Rear Blade Rear blade hydraulic angle kit

[radman1]

BX? Where do you see that Radman? It looks like he has a Kioti CK30 with a 6' rear blade.

For some reason, I thought he listed a BX. Losing my mind?

 

[MtnViewRanch]

For some reason, I thought he listed a BX. Losing my mind?

Well, what I have found is that the older I get, the more stuff I have floating around in the old noggin and the easier it is to get it jumbled up.

 

[DrewL]

That is an elaborate valve. I wouldn't need a valve such as that if all I want to do is angle the blade side to side correct? By the way, thank you for the pictures.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I think that you will need something similar. Go with the Kioti standard valve, that really is the best thing to do and the cleanest installation.

 

[JohninCT]

Yes it is helpful. what about a valve?

You said in your first post that you already have a rear remote for use with a backhoe. Why don't you just use that valve? All you need to get is a hydraulic cylinder with the proper stroke length, hoses to hook up to your remote outlets, and make the brackets to hook the cylinder to your blade and away you go

 

[nspec]

I was just thinking about doing the same thing. I was thinking mount one end of the cylinder to a bracket welded onto the main frame of the blade, but the other end would be attached to the yoke where the blade actually pivots with a removeable pin. This way you have full swivel capabilities with the blade facing forward, then you could pull the pin and rotate the blade to face rearwards, re-pin, and full swivel function facing rearward as well.

Any thoughts on that? Seems like it should be rather simple.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I was just thinking about doing the same thing. I was thinking mount one end of the cylinder to a bracket welded onto the main frame of the blade, but the other end would be attached to the yoke where the blade actually pivots with a removeable pin. This way you have full swivel capabilities with the blade facing forward, then you could pull the pin and rotate the blade to face rearwards, re-pin, and full swivel function facing rearward as well.

Any thoughts on that? Seems like it should be rather simple.

Here's a factory one. Most of the OEM blades with hydraulics do this.

 

[nspec]

Yeah, that's the idea. I just need to do it with mine. Weld on 1 bracket, then figure out how long a cylinder I need and what stroke it should have. One of these days...

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Yeah, that's the idea. I just need to do it with mine. Weld on 1 bracket, then figure out how long a cylinder I need and what stroke it should have. One of these days...

Most of the OEM hydraulic blades use 14" & 16" stroke cylinders. Usually 3 1/2" or 4" diameter. I think that the smaller blades use the 14 x 3 1/2 cylinder and the heavier blades use 16 x 4 cylinders.

 

[Chilly807]

I just finished mine. Seems to work quite well with the snow we've had recently. I had to redesign it mid-stream, the original configuration didn't pan out so good.
You need to attach both ends to something SOLID, or the blade will turn into a pretzel. Mine was bent when I got it, the previous owner found out the hard way.

I use the valve for the remote to power the angle cylinder, which is a 3 inch bore with 10 inches of stroke. You need to establish where you're going to mount the rod end, then pivot the blade through the rotation you want and measure the difference in length required at the rod mounting point. This will tell you what length cylinder you need. Take it from me, longer isn't better.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/welding/189597-adding-cylinder-mount-rear-blade.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/hydraulics/192127-cylinder-travel-limiter.html

Both threads are tied together, so get a coffee and get comfortable, this is what happens when amateurs muddle their way through things

Sean