jmc
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- Jul 21, 2003
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- Tractor
- Ford 1920 4x4 (traded in on Kubota). Case 480F TLB w/4 in 1 bucket, 4x4. Gehl CTL60 tracked loader, Kubota L4330 GST
Well done, and I'm with Eddie on the stress distribution.
One thing I've encountered on a cat 1/ cat 2 combo grader blade is that the 3point hitch lower arm attachment points on the A frame were too high for my cat 1. You want the pivot axis to be plumb in the operating position so when you rotate the blade, it doesn't inadvertently tilt the blade too. Not much sense in having hydraulic rotation but then needing to get down and manually correct the sidelink if you don't have hydraulic tilt too. By the time my cat 1 3ph was high enough to make the axis plumb, there wasn't much further 3ph lift available to raise the implement very far. That was a Woods grade blade and they might want to keep everything high and out of the snow or dirt. Hope your rake design is better it that regard.
One thing I've encountered on a cat 1/ cat 2 combo grader blade is that the 3point hitch lower arm attachment points on the A frame were too high for my cat 1. You want the pivot axis to be plumb in the operating position so when you rotate the blade, it doesn't inadvertently tilt the blade too. Not much sense in having hydraulic rotation but then needing to get down and manually correct the sidelink if you don't have hydraulic tilt too. By the time my cat 1 3ph was high enough to make the axis plumb, there wasn't much further 3ph lift available to raise the implement very far. That was a Woods grade blade and they might want to keep everything high and out of the snow or dirt. Hope your rake design is better it that regard.