3pt hitch

[Looking4new]

How much wiggle room side to side is there on the three point hitch. My CK27 is 63" wide from outside tire to tire. I want to install a 6' BB. IF there is about 6" of wiggle room, then I can use the 6' er. Otherwise I will have to go to the 7.

 

[SPYDERLK]

On most tractors you can adjust the amount of movement allowed. You can also bias it to keep the implement a little to either side of center.
larry

 

[94BULLITT]

If you are 63" wide you will have 4.5" of over hang on each side. I had a 6' on my Bobcat. You would not want anything bigger. A real heavy 66'' would be best for a tractor this size. For a grading implement I don't like any sway on the 3PH.

 

[Looking4new]

The blade I am looking at weighs 344 lbs. I am thinking about a hunk of railway track (120 lbs/ft) 5' long and a piece of 1/2" plate steel on the opposite side for reinforcing. That should make it heavy enough for grading. Total weight should be about 7-800 lbs.

 

[94BULLITT]

You may destroy the box blade with that much additional weight.

 

[Looking4new]

It isn't a box blade. It is a scraper blade. Here's a link to it. I screwed up on the description.

http://farmfleet.com/assets/FarmFleet2014.pdf page 45

 

[94BULLITT]

It isn't a box blade. It is a scraper blade. Here's a link to it. I screwed up on the description.

http://farmfleet.com/assets/FarmFleet2014.pdf page 45

I believe that blade is to light duty for your tractor. You should be able to find a good heavy duty used blade (one in the 500lb range) for your tractor for that one costs new.

 

[Looking4new]

A heavy duty blade will cost me about $1750.oo and wont have the angle-ability of the medium duty one. I cant afford the higher price. But on the other hand I don't want to destroy the cheaper one in 1 year. The extra weight I'm adding is free (already paid for from another project), and will amount to about 700 lbs, which will bring the total weight up to about 1,000lbs. Should be more than enough to counter balance my loader and also grade my driveway.

 

[MotorSeven]

L4N, I build a lot of stuff too, but I decided to go with a real commercially built Grader blade and could not be happier....the thing is awesome and I have used the snot out of it. My steep driveway stays perfect unless we get a real bad frog chocking rain. Here is the thread:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/232491-any-grademaster-owners-here.html

I think you are going to have a hard time maintaining a crown, or getting it to bite and pull up rock to be redistributed with a homemade one. I used one for years, but a box blade does not do a good job on a driveway at all & I will never go back to one for that task.

 

[Looking4new]

It is not home made. It is a HOWSE blade. Just a medium duty one. http://farmfleet.com/assets/FarmFleet2014.pdf Page 45

 

[94BULLITT]

A heavy duty blade will cost me about $1750.oo and wont have the angle-ability of the medium duty one. I cant afford the higher price. But on the other hand I don't want to destroy the cheaper one in 1 year. The extra weight I'm adding is free (already paid for from another project), and will amount to about 700 lbs, which will bring the total weight up to about 1,000lbs. Should be more than enough to counter balance my loader and also grade my driveway.

You could find a HD used blade for $600-700.

 

[MotorSeven]

Sorry, your link give me 160 pages of Farm Fleet stuff....can you be more specific?

 

[94BULLITT]

It isn't a box blade. It is a scraper blade. Here's a link to it. I screwed up on the description.

http://farmfleet.com/assets/FarmFleet2014.pdf page 45

Sorry, your link give me 160 pages of Farm Fleet stuff....can you be more specific?

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[Looking4new]

Sorry, your link give me 160 pages of Farm Fleet stuff....can you be more specific?

Page 45

 

[Looking4new]

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Thanks, 94BULLITT

 

[MotorSeven]

Good grief...if it had been a snake............ thanks bullitt

Way too much money for a top mounted light weight scraper blade. If your purpose is grading a gravel driveway, look at Grademaster, Landpride, etc:
I have the U-7 (660lbs)and it was $1100 delivered:
Products

If I angle it down too much(I have top and tilt) it will bury itself in the middle of the driveway and stop my 40 horse tractor...the thing is tough.

 

[94BULLITT]

I think this is it on their website.

6' Heavy Grader Blade - Graders & Scrapers - Box Blades & Scrapers - Product Lines

Their website says it weighs 289lbs. The blade looks somewhat like a woods RB72. Howse does have their moldboard braced. I had a Woods RB72 on my Bobcat CT235 and it was not enough blade for that tractor. I was crazy how much that blade would flex just grading. In some ways this blade looks a hair better but I think I would still want a heavier duty blade. If you don't need a blade real bad look for a used blade.

 

[Looking4new]

I think this is it on their website.

6' Heavy Grader Blade - Graders & Scrapers - Box Blades & Scrapers - Product Lines

Their website says it weighs 289lbs. The blade looks somewhat like a woods RB72. Howse does have their moldboard braced. I had a Woods RB72 on my Bobcat CT235 and it was not enough blade for that tractor. I was crazy how much that blade would flex just grading. In some ways this blade looks a hair better but I think I would still want a heavier duty blade. If you don't need a blade real bad look for a used blade.

That is their light duty one. The one I am looking at has a 14" moldboard by 1/4" and a reversible 6" by 1/4" cutting edge.

 

[94BULLITT]

That is their light duty one. The one I am looking at has a 14" moldboard by 1/4" and a reversible 6" by 1/4" cutting edge.

I didn't see anything on their site like that maybe it is not on there. I think they have some of their specs messed up. The 6' blade that is painted green that is just like the one in the link weighs 344lbs.

 

[bcp]

I am thinking about a hunk of railway track (120 lbs/ft) 5' long and a piece of 1/2" plate steel on the opposite side for reinforcing. That should make it heavy enough for grading. Total weight should be about 7-800 lbs.

Rail isn't that heavy. Maybe it is about 120lbs/yard.

From:
Rail profile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Some common North American rail sizes include:

75 lb/yd (37.2 kg/m) (ASCE)
85 lb/yd (42.2 kg/m) (ASCE)
90 lb/yd (44.6 kg/m) (ARA)
100 lb/yd (49.6 kg/m) (AREA)
105 lb/yd (52.1 kg/m) New York Central Railroad
115 lb/yd (57.0 kg/m) (AREA)
119 lb/yd (59.0 kg/m) Colorado Fuel and Iron
127 lb/yd (63.0 kg/m) New York Central Railroad
132 lb/yd (65.5 kg/m) (AREA)
133 lb/yd (66.0 kg/m) (AREA)
136 lb/yd (67.5 kg/m) Colorado Fuel and Iron
140 lb/yd (69.4 kg/m) (AREA)
141 lb/yd (69.9 kg/m) (produced by Nippon (Japan))
155 lb/yd (76.9 kg/m) (no longer in production) Pennsylvania Railroad

or more detail:
RAIL SPECIFICATIONS

Bruce