Piston
Elite Member
The gauge wheel was handy before I broke it. It isn't built as sturdy as the rest of the backblade and both the wheel and fork it mounts to bent pretty easily going to deep into a dip and overloading it. Oops. :ashamed: The wheel can be replaced and the fork can be bent/welded for repair, but honestly once you get pretty good at using the 3pt height lever you can do just as well with out it, back up into tighter places and load onto a trailer much easier. Also zerks are covered by the bolt on portion of the gauge wheel frame. If you are doing a great big area like a parking lot it makes things easier, but on my place it is more of a hindrance.
Thanks for the info on the gauge wheel. I bought the skid shoes for my blade shortly after I got the blade, and those made a big difference, but I'd still like to try out gauge wheel for more of a "leveling" effect when going over varied terrain.
Nice grapple :thumbsup: