DIY Blade for te20

pcp20us · Jul 29, 2016

Hi All

I am looking for the easiest way to make a blade for the 3 pl on the tea20 for light use or even a front blade.
The blade will be used to move mulch around.

I have searched the web and found some helpful stuff

Currently looking at making a 3pl frame from 5 or 6 mm angle steel, or what ever i can get my hands on.

Something like this http://www.external_link.com/tsc/product/countyline-carry-all

For the blade i read that people use old water tanks for a curved blade. I think a flat blade so you can use it forwards and back would be the most universal.

Has anyone every done this and share their experience.

My other thinking is to make a blade to attach to the draw bar.

miner09 · Jul 29, 2016

Are there any used blades in you area? We can buy 3 point blades for around $100 or
less. I've added extensions to end of blade for light material.

Charles in Aus. · Jul 30, 2016

A light curved blade can be made from one third of a LPG bottle . The large ones used for trucks are almost five feet long . The difficulty is finding a hard steel edge to put onto it , without one it won't last a year . Flat blades are a pain , the soil just won't roll , it flies about everywhere you don't want it to go . If you do make one try to incorporate a tilt so that you can direct the material being moved to one side of the tractor . An offset so that the blade cuts past one rear wheel is also very useful .

Tony in Mass. · Jul 30, 2016

If you lot had worse weather, you'd get snow. Then there'd be snow plows, and worn out plow edges. Usually the price of scrap if not free. Solves that problem!!!! Find some bad weather!

pcp20us · Jul 31, 2016

Nothing that cheap around here in oz.

Not having a hard steel edge means it woll not last. HAd not thought about that.

And tony, While good news for people that live near snow I am in QLD, you know the place where she dont snow, especially dont snow, snow plows...

Think i might hang around to find an old one as a base to work with..

Charles in Aus. · Jul 31, 2016

A pragmatic attitude PCP

Sometimes it's just easier and more economical to get something already made . Unless you have a [u:42cf4c16ea]really[/u:42cf4c16ea] decent scrapyard close by I would think haunting the local clearing sales might be a better bet .

Tony in Mass. · Jul 31, 2016

yee, what horrible problems Queensland has eh Charles and PCP? No snow, no cold... no bikini tops.... yeah... if we all could have these sorts of problems... don't expect me to feel sorry for ya one bloody bit.....

Charles in Aus. · Jul 31, 2016

No need for me to go to Queensland Tony . If I don't want to see bikini tops I just go to the beach , a whole six minutes walk down the hill from home .

pcp20us · Aug 1, 2016

(quoted from post at 23:30:03 07/29/16) Are there any used blades in you area? We can buy 3 point blades for around $100 or
less. I've added extensions to end of blade for light material.

Man, Oh to have US prices... an old blade for $100 that would be gold, try 400 to $1000

pcp20us · Aug 1, 2016

(quoted from post at 08:53:56 08/01/16)
No need for me to go to Queensland Tony . If I don't want to see bikini tops I just go to the beach , a whole six minutes walk down the hill from home .

Blimey Charles the'd be chilly white pointers this time of the year

Charles in Aus. · Aug 1, 2016

More like blue nosed dolphin Pcp

I have to agree with you , the good men of the US seem to be blessed with the most reasonably priced implements and tractors .

Tony in Mass. · Aug 1, 2016

(quoted from post at 15:57:51 08/01/16)
More like blue nosed dolphin Pcp

I have to agree with you , the good men of the US seem to be blessed with the most reasonably priced implements and tractors .

I must share with you a few words of wisdom Charles....
"man does not live by cheap tractor prices alone"
6 minute walk??... fair go mate... sod the bloody scraper blade project......

DGinVT · Aug 1, 2016

Come here to Vermont. No cheap used tractors here. I saw a used beat up 8N Ford in Middlebury VT and the guy wanted $5000 - no coming down.

pcp20us · Aug 1, 2016

(quoted from post at 06:55:55 08/02/16) Come here to Vermont. No cheap used tractors here. I saw a used beat up 8N Ford in Middlebury VT and the guy wanted $5000 - no coming down.

tell him, he's dreaming !

Charles in Aus. · Aug 2, 2016

tell him, he's dreaming !

Yeah , right Dale !

pcp20us · Aug 2, 2016

There's nothing like a two stroke flat out....

