Yanmar Manual Saved Me

[richriddle]

A used YFDH 276 Dozer Blade for sale in the Knoxville Craigslist looked complete but previous history told me to look for the manual. Sure enough, upon looking at the manual, all the mounting brackets were missing. I love those old manuals published by Yanmar. They save one's bacon.

 

[bmaverick]

A used YFDH 276 Dozer Blade for sale in the Knoxville Craigslist looked complete but previous history told me to look for the manual. Sure enough, upon looking at the manual, all the mounting brackets were missing. I love those old manuals published by Yanmar. They save one's bacon.

A complete one should look like this....

 

[richriddle]

The one for sale looks like this, and it has no more parts.

 

[bmaverick]

The one for sale looks like this, and it has no more parts.

From the looks of it, what is left, a Club Cadet could work it rather easily. Otherwise, not being complete it's worth less than half the price of being used.

There is more there in that image than the Yanmar GT14 blade I recently seen.

The blade is manually operated with levers and a single belt on a pulley.

Now, for your image of the YFDH 276 Dozer Blade missing parts, if you could hook it up, obtaining a linear actuator for under $280 with load impact ability and end-to-end travel stops would be a sweet setup. Just wire in a DTDP switch and it's good to lift and lower the plow.

 

[richriddle]

From the looks of it, what is left, a Club Cadet could work it rather easily. Otherwise, not being complete it's worth less than half the price of being used.

There is more there in that image than the Yanmar GT14 blade I recently seen.

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The blade is manually operated with levers and a single belt on a pulley.

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Now, for your image of the YFDH 276 Dozer Blade missing parts, if you could hook it up, obtaining a linear actuator for under $280 with load impact ability and end-to-end travel stops would be a sweet setup. Just wire in a DTDP switch and it's good to lift and lower the plow.

This may not be the same unit for the GT14, but here is a picture of the plow for the YM147D in the barn.