"Built From Scratch" Front-Mount Tractor Blade

"Built From Scratch" Front-Mount Tractor Blade TRACTORS Made-It-Myself 25-1-33 William Miller, Mansfield, Pa., built a 10-ft. snow blade that mounts on front of his Deere 3010 tractor. The blade hydraulically raises both up and down as well as from side to side. The 18-in. high, 5/8-in. thick blade was made from a piece of salvaged steel. It's connected to the tractor by a pair of 4-in. dia., heavy (3/8-in. wall) steel pipes that bolt to both sides of the rear axle and come together at the front of the tractor where they attach to the blade. The blade pivots on a 2-in. dia. kingpin. The 8-in. hydraulic cylinder that raises or lowers the blade attaches to a steel bracket that bolts on in place of the tractor's front weights. The top part of the bracket supports a 1-ft. long hinged steel piece which is connected to a 3/8-in. dia. steel cable. The cable attaches to the frame just behind the blade. Another 8-in. cylinder mounted horizontally on the steel pipe frame tilts the blade from side to side. "I didn't have to modify the tractor at all," says Miller. "I use it to grade my driveway and to clear away snow. It works like a bull dozer and will cut right through dirt and hard packed snow. The bottom of the blade is equipped with steel æshoes' that keep the blade about a half inch off the ground. The blade can be tilted up to 28 degrees from side to side. That's not quite as much as I'd like because I often have to go to the side of the driveway in order to dump off material. I kept the angle to 28 degrees because I was worried that a sharper angle might cause too much stress on the tractor's front end." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, William K Miller, 532 Aumick Rd., Mansfield, Pa. 16933 (ph 570 549-6001).

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