Quotes from a classic aussie movie the castle, for those out there going what are these tools on about....

pcp20us · Aug 4, 2016

Was getting new brake pads for my fergie the other day... And was looking around the tractor yard and stumbled across two old rusty grader blades... The price seems right, albiet they are only 4 feet wide and would need a new cutting blade down the track if i need it for cutting.... The 4 feet is a bit of a concern but i could extended it if i get excited...

Charles in Aus. · Aug 4, 2016

Four feet wide is fine behind a Fergie , I have used both four and six foot wide blades and prefer the smaller . It is easier to pull and more nimble , the hydraulic lift sometimes struggles with heavy six footers .
The cutting edge on most blades is reversible .The bolts are always rusted solid and will need to be cut off but it is just a matter of flipping it around to use the unworn top edge .
Plough bolts can be hard to source in some sizes , I use fat countersunk Unbrakos as substitutes .

Tony in Mass. · Aug 4, 2016

Yeah, just like walkalong machines, 6 horse per foot is about right. But a 65 can barely do a 10 foot anything. I stick to 5 foot- whatevers too.
I was thinking small dozer blades, but yeah used road grader edges should be overkill- heavy equipment places should have a selection of bolts... but you lot don't have many equipment places to drive too... or even in the hemisphere....
that's what I mean about torches.. you could carefully heat and remove, reuse, some proper old bolts... jobs like that justify the expense......

pcp20us · Aug 4, 2016

The cutting edge on this old girl is welded on, so not taking that off. recon bolting or welding a new edge on top is the best option

Tony in Mass. · Aug 5, 2016

He's what you need to do. Paper and pencil... or crayon...
"dear Father Christmas.
I have been a good lit'l bloke all year so far. Can't get into trouble in these bloody wopwops if I bloody well wanted too.... so just drop me off a bloody oxy acetlene torch set... and a book of instructions on how to use the bloody things ya useless bloody ol sod!!!"
yours truly- signed with love-
PCP (the bloke, not the drug)

pcp20us · Aug 5, 2016

rrrrr Tony, what can i say.....

Just bought myself a new inverter welder, cheap but good Chinese quality..... so think the i ll have to nor the blade off with my teeth. I need jaws Mr bonds good mate, he likes to eat metal

Tony in Mass. · Aug 5, 2016

Inverter? Like AC/DC? as we say in the civilized world??? Then look for 'burn rods'... work like ol carbon arc torches, messy, no such thing as a straight line... top ends the machine's duty cycle...but usually the job gets done! Bob's yer uncle... nay bloody worries mate, yer nearly there...
But don't tell Father Christmas to bugger off just yet... gas torches are a good tool to have around.. I'm on my third set since I was a kid.... but.. some people say I am still a kid...

pcp20us · Aug 6, 2016

yep little 200 amp dc inverter, loos like nothing nut does the job so far, yeah learning about welding s was wondering if you could use an arc for cutting. I ll check out those rod.

So you can see the prices we pay in oz. this is what i bought, i was on sale.

https://www.tradetools.com/product-...200-amp-inverter-arc-welder-20-duty-cycle-mma.

I was going for the next level 200 amp light industrial for $328
but decided on this one, so far so good. I had to weld up a brake centraliser that had broken, that tested by beginner skills

Charles in Aus. · Aug 6, 2016

I don't have an oxy set either , the yearly rent on the bottles will send you broke let alone the cost of the gas .
A small disposable cylinder oxy/propane set is on my wish list .
Until then I use the old stick welder to heat things up . I take a 4mm rod , strip the flux off the last two inches and set the welder to low amps . I then ' stick ' the rod onto the offending bolt and wait till it is red hot . Works just as well as an oxy but with more precision .

By the way Tony , your attempts at ' Strine ' are bloody awful :lol:

pcp20us · Aug 6, 2016

Yeah charles i saw a small oxy setup at super cheap. That on a gas bottle could be the go,but it starts ending up with how many tools do you actual need....

Interesting how you cut with your arc welder. I assume this is an older ac buzz box, wonder if that would work with the new inverter welders. But good to here a stick welder can cut.

Recon tony want to be stralian... Ha tony can you drop your oxy setup around for me ta borrow.. cheers cobba

Charles in Aus. · Aug 6, 2016

The stick welder won't cut , it just heats bits up till they glow, I use it this way just to loosen rusted bolts . It is probably a bit hard on the old thing seeing that it is almost thirty four years old .

There is a carbon torch that you can make easily enough , plenty of short clips about them on Youtube , not sure of their capacity though .

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