Now this is an attachement

[DaveNay]

I saw this on the way to work this morning, and I just had to stop and take a couple pictures.

Dave

 

[DaveNay]

Another one...

Dave

 

[DaveNay]

And a third.

This is at a sod farm that owns several thousand (perhaps tens of thousands /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif) acres in the the area.

Dave

 

[Bob_Skurka]

I have to think that the 2 tractor operators must be in constant radio communication to keep that blade(?) in proper alignment!!!

 

[MicroPilot]

Is the blade just attached to the tractors with chains? What keeps the blade from falling over?

 

[DaveNay]

I would say weight....it appeared to be almost solid steel. At the minimum, it was heavy welded plate construction.

Or possibly, it is not attached yet, and they only have the safety chains hooked up at the moment. I never saw it in use /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif.

Dave

 

[bandit67]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Is the blade just attached to the tractors with chains? What keeps the blade from falling over? )</font>

Keeping the tractors going at least 30mph. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[DaveNay]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Keeping the tractors going at least 30mph. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>

Gaaaahhhh!!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I think that would be an extremely scarry sight!

Dave

 

[JayC]

That is a huge blade. If I were able to actually stand there and look, and then seeing all that land, even that blade would look small. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Do you remember what model those Cases were?

 

[DaveNay]

I believe they were 275's. This is an enlarged image of my original hi-res picture.

Actually....now that I look again, the left one looks like a 275, and the right one like a 325.

Here is the original image.

Dave

 

[Yankee]

"What keeps the blade from falling over? "

Given the length of the arms, probably simple leverage once the thing is moving.

 

[jpm]

Finally the answer to : What do i need to level my front / back /side lawn!!! :

 

[DaveNay]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Finally the answer to : What do i need to level my front / back /side lawn!!! : )</font>

....all at the same time.

Dave

 

[nomad]

Is it a made in France? French mfgs like to make large implements even if they are useless. Now, why so huge blade? Is it really necessary or is this only for a show?

 

[EquipmentJunkie]

I did a search on the words/phone number on the drawbar, the company is a specialty manufacturer from Saint Marcel, Quebec.

Sod producers will often use very specialized machinery...sometimes one-of-a-kind. They looking for FLAT fields in order to make their turf harvesters work well. Many times sod farmers will construct their own machinery to accomplish their needs. You know the saying...necessity is the mother of invention. I know of a sod farmer from Rhode Island that will put used, NASCAR tires on some of his towed equipment to lower the ground pressure to make them "float" over the turf.

My guess is that this sod farmer is not on an ego trip, but rather saw this as a way of flattening his fields for the least amount of money. He figures that he can buy the scraper, cost-effectively, without spending $20,000+ to automate another machine half-the-width with laser contols.

 

[ZJ_HR]

Maybe this home made field leveling blade is not that unusefull? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Even attached on Pronar, Polish made Belarus based tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Tractors4u]

If you look closely that appears to be made from rail road track rail.

 

[Smithla]

ZJ,

I believe this is the first time I have ever seen a tractor with front fenders, and mud flaps..........very interesting.

Thanks, Les

 

[jinman]

Dave, I like the drawbar setup on the tractor to the right. It looks like the center section of a spray boom or something similar. Could you tell what it was? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[ZJ_HR]

Yes, it is made from heavy (65kg/m) train rail. Working width is 3m (10' approx.). It is used like harrow for leveling sand soil field.