Front Mounting Rear Blade

[bones1]

Interesting attachment Thomas. Where did you get that?

 

[daTeacha]

Well, I finally got the center block back from the Career Center, where the students made it for me. It took a while, but I can't complain about the price -- it was free!

I had a smaller scale rig similar to the one Thomas posted a pic of, using my 1 meter (3 foot) blade from the Cadet mounted to the bucket of my Kubota. It worked well enough, but it was very far out in front of the tractor and difficult to control precisely. I broke a weld on it (one of my poor ones) by hitting a large rock and just remounted it on the Cadet. The main reason I moved it is that the Cadet has only a manual lift for the blade, and sitting on the tractor while trying to steer, run the hydro lever, and raise and lower the blade irritated my back problems and often required a third hand.

I hope to get a chance to do some more work on this project this weekend, and if so will post some pictures of the progress.

I am a little concerned about the relative rigidity of this thing. Is it possible to limit the downward motion of the loader arms but still let them float upward? If I can do that somehow, then angling the blade downward will permit it to simply slide over objects that it doesn't move aside.

 

[PineRidge]

Land Pride makes what you're looking for. Check this out.

 

[daTeacha]

I think you're on the wrong end of the tractor, unless that quick hitch connects up to the QA plates on the loader. Putting a quick hitch on the loader arms and then putting the 3 point blade on backwards would put my blade about 10 feet in front of the front tires, I think. That's too awkward for my driving abilities and manuevering space, plus it would make a really long lever arm hanging out there in front of the tractor, which might get interesting going down the hill, "dumping" or rolling back the loader, and so on.

:0 ! -- With the limited visibility I have at the foot of the drive, I might have the blade well into the road before I could see if someone was coming along in a car, too!

I'm going to remove the blade from the 3 point frame and hang it in my homemade frame at about the same distance from the front wheels as the back of the bucket normally is.

 

[Thomas]

Where did you get that?

Good Morning.
Home made...except the plow.

 

[daTeacha]

Nice work! Looks professional.

 

[daTeacha]

Okay, I got the part back again. This time, the hole matches up with the pivot on the blade so I hope to be getting back to it this weekend. This post is just to dredge up the thread so I can find it later. I'll post a pic or two as things move along, although the weather might keep me working in the house instead of welding out in the shop.

 

[ns_in_tex]

Now, I'm thinking a front snow blade is much nicer to use than a rear one,

If I had any snow, I would be caught trying to use mine. Has come in very handy at times.

 

[daTeacha]

That looks more useful than mine since it rides closer to the tractor. I used a 3 point carry all and made up the QA brackets from 3" channel steel. An earlier post suggested using a Quick Hitch, but I'm basically cheap and besides I think my blade would have been so far back or ahead of the loader arms it would have been a problem.

 

[ns_in_tex]

I think my blade would have been so far back or ahead of the loader arms it would have been a problem.

Actually, mine is made so it can be connected from either side, so if you want it to reach far out in front of the tractor, like to clean out the creek banks, I can just connect from the other side.