Hydraulically-Operated, 3-Pt. Mounted Blade

Hydraulically-Operated, 3-Pt. Mounted Blade MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers 30-6-10 "My 7-ft. medium duty King Kutter 3-pt. mounted blade worked fine until I upgraded to a bigger tractor. I didn't want to spend the money for a new 9-ft. heavy duty blade so I added 1 ft. to each side of the blade, making it 9 ft. wide. I also added a 2-in. hydraulic cylinder that lets me easily adjust blade direction from the tractor seat," says Doug Kramer, Elroy, Wis. The welded-on 1-ft. extensions are made from 1/4-in. thick steel plate and are reinforced by strips of 4-in. channel iron. He welded a length of 3/8-in. thick steel plate onto the blade's spindle to make a bracket that supports the cylinder. "My only regret is that I didn't do this years ago," says Kramer. "I already had the cylinder and spent less than $50 to build it. A new 9-ft. blade would have cost about $1,500. "Whether I'm using the blade for snow or gravel, the blade extensions don't bend. I added the cylinder because I got tired of climbing off the tractor to manually change the blade direction. I had to make sure that I matched the stroke of the cylinder to the blade so I don't accidentally run the blade into one of the tractor tires." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Doug Kramer, S131 Overbrook Ave., Elroy, Wis. 53929 (ph 609 462-5632 or 609 890-5435).

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