[AT] Front quick attach snow blade

[Greg Hass]

I'm a little late on this, but both my brother and the guy that owns the 
local coffee shop have one.  The one my brother has can off a 1 ton 
truck. He bought it cheap as it came with no mounting frame. He welded a 
quick attach plate to the frame and bought new angle cylinders as the 
old ones were junk. It is amazing how far ahead the blade must be to 
clear the tires when angled, which he can do from the cab. He has it on 
what is considered a ih compact even though it has 70 engine horse. It 
is amazing the amount of snow he can push. It has either 4 or 6 big 
springs which allow the blade to tip forward it the snow is too hard or 
he hits something. He has front wheel drive and has had no trouble with 
the loader frame. He loves it because he has a bad back and turning 
around is not a good option for him. The guy with the coffee shop has 
the exact same setup except that his blade was on a half ton pick-up and 
his ih compact is  35 horse. He has used his for 5 years with no 
problem. I think most problems have to do with the operators and how 
they use equipment. I have seen people use things for over 10 years  and 
have no problem, but have seen others with the same type of equipment 
smash it completely in a couple of years. This past spring we were 
looking at used combines in a local dealers lot. Two or three looked 
pretty good but one was quite cheap. As I told my brother, it looked 
like they backed it into a tree and then rammed the front with a payloader.
            Greg Hass