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Fxfymn
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- Joined
- Mar 8, 2008
- Messages
- 163
- Location
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Tractor
- Kubota L4060 HST, FEL; Kubota BX2660
I have used the same set up on the 3430 for over 10 years without an issue. I plow a mile long private road as well as most of the neighbor's driveways and of course my own. I grew up in MA and learned to plow with the storm instead of waiting for it to finish so I try not to push more than about 6 inches at a whack.
The set up is basically identical to what Meyers used for a couple of decades on their truck mounts. We would install a triangular shaped mount on the frame and then "hang" the blade mount from that. There was no other bracing running to the frame. It worked then and it works now.
I agree that having the blade hanging off of the end of the loader arms is hard on the tractor and the loader. You are putting a twisting load on the loader arms that they are not really designed for, especially when you run into a frozen pile of old snow. Being in NH I'm sure there are plenty of old plow trucks parked in driveways that are set up this way. Go check it out and it might give you an idea of how to mount the blade without using the loader.
The set up is basically identical to what Meyers used for a couple of decades on their truck mounts. We would install a triangular shaped mount on the frame and then "hang" the blade mount from that. There was no other bracing running to the frame. It worked then and it works now.
I agree that having the blade hanging off of the end of the loader arms is hard on the tractor and the loader. You are putting a twisting load on the loader arms that they are not really designed for, especially when you run into a frozen pile of old snow. Being in NH I'm sure there are plenty of old plow trucks parked in driveways that are set up this way. Go check it out and it might give you an idea of how to mount the blade without using the loader.