Is there a market for a belly mower and front blade to fit 4200 to 4400 Compact Tractors?

[foxman]

When I bought a new JD 4400 Compact tractor I foolishly included a 74 Front Blade, dozer type, and a 66" Commercial 60 Belly Mower. The blade has never been used and the mower only 20 or 30 hours at most. How can I find buyers for these rather unique attachments?

 

[Dwellonroof]

I'm sure someone will be interested. That stuff is hard to find in that good of condition

 

[rScotty]

That's not foolish, it sounds smart to me. I wish you were around here. I'd love to find a "used" front blade like that for snow.
But why don't you want to keep it?

 

[foxman]

never use it...I have a snow blower

 

[rScotty]

never use it...I have a snow blower

OK. It sounds like you know tractors and know what you want. I assume the front blade has Quick Attach (QA) of some kind. Is the QA a SSQA or the JD proprietary type? Sure is a nice looking blade.....
rScotty

 

[ruffdog]

OK. It sounds like you know tractors and know what you want. I assume the front blade has Quick Attach (QA) of some kind. Is the QA a SSQA or the JD proprietary type? Sure is a nice looking blade.....
rScotty

It is the type that mounts to the frame when the loader is not on the tractor.

 

[rScotty]

Oh, of course it is. That isn't common here & I've been curious how well one would work.

 

[foxman]

sorry, missed a couple posts. Yes, it mounts to the frame with typical quick-tatch mounts...just like a garden tractor blade or blower, but a bit larger pins. It would be a great little dozer, but is 4-way rather than 6-way blade. A crafty guy might make a belly blade of it, come to think of it. would have to mount at the rear rather than mid-point of a larger tractor...we adapted a JD 43 Center Blade (belly blade), which was for JD 110 through 214 models, to a 332 with full hydraulic control and it is the cat's meow for stone driveways...just like the county maintainer/road grader! you can't get a drive or road flat with a rear blade, of course...seldom have to buy stone! can't believe it's not still made for current tractors. so, here's an opportunity to make your own road grader. (patent not pending)

 

[knockknock332]

Is that front blade compatible with a 955?

 

[foxman]

It is bolt-on for 4200, 4300, 4400 and the following 10 series - 4210, 4310, 4410. It could be made to fit many other compact tractors, but I can't say what it would take. Basically, you would have to get the blade's four quick-attach mounting brackets (see the photo) onto a tractor and then it's just the four spring-loaded pins to install and remove the blade. It could be made to fit any brand tractor which has two selective control valves. (raise/lower and angle) As I wrote earlier I think m it would make a great belly blade for lane maintenance if fabricated to mount on a larger tractor such that the mounts would be towards the rear and the blade underneath where the mounts would be for a front blade. Anybody near enough to north-central Ohio want to give it a try?