[AT] OT: Weather ramble-Plow vs. bucket

[HaliganBar at aol.com]

Ralph,

Not a bad idea. The owners manual and parts book for the MF200 loader shows a 
72" x 28" dozer blade as an option. It was pinned and could be angled right & 
left or locked straight. I'm sure I'd never find one but, I could probably 
fabricate one from an old snow plow. If my little 32hp MF202 can push a 6 foot 
blade then maybe one of your bigger tractors could handle an 8 footer. With dry 
snow I'll bet you would have no problems.

I remember there was a list member that had modified a 3-pt grader blade to 
mount to the loader arms on his tractor. This setup allowed the blade to be 
spun around to make back dragging much easier. It was a pretty neat setup.

Regards,
Karl

In a message dated 1/23/05 11:47:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
alfg at sasktel.net writes:

<< One idea I had in mind to try sometime was to adapt the 8 foot dozer blade
 so it would just attach onto the front end loader booms instead of the
 bucket. It would have the advantage of a much higher lift than the
 conventional dozer blade on the push bar which could make for some high snow
 piles. >>