MtnViewRanch,
Thanks for the advice. I will have to baby it to keep from bending it. The specs on the blade rate it for 75 HP which is asking for trouble. Right now I just need the blade to move snow (if we ever get any this year down here). I think that you are right, I had better start saving up for a real heavy duty model. What also may motivate me to buy one is that this one is manual angle and climbing up and down each time to adjust the angle may push me over the edge.
One of the things that I looked for before I bought my new Land Pride RBT45108 blade was not only HP ratings, but weight ratings. I have no doubt that your blade is rated for 75HP, but is that 2 wheel drive, or 4x4? Some of the mfg are listing their stuff with HP ratings for 2WD.
My tractor is a prime example, factory weight is 7350lbs, add the FEL, another 2000lbs, add wheel weights of 860lbs, add fluid in the tires, another 1600lbs, a rear implement of over 1000lbs. Now I have a 75Hp tractor that weighs 12,810lbs, but I still have a 75HP tractor, do you think that an implement that is built for a 5500lb 75HP tractor is going to hold up?

"But the implement was built for your size HP tractor" the dealer will tell you when you take back the mangled piece of metal.

"We're sorry, but this implement has obviously been abused, we will not be able to help you out with this. But we can sell you another one!"
All this and you never even felt what happened because of the size of your tractor and the small size of the implement. I'm sure that your blade will be fine for snow, but I would pretty much forget about it for grading dirt. As you have said, hydraulic adjustments are the way to go anyway.
Start saving now, a rear blade that will hold up to your tractor and have hydraulics on it is going to run you over $4000 if you buy new.
Good luck with your new equipment, your tractor sure is nice.
