Home-Built Front Blade For 5400 Deere Tractor
I made a front blade for my 5400 Deere tractor. I had a piece of 3/16-in. flat steel that measured 7 to 8 ft. long and 20 in. wide. To reinforce it, I welded a 2 by 3-in. piece of channel iron to the top and bottom of the curve. I put a Caterpillar cutting edge on bottom and put runners on back for snow removal. I used 8 by 14-in. long square tubing for the pivot to angle the grade, with a 7/8-in. pin to hold the blade in place. John Deere quick couplers install on the 520 Deere loader to level the blade and we use the bucket tilt cylinder. It takes less than a minute to mount the blade.
Another idea I had was to put safety bars on the back of my loader bucket and pallet forks. I made them with heavy bar steel. Stops tip-backs, protecting the operator and the tractor. (John Faulkner, Rt. 1, Box 1338, Pounding Mill, Va. 24637)
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Home-Built Front Blade For 5400 Deere Tractor TRACTORS Loaders 24-6-35 I made a front blade for my 5400 Deere tractor. I had a piece of 3/16-in. flat steel that measured 7 to 8 ft. long and 20 in. wide. To reinforce it, I welded a 2 by 3-in. piece of channel iron to the top and bottom of the curve. I put a Caterpillar cutting edge on bottom and put runners on back for snow removal. I used 8 by 14-in. long square tubing for the pivot to angle the grade, with a 7/8-in. pin to hold the blade in place. John Deere quick couplers install on the 520 Deere loader to level the blade and we use the bucket tilt cylinder. It takes less than a minute to mount the blade.
Another idea I had was to put safety bars on the back of my loader bucket and pallet forks. I made them with heavy bar steel. Stops tip-backs, protecting the operator and the tractor. (John Faulkner, Rt. 1, Box 1338, Pounding Mill, Va. 24637)
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