Snow Not the usual snow blade post/question

[jcmseven]

Greg,

I really think you should consider one of the boom mounted blades from John Deere to mount to the loader arms of your FEL. These work great. The 4210 can use one of these I believe, but you may wish to confirm mounting instructions with your dealer. If you wanted to keep the cost down, you could look for a used one, or if you bought new, you could for-go the hydraulic angling option and get a manual pin set up to save money. It is a superior way to remove snow to what you have now, and you can use it for other things, too. Perhaps you could check to see if JD offered any attachment promotions that you might consider. The other nice thing is that you do not lose your loader use. With a standard blade, you would have to put the loader back on, with this, just click the blade off and click the loader bucket on. When I had my setup, I could plow, and then click my bucket on to lift and move any piles I made. This took less than five minutes to do. It would be real cost $1000-1300 dollars if you have a wheeling dealer, but it would last the lifetime of the tractor, and if you traded, would probably fit up to the newer machine.

John M

 

[ttowne66]

jdgreg

For another option, have a look at the snow pushers (there are several brands). Doesn't windrow snow and looks like it will hold a lot. Here is a link to one. http://www.qualityweldingservice.com/snowpusher.htm

I will go this route next year. Happy hunting!

Tom

 

[jdgreg]

Curtis seemed to just come out with the same thing. I dont think my 4210 has enough beens for something like this. Seems to be great for maybe 35+ CUT, or a skid steer. Would also be perfect for parking lot cleanup.

Thanks

 

[Dutch445]

Greg,
Here's another manufacturer, that makes snowblades.
I have found that this company builds them to your
loader mount specs,, where Curtis sends the parts and
require them to be welded up. With Horst, it's pretty
much plug and play, possibly you may need to have
hoses made.
Do you have the 3rd SCV on your tractor?

Horst snowblades
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[jdgreg]

I've got a Fasse valve setup for my ATI bucket grapple, which should do nicely for power adjust on a front blade. I'll check them out.

Thanks

 

[LarryRB]

I have a Diamond brand power angle plow.,. Built tougher than Curtiss (which is made right up the street from me), and the Diamond costs less

 

[Havoctec]

greg

I built a blade to attach to my fel and I'm vyry happy with it. It is a seven foot blade and my 4310 handles it with no problem. I've used smaller blades and would not want anything smaller than the 7'. I think your 4210 would handle that size too. Especially on flat ground. I have a major incline on my drive.

 

[jdgreg]

Looks very nice. If you dont mind my asking what was the approx price?
Thanks

 

[kennyd]

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Well then, check out the on I built...
Part 1
Part 2

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[beenthere]

If you have the light-weight 420 FEL, I don't think (but I don't really know either) it is heavy enough to hang a blade on the loader frame. I would not see a problem if it is the stronger 430 FEL. I didn't want the extra length of the entire rig by hanging the snow blade out in front of the bucket or the FEL arms. I'd be very fearful of racking the FEL out of whack and bending something. I catch some pretty tough 'things' (objects, frozen snow/ice, unfrozen sod, rocks, etc) with my blade and something has to give or be strong enough to take the blow.
However, if it's happening, we don't get any mention of such damage to the FEL's on the forum, so maybe it's a fear that is unwarranted on my part. I do like the quick attach blade close to the front of the tractor though.