Seeking 3 point rear blade advice

[shovelmike]

Thanks for the replies, it's a Ford blade. I'm fairly certain it would be too much blade in deep snow. It's not really deep here yet.... but it's working on it.

 

[tmcj]

I'm just curious...what model is your Mahindra? I have a 7' blade on my Max 26xl. The 3 pt has to be at just the right height for it to spin around and clear the tires but it will do it. I typically only use it in reverse using the rear side for plowing snow so it dosen't catch or drag up too much driveway stone.

I had ordered a 6' blade and when the dealer delivered my tractor they brought the 7' blade. Sometimes it is nice to have, sometimes it is almost too big for the tractor.

 

[tmcj]

By the way, sometimes when I spin mine it will catch on the 3 pt arms, but there is enough play in the angle adjustment to just pick up the opposite end and it will slide underneath it and continue spinning.

 

[shovelmike]

Tmcj: My tractor is a n eMax 22, during the snow we got a couple of e ago I got to try it out, and pushing with the back of the blade worked sufficiently. I could possibly rotate it with finessing the height and a bit of experimentation.
Failing that, it rotates easily on the TO 35.... provided the old 6 volt battery copes with the cold temperatures.

 

[Mancelona Man]

Try lowering the blade until it’s only a couple inches off the ground. At that point your lift arms will have the blade as far away from the rear tires as possible. Might just give you enough extra room to work with.

 

[oosik]

Strange - doesn't your blade have "swing/offset". Swing it to the left - rotate the blade past the right rear tire, swing it to the right - its past the left rear tire - your blade is reversed. I have an 8 foot Rhino heavy duty on my Kubota M6040. I can rotate the blade without swing - but it is a close call.

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