or if I might as well build a 3pt hitch, could be handy to put a dedicated weight bar, or pick up....stuff, we don't need to justify ourselves to build stuff right?!.
I've spent some time searching around and found a couple "templates" to follow, but I'm unsure about two things, design/position of the 3pt arms, and size of the metal to use. Here's some examples of the two "designs" I'm a bit torn between.
Style 1:
Advantages:These are the most simple I guess the whole thing is mounted to the bumper plate, the lower arms are parallel with the bumper/3pt. I think this probably gives more travel because the cylinder is closer to the pivot.
Drawbacks: is it too much for the front bumper? Is it too high for the blade?
Style 2:
Advantages: The arms on these are mounter back in the frame, I figure this gives them more resistance to twist and allows the tractor to better apply forward force? Looks like it might distribute the load better. Although maybe the top one could also have a brace running back to the frame, it'd just no be the movable arm.
These are also closer to the ground, looks like it's more appropriate to mount the blade, also looks like adding tilt might be easier, it's halfway to a loader I guess
Drawbacks: I think this would probably be a dedicated mount, since it's so close to the floor, not sure if it'd work with other things. Construction might be more complicated? he frame is quite narrower so there's got to be some spacing. Also looks like it's got very limited vertical movement.
This is the tractor in question, it's not my own as I'm not close to it right now.
