[AT] Need advice on 3pt Tractor

Fri Aug 17 05:41:37 PDT 2007

Thanks Bear.  Still not the one I've seen around here but it does the same 
job.  There was a little Allis grader on a sale here this past Feburary.  It 
had been completely replumbed with brand new hydraulic hose.  The mechanics 
looked solid and the sheet metal was fair.  The only thing it really needed 
was some tires.  It's a good thing I was low on funds or I would have been 
there late in the day bidding on it.  I don't know who bought it or what it 
sold for.

Charlie
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From: "Bill "Bear" Hood" <mmman at netscape.com>
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Subject: Re: [AT] Need advice on 3pt Tractor

> Charlie
> I have a Road Boss 7' model that I bought used at a sale.  It works good, 
> but it is not a motor grader (I owned Cat 12's in several series, the best 
> an old 12/814 T,serial # 314)  They show 2 models in their website and 
> mine is the heavier.  It works fine on soil, and gravel like caliche, but 
> for crushed gravel larger than 3/4" to 1" it will bunch up some.
> www.roadboss.org
>
> Another manuf is www.grademaster.com
>
> No direct knowledge, but looks well made and Texas State Parks have a few 
> of these.
>
> We built a HD version 10' wide for our tractor club to dress the track 
> after each pull.  It works good, but takes 85 or better HP to operate and 
> a good 3 pt lift.  It is welded out of 12" x 19# wide flange beam with 6" 
> boxed channel frame.  Never weighed it, but it is heavy.  But it really 
> dresses a track and fills holes for the packer in one pass.  Our show is 
> early Sept and I will try to get some pics to post.  Two of us cut and 
> welded about 6 hours to build it.
>
> I wish I could find a "cheep" Gallion 503 or little AC.
> Bear
>
> "Life should not be a journey to Heaven with the intention of arriving 
> safely in an attractive, well preserved body, but rather to skid in 
> sideways, champagne and strawberries in hand,,and screaming WOO HOO - What 
> a Ride!"
>
> --- chill8 at suddenlink.net wrote:
>
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Need advice on 3pt Tractor
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:50:35 -0400
>
> There is some sort of rig I've been seeing lately that I'd like to try but 
> I
> don't know what to call it.  I tried to find it on a web search with no
> luck.  It is a 3 pt mounted square frame maybe  6 feet square with small
> grader blades set at angles inside the frame.  It drags along the top of 
> the
> ground pulling dirt from side to side and leaving it level.  Anyone know
> what I'm talking about.
>
> Charlie
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>> My Landpride blade came with things that look like upside down mushrooms
>> that can be set behind the blade for depth control.  It was a lot cheaper
>> than a tail wheel, but not as good.  However, I can turn the blade around
>> and push backwards with them in place.  They work good for pushing snow
>> without getting as much gravel.  It is handy to put one on and leave the
>> other off when grading gravel off the sholders back onto the road.
>>
>> I know it's not antique, but I acquired a Kubota L3130 for something that
>> we could haul to worksites.  The MFWD and front end loader helps.  What
>> you can't get with a blade, you can with the loader.  (It had a Bush Hog
>> brand loader, looks heaver than the Kubota brand)
>>
>> A local Same dealer had a new crawler w/ 3 pt. a few years ago.  New
>> Holland also has them in their glossies, but I've never seen one locally.
>> The Same dealer is HIGH DOLLAR on everything he has, so I don't know what
>> a reasonable price might have been.  I asked because it had a blade, I
>> think was about 70 hp, and would be a good bush hog tractor on my thorn
>> tree farm.  He had Hurliman (sp?) tractors also, one had something like 
>> 30
>> fwd speeds at about $1000 each...
>>
>> Len Rugen
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