Grading wanted: mounting brackets for JD 390 blade

[BloomingtonMike]

I will get some better pictures of this for you.

I bought the hard line kit from deere for the 300CX and made it work on my 300X. It uses the 3rd valve in the ports in the rear of the tractor. ard lines down the loader to the plate and then hoses from the plate where the DSCV connects to teh rear of the tractor. New plate adds the 3rd set of connections so the loader can still be removed. The hoses go to the rear and plug in the 3rd valve ports so right hand valve control by the seat control these lines. I swap this with the hydraulic mower deck height control when needed.

 

[Deleted member 216442]

I found it inconvenient to not be able to quickly switch between the 390 front blade and 440 loader on my 1070. So I welded square tubes with locating ears on the rear 390 blade brackets to mimick the 440 loader brackets. I plugged the ends of the square tubes like the JD 440 brackets. It all works. I can drop the blade, and hook up to the loader forks in a few minutes during the winter when I am using it for snow plowing and to haul firewood logs on the forks. I also had a machinist make rear wheel spacers and got longer lug bolts so I could fit rear chains on the turf tires. I have ag tires but prefer the turfs with chains for working on steep hills in icy weather. In the summer I switch to the belly mower mounts and 440 loader brackets.