I have a rear blade which I use behind my 8N ford. Would like to know of it is possible to dig a road bed down with a rear blade. Seems most people use a box blade. I'm not sure if my 8n has enough weight to make good use of a box blade. Was going to buy a small single shank subsoiler to loosed the material I want to dig down for a road
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Why don't you weigh the scraper blade down with plenty of weights. This is what I do every spring and it will work.
I use an old fly wheel eight that goes around the standing leg that supports the scraper when not in use. I have had good luck with this as it weighs about 100 pounds.
I use an old fly wheel eight that goes around the standing leg that supports the scraper when not in use. I have had good luck with this as it weighs about 100 pounds.
MARK ROBKE
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To loosen the soil for the blade,why not use a plow? The soil would be loosened to about the correct depth.Then weight your blade.It will take a long time however, because the 8n won't move much dirt at a time.Mark
I use my box blade more than my scraper blade,
You can tilt the box blade forward, the diggers will bust up road surface, I have much more control with the box blade,
I also have a yard rake, it does a good of leveling,
The subsoiler will bust the surface, may take many passes to get surface loosened up,
You can tilt the box blade forward, the diggers will bust up road surface, I have much more control with the box blade,
I also have a yard rake, it does a good of leveling,
The subsoiler will bust the surface, may take many passes to get surface loosened up,
showcrop
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(quoted from post at 13:57:43 04/17/17) DginVT
Weight is a good idea Want to lower access from the county road to our field so the tilt trailer doesn't drag. Thought that using our rototiller behind our 850 JD would help to loosen the soil.
This last post makes it sound like you are planning to work on the county road. If that is the case it is not a good idea. You need to add material to your driveway to ease the transition.
Traditional Farmer
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There are rear blades that will cut a road bed but none that an 8N could begin to handle.
Traditional Farmer, I certainly agree with You about the ability of our 8 N to handle a blade with ability to make a road bed.
We do have a 1951 TD international dozer with a blade that will definitely do the job. We would have to have the dozer hauled. Only choice where we have the property is to hire a 10 yard truck, driver, and 50,000 lb trailer which is way more than adequate and expensive. Person hauls mainly large equipment. TD 6 weighs about 10,000 lbs with winch,blade,and canopy. Too large for my
equipment trailer.We recently sold the 1948 TD 6 in the picture. Have an identical TD 6 which is a 1951 model
We do have a 1951 TD international dozer with a blade that will definitely do the job. We would have to have the dozer hauled. Only choice where we have the property is to hire a 10 yard truck, driver, and 50,000 lb trailer which is way more than adequate and expensive. Person hauls mainly large equipment. TD 6 weighs about 10,000 lbs with winch,blade,and canopy. Too large for my
equipment trailer.We recently sold the 1948 TD 6 in the picture. Have an identical TD 6 which is a 1951 model
Mark Robke,
Excellent idea about using a plow I have a single bottom 16 inch ferguson plow for the 8N. Some time ago I used the plow to loosen the soil then used the woods rototiller behind our 1984 850 John Deere to grind up the furrows. We have two pieces of property 15 miles apart. Farm equipment we have is kept at one place and the 6 acre place is where we cut wood for pleasure. One of our tractors is a IHC TD6 dozer with a blade. I am unable to haul this tractor with my trailer. Want to use equipment I am able to haul myself to avoid expense of having the TD 6 hauled $175 each way.
Excellent idea about using a plow I have a single bottom 16 inch ferguson plow for the 8N. Some time ago I used the plow to loosen the soil then used the woods rototiller behind our 1984 850 John Deere to grind up the furrows. We have two pieces of property 15 miles apart. Farm equipment we have is kept at one place and the 6 acre place is where we cut wood for pleasure. One of our tractors is a IHC TD6 dozer with a blade. I am unable to haul this tractor with my trailer. Want to use equipment I am able to haul myself to avoid expense of having the TD 6 hauled $175 each way.
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