Power Trac PT425

[pajoube]

Re: Power Trac Rubber Blade Edge

Thanks Charlie, I have a 125 foot paved driveway that I was going to use the blade on. Is this a must to protect the surface?
Paul

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

Re: Power Trac Rubber Blade Edge

<font color=red>Is this a must to protect the surface?</font color=red>
I thought so, which is why I got the rubber edge as stock instead of waiting and hunting up the pieces. As it turned out, I only plowed one 2" snowfall. It certainly didn't hurt anything. I think that a steel blade edge will cut the blacktop pretty easily, particularly if an operator is as inexperienced at front blade handling as I am. The blade comes with gauge wheels, however, so a skillful operator can minimize edge contact.

 

[pajoube]

Re: Power Trac Rubber Blade Edge

With gauge wheels can you set the blade just above the surface in the float position?
Paul

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

Re: Power Trac Rubber Blade Edge

<font color=red>With gauge wheels can you set the blade just above the surface in the float position? </font color=red>
Paul :
I only have worked with it a little, but it does float on the gauge wheels, at whatever height you set with the curl.

 

[kcook]

Re: Power Trac Rubber Blade Edge

I think the gauge wheels are a big advantage, they come standard on Power Trac blades! That says alot about Power Trac!
KCook

 

[MossRoad]

Re: Power Trac Dreaming

The clearance between the inside wall of the turf tires and the frame of the unit on my PT425 is 1". I recall a conversation with PTRich about chains. <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tirechain.com/23X10.50X12.htm>He gave me this link for the proper size. It lists prices and they are pretty reasonable.</A>

If I ever decide that I need chains, I'll get them for all four tires, although I might consider getting really meaty tires and an extra set of rims for working in the woods.

 

[MossRoad]

Re: Power Trac Rubber Blade Edge

Paul,
I have the sonw blade with no rubber strip. On my paved driveway, it works pretty good. Cleans right down to the pavement. It does get hung up on cracks in the pavement or where the pavement meets the concrete sidewalk. I'm sure that over time, it might start chipping out the cracks.

Now I have all summer to consider a steel or rubber wear strip. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Re: Power Trac PT425 Bent The Pallet Forks!

OK. I went out behind the garage to pull out a 5 foot 3PT brush hog that had been sitting there for two years. I slipped the pallet forks under it and lifted it up and dragged it out along with all of the weeds and junk that had grown into it. When I lowered it down, I had a little trouble backing away. The brush hog kept following me. I finally got the forks out from under it and found that I had bent the right fork up about 4 inches!! /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

Now, I could see bending the forks DOWN if I had too much weight on them, but UP??? And just one of them?? The only thing that I can think of is that I was off center a little and the right fork got pinched between the cutter blade and the top of the frame and when I went to tilt it down, the hydraulics were just too powerful.

So, I got out the torch kit (I just had the gas filled two weeks ago) turned the forks upside down and heated it up where the bend was (about two inches out from the base). Then I proceeded to whack it about 6 times with an 8 pound sledge and it was back to normal. /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif

 

[pajoube]

Re: Power Trac PT425 Bent The Pallet Forks!

Seeing a bent fork on a new rig would have set me back, good to hear that it worked out ok.
Paul

 

[PTRich]

Re: Power Trac Dreaming

I have four chains on my machine. I have a very long hilly, gravel driveway and they work great. The chains sometimes barely touch, and yes they have nocked off a little paint. In the summer I will take them off and paint any scratches. I did have some logs in my bucket last week (well over 1,000 lbs) and a tire went flat. Then the tire chain realy rubbed. The metal on the tractor is so thick it only scratched the paint inside the tire.

PTRich