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What size of a blade do I need for my mahindra 3316 tractor ? Would 6 ft be long enough ? What about a Hella are they a good blade ? Oh the questions .
There are MANY brands of good blades. I guess you are speaking of a rear blade?? For whatever you are planning to do with the blade - weight is your friend.
I have a Land Pride RB3596 - 96" wide, will angle, will tilt, will offset and weighs 565#. Its well constructed but not really that heavy. Heavy would be 850# or more. I do have a square concrete block(400#) that I can set & lock on this rear blade if I need the extra weight - which is very seldom.
I use this blade almost 100% for clearing snow off the driveway & yard.
The rear blade should be as wide as your rear tread width, at least. My rear tread is 80" - when pulled straight behind the tractor and only angled is will just cover the 80". However, I alway angle AND offset the blade and it this case it DOES NOT completely cover the 80". Its close enough and does a good job - so I'm happy with it. To completely cover the 80" tread width when angled and offset the blade would have to be 108" and I really don't want/need something that big.
Not familiar with the Hella brand and for whatever reason, when I Google "Hella", all I get is windshield wiper blades - ha,ha.
For a front blade for snow you want a little wider than your tires so it's just wide enough to cover your tracks when angled. I'm sure their are a few tricks to run a much wider blade. But for the typical home owner getting a blade that is too wide will just push you around on the machine. Front chains will help too.
If you find a used one that is a lot bigger I've seen lots of posts here where folks have cut the blade down.
How has the machine been treating you? I have the newer model number of that machine.