Getting the lift height for a blade

[taborekle]

Hi all,

I have a Kubota B2920 with the Land Pride Easyhitch system and a Land Pride cat 1 blade. I've found that when I am carrying the blade, either with our without the Easyhitch, that I only have about 4 inches of clearance between the bottom of the blade and ground, and that's with full lift on the cat 1. I unintentionally ground out anytime that the front starts to climb a small mound or rise.

Looking at this and my other implements, I can see that it's because the blade hangs down under the lift arm hookup points.

There's no adjustment that I can see that I can make to get more height for the blade. Does anyone else have a similiar problem and a solution?

Thanks in advance,

Larry

 

[mwb]

I stole a picture off of the LP web site for this image... can you just drill some new lower holes for the top link and then weld a heavy piece of angle on each side for lower lift pins? The angle iron would only be short pieces (~4 inches long). Have you tried just shortening your toplink, you might gain a few inches doing that.
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[taborekle]

I stole a picture off of the LP web site for this image... can you just drill some new lower holes for the top link and then weld a heavy piece of angle on each side for lower lift pins? The angle iron would only be short pieces (~4 inches long). Have you tried just shortening your toplink, you might gain a few inches doing that.
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I thought about shorting the toplink, but that would have the un-desired effect of changing the blade angle when I -do- want to blade.

I think that you're idea about welding on new lower attachment points is the way to go. If I have the new attachment points even 2 inches lower on the blade, I'd almost double my ground clearance during transport.

thanks!

Larry

 

[MtnViewRanch]

This is a common problem with rear blades. If you were to install a hydraulic top link, you could then easily adjust your top link and get quite a bit more clearance for transport. Or you can do as suggested and add some metal so as to lower the attachment point. Or do both. Just be sure that your quick attach will still hook up before you weld. And as you most likely already know, it is better to have the pins captured.

Something else that you might consider, have you tried to change your side link hole location to the shortest location, that might help some. Or is that what you are saying in the full lift position?

 

[flusher]

Hi all,

I have a Kubota B2920 with the Land Pride Easyhitch system and a Land Pride cat 1 blade. I've found that when I am carrying the blade, either with our without the Easyhitch, that I only have about 4 inches of clearance between the bottom of the blade and ground, and that's with full lift on the cat 1. I unintentionally ground out anytime that the front starts to climb a small mound or rise.

Looking at this and my other implements, I can see that it's because the blade hangs down under the lift arm hookup points.

There's no adjustment that I can see that I can make to get more height for the blade. Does anyone else have a similiar problem and a solution?

Thanks in advance,

Larry

Use longer lower lift arms on your 3pt, which can lift 1356 lb at the pins of the arms you have now and 1058 lb 24" aft of the pins. Your EasyHitch and rear blade probably weigh less than 500 lb.

lower lift arm Page

 

[taborekle]

This is a common problem with rear blades. If you were to install a hydraulic top link, you could then easily adjust your top link and get quite a bit more clearance for transport. Or you can do as suggested and add some metal so as to lower the attachment point. Or do both. Just be sure that your quick attach will still hook up before you weld. And as you most likely already know, it is better to have the pins captured.

Something else that you might consider, have you tried to change your side link hole location to the shortest location, that might help some. Or is that what you are saying in the full lift position?

Yes I would try to ensure that when putting in lower lift points, that the ratio/measurements between the lower lift arm points was the same as the original lift arm points, just a few inches lower.

The poor clearance is even when the lift arms are fully raised in the full lift position.

Larry