Self-Leveling Snow Blade For Skid Steer Loaders

Self-Leveling Snow Blade For Skid Steer Loaders TRACTORS Skid Steer Loaders 23-6-11 "The entire width of my self-leveling snow blade always stays in contact with the ground, even on uneven terrain. As far as I know there's nothing like it on the market," says Mike Dick, Humboldt, Iowa, who made an 8-ft. wide snow blade that quick-taches to his Bobcat 763 skid steer loader. The 26-in. high blade mounts on a sliding bracket made up of two steel plates. "It works somewhat like the sliding door on a gravity flow wagon where the door follows in grooves," says Dick. "However, on my bracket there's enough play in the grooves that if the loader wheels go over a bump both ends of the blade will stay down on the ground. There's no chance that one end of the blade will dig too far into the ground or come up off the ground. "The blade angles forward so that both ends are about 12 in. ahead of center. As a result snow is always funneled toward the middle of the blade. There are side plates on both ends of the blade which extend forward about 18 in. to help contain the snow and keep it from rolling away." The center part of the blade has a strip of expanded metal on top of it to keep the operator from slipping as he climbs into the cab. A hook welded on front of the blade can be used to pull the loader if it gets stuck or allow it to pull something. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mike Dick, M.D. Products, 1998 215th St., Humboldt, Iowa 50548 (ph 515 332-3550; fax 3770).

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