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

[Ralph Goff]

Karl
Up here dozer blades are very common and most farms have at least one. Farm
auctions are a good place to find them although the newer heavier blades are
not cheap to buy. The old lightweights like my Cancade are cheap to buy but
can be seriously damaged if they are installed on a big tractor and the
operator tries to push or lift more than the blade was ever designed to.
One of the strongest older blades that I have seen is the Leon, built right
here in Sask. I modified the push bar on one of these 7 footers last year to
fit on my 730 Case. I pushed a lot of trees and stones through the summer
and fall with no sign of breaking or bends. Of course theres only 57 hp
behind it.
My Cancades are light and I know I am pushing my luck with the 8 foot I have
installed on a 108 hp 2090 Case. But so far, so good. I mostly use it for
snow now. I found out some years ago that the frame would twist when I tried
to push trees down with 108 hp and maybe 16,000 pounds of tractor behind it.
My front end loader on the Massey is also a light Cancade, re-inforced and
welded many times over the years by previous owners. I find this Super 90 MF
to be light in the back and easily runs out of traction in ice or snow so I
rarely use it for that purpose.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Weather ramble-Plow vs. bucket


> 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. >>
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