1996 - Volume #20, Issue #5, Page #35
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Front-Mounted Blade For Allis Chalmers C Tractor
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The 6 1/2-ft. blade is made out of 3/16-in. steel and fitted with a grader edge on bottom. I built loader arms out of 2 1/2-in. dia. pipe. The trick was arching the arms properly to clear the tractor's wide front axle. A 1 1/8-in. hydraulic cylinder raises and lowers a chain that supports the blade and is connected to the arms in the center of the tractor, which is equipped with a 5,000-lb. pump. The cab is 40 in. wide by 42 in. long by 50 in. high. The skin is sheet metal, bottom front panels are Plexiglas, side windows, which open and close, tempered glass and back window is tinted glass. It provides excellent visibility forward, backward and side-ways. It stays warm in winter, heated by the transmission. It detaches easily for summer operation by removing just four bolts from the tractor's fenders. I lift it on and off the tractor with a skid steer loader and chain attached to a bracket I mounted on top. (Ron Lansink, 306 5th St., Danbury, Iowa 51019; ph 712 883-2437 or 2394).
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