Blade Question, opinions

RGR

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I have 48 8N and it has a 7ft blade behind it. I have used it for snow removal no problem, but would like to spin it 180 to push some snow in certain spots, it can't spin because it hits the tires. Questions, would a 6 ft blade clear the tires or does other factors come into play? I have used the back of the blade to do some pushing, but believe the blades are not made for that type of work and maybe problems in the future, plus it doesn't do that great of a job. Don't really want to buy new, not in the business of snow removal and trying to find a used one around here is like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack, thought about cutting 6 inches off each side, looked at it and it wouldn't bother the support of the blade, opinions, comments, good or bad.
Thanks
 
I had a 6 foot on my N and it would spin 180 to push backwards,I have also seen some blades with a angle iron welded on the back lower edge to help in pushing snow in reverse,it keeps the blade from going up over the snow.I would keep the 7 foot blade and weld a angle on the bottom if it was mine unless the tractor has a problem puling the 7 foot,it's always nice to have a little more width past the tires and the blade won't suffer from being used to push backwards,
 
I have a 7-foot blade that just clears the rear tires. I had to shorten up the top link to gain a skosh more room and still can only turn it with it just off the ground. Good enough as I don't spin it that often.
 
(quoted from post at 09:27:03 02/13/19) I have 48 8N and it has a 7ft blade behind it. I have used it for snow removal no problem, but would like to spin it 180 to push some snow in certain spots, it can't spin because it hits the tires. Questions, would a 6 ft blade clear the tires or does other factors come into play? I have used the back of the blade to do some pushing, but believe the blades are not made for that type of work and maybe problems in the future, plus it doesn't do that great of a job. Don't really want to buy new, not in the business of snow removal and trying to find a used one around here is like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack, thought about cutting 6 inches off each side, looked at it and it wouldn't bother the support of the blade, opinions, comments, good or bad.
Thanks

Of course you could disconnect, turn the top A frame around and take the tractor around to reconnect. :)

I would have thought as was said here, that shortening the top link ND raising it up would work.

My blade is adjustable from side to side so If I had a 7" I'd just have to slide it sideways to rotate it, but it's a wrestling job sliding it sideways without the heavy blade itself being held on the same vertical plane as the mounts.

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Jim WI has it right lift it just off the ground and adjust your top link if you need to, it will swing by. I like my 7 foot
because it's wider then the tires, I had a 6 foot one but let it go with my 2n.
 
I had to move about 10" of snow yesterday and was thinking about this.
My pal Kenny came by this afternoon so I had him shoot this video.
8' blade.
Shortening up the hydraulic top link I added makes reversing the blade such a simple thing.
Some of you don't like posting this stuff here but things like this are why I always suggest you don't overspend on an N and consider a Jubilee or newer Ford.
Click here
 

by "some of you," did u mean youtube? ;)

even my command line program won't touch it:

[youtube] PQOZTfdzpQk: Downloading webpage
[youtube] PQOZTfdzpQk: Downloading video info webpage
WARNING: Unable to extract video title
ERROR: This video is unavailable.
 
I have an 8' on mine. I push in reverse without turning it around. Don't use it in reverse that much anyway. Saves me for unhooking and swinging around.
 
(quoted from post at 16:41:44 02/13/19) I have an 8' on mine. I push in reverse without turning it around. Don't use it in reverse that much anyway. Saves me for unhooking and swinging around.

Question:

If I put a good set of chains (not ladder style) on the Jube, what are my chances of doing a half decent job pushing snow but without loaded tires or rear weights?

Thanks,
T
 
I don't think it gets real cold out where
you are does it?
Does your ground freeze and stay frozen?
If your ground doesn't freeze hard and I
had to choose either/or I would add
ballast.
There are many advantages to adding
ballast anyway.
The cheapest and easiest way is to fill
your rears with WWF.
Where chains really give advantage is on
hard frozen ground. Here we need both to
be effective.
 
(quoted from post at 20:08:36 02/13/19) I don't think it gets real cold out where
you are does it?
Does your ground freeze and stay frozen?
If your ground doesn't freeze hard and I
had to choose either/or I would add
ballast.
There are many advantages to adding
ballast anyway.
The cheapest and easiest way is to fill
your rears with WWF.
Where chains really give advantage is on
hard frozen ground. Here we need both to
be effective.

Now if I can just figure out how to fill the tires with the World Wildlife Funds. :D

We have had freezing conditions, off and on for two months, and consistently for the last four weeks.
mvphoto31376.jpg


Just woke the tractor up and even sat ans spun and had to rock it on a pitiful 1" of compressed(by the tractor) damp snow and turned into an ice slick. Like this little patch:
mvphoto31375.jpg


So definitely . . . good chains would solve this slippage, plus my tires need to have some air let out to make the lugs more horizontal to the ground. I was today going to try limiter chains on the blade to keep it a little suspended and with two big honking weight lifting weights that will sit nicely on the blade's A frame deck where they can't slide off because of a low surrounding wall.

but after the pitiful performance i just witnessed, all the Jube is getting out of me today is a warm up.:D

No big deal.
Thanks,
terry
 
An old video but she still works just fine:

https://youtu.be/TCBMihANTH4

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