Front-Mount Dozer Blade

Front-Mount Dozer Blade TRACTORS Accessories 18-2-11 Harley Sponsler, Weldon, Iowa, mounted a dozer blade on the front of his Allis Chalmers tractor, using the frame from an old 1-ton Ford pickup to support it. The frame of the pickup runs from the blade back to the 3-pt. hitch. It's raised and lowered by two hydraulic cylinders that mount on the front two corners of the frame of the tractor. "I've used it for nearly 20 years to fill ditches, push snow, and even to push out small trees up to 18 ft. tall. Because you're pushing from the back of the tractor, it's got a lot of power and outstanding traction. If I need more traction, I just put a bale spear on back and hang a 6-ft. log from it. I've used the blade on 3 different tractors - an AC WD45, D-17, and an XT 190 - so I've had to change the mounting frame a few times," says Sponsler. He made the 7-ft. blade itself by cutting apart a junked county road grader. The front end of the pickup frame is at the back of the tractor, bolted to the draw-bar by a 1 1/4-in. bolt. Sponsler bolted a 3/8-in. thick steel plate to the frame where the motor mounts originally mounted. This plate is what bolts to the drawbar. He put cross bracing across the frame rails and added mounting brackets to at¡tach the blade. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Harley E. Sponsler, Rt. 1, Weldon, Iowa 50264 (ph 515 445-5130).

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