Rear Blade Rear Blade - Rotate around

[mattcage]

I am interested in how do you swing the blade on a rear blade, such as a woods rb72 around?

I understand that there is a pin to pull, but do you just swing the blade around and replace the pin? Do you have to lift the 3 point hitch up or unhook the implement from the tractor? Unhooking doesnt seem to be reasonable every time you want to switch from push to pull with the blade.

I have a JD 3720 with the quick hitch and don't know if there is enough distance to swing the blade around. I guess the question is how far back from the tractor is the blade?

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Thomas]

I don't have enough room to swing the blade w/out hiting tire on my Woods RB72...even try at 45 degree angle.

I drop stand leg on RB unhitch,pull pin rotate RB ,repin,rehitch,pull up RB stand leg and good to good..maybe 5mins to do..

Yes it would be nice to rotate 180 w/out rehitching..maybe cut and spice to lenghten frame??

 

[Harvey9]

Mattcage, pull the pin and try it, you'll know soon enough if you have room. Like Thomas said, you may have to unhook.

 

[MJPetersen]

I know that when I made mine that was a predetermined requirement that it be long enough so that I could reverse the blade. I use it all the time too right now plowing snow. It does require getting off the tractor unlike Larry's rake.

Mike

 

[Rusty]

Matt - I have a Woods RB72 on a Kubota B7500. I also have the Pat's Easy Change System. I can turn the blade completely around, however, I need to lift the blade to a certain height to do it. If I remember correctly, just off the ground works, whereas lifted higher and the blade hits the rear tires. The RB72 has a pin and a number of holes for the forward and reverse operation. You remove the pin, rotate the blade to the desired angle forward or reverse, reinstall the pin.

 

[TimPa]

my .02. you may gain space buy shortening the top link for your blade to spin.

 

[B8FISH]

I can tell you that the JD branded 6' blade on a 3320 with iMatch can be swung completely around with no problem.

 

[mattcage]

thanks for the replies. I haven't bought anything yet and am still looking for something in my price range but yet durable / buy it once implement.

Thanks,
Matt Hester

 

[Mike_Kanzer]

I have an RB84 on Kubota L3830 and I need to disconnect it to turn it around. I have the skid shoes on it and they work well on my gravel drive keeping the blade edge 1/2-1" above the surface. You can fine tune it by changing the angle of the blade to the ground with the top link. Turing it around is a pain though. I got a 7 foot blade so that even with it angled it is still wider than the width of the tractor.

 

[Baby Grand]

King Kutter KK PRB-84
7 foot blade. Has 7 forward and 5 reverse angle settings, plus it tilts left or right and has offset. 340 pounds. $500. Can swing it around 360 degrees without unhitching it from my Kubota L3240 (when it's not offset too much). Sometimes it hits my drawbar, but then I just do as TimPa suggested and shorten the top link. Great for snow and I've used it to grade tilled soil. I have yet to really work it in the dirt. It's somewhere between light and medium duty. Hope this helps.

-Jim