Dirt Blade Modified For Easy Control

Dirt Blade Modified For Easy Control MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous Dale McLaen can adjust his dirt blade on-the go with the addition of a hydraulic cylinder Adding hydraulics was a simple fix for a vexing problem “Whenever I bladed the driveway I had to climb off the tractor and manually pivot the angle of the blade every time I reached the end of the road ” says McLaen “Plus the blade had only two settings to choose from not angled enough or too much of an angle ” McLaen welded a pivot point for the cylinder base on the 3-point mount for the blade He also welded mirror image brackets to either side of the pitch/angle pivot points on the blade This allows him to disconnect the hydraulic cylinder reverse the blade and still have hydraulic control “It took some measuring to figure out where the brackets should go ” says McLaen “I didn’t want the piston rod to run out of room when fully extended or bottomed out If you tell someone to only use 3/4 of a cylinder reach you might as well tell them nothing ” McLaen likes the option of using the 3-pt blade on his skid steer as well as on a tractor He welded a 3-pt quick-tach plate to a skid steer quick-tach loader plate making it easy to swap between the tractor and skid steer The quick-tach setup is nice but McLaen likes the hydraulic control even better “I’m always tweaking the blade angle to match the road or dirt or whatever ” he says “With the hydraulics I can easily adjust the angle of the blade as the amount of gravel and potholes change Once you have it you never want to be without it ” Contact:  FARM SHOW Followup Dale McLaen McLaen’s Service 13756 Hwy 11 Rutland N Dak 58067 ph 701 724-6232; mclaen@drtel net

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