Who Says You Can`t Put a Dozer Blade From a John Deere on to a Kubota BX23s

[BX23S-1]

Well, i was told i could never put a 54" John Deere dozer blade on my BX23s.
So here it is, all mounted and working flawlessly. It actually works faster than it ever did on the JD too!
The expensive part was buying the kubota 4 valve flat face manifold. Nobody could come up with single flat face couplers for me, so i had to buy the kubota manifold to make it all work.

This project was a WHOLE LOT cheaper than buying a kubota framework & blade. So i figured why waste a good working blade when i can fab it up on the kubota!
I bought an old JD frame from a buddy of mine, and cut the front of the plow frame off the JD frame. The rest is history! Making spacers, welding in some extra 3/8ths plating.
I made the hose bracket from a piece of flat stock, used a muffler clamp with some fuel hose to protect the hydraulic plow hoses so that it would keep the hoses in place but still move freely with the plow.

 

[mpham]

Nice. Let us know how it works.

 

[BX23S-1]

Nice. Let us know how it works.

Thank you!

So far i`ve pushed some gravel and dirt with it, works so very nice. I`m pretty confident that it`ll work great when the snow hits us in the NE. I think i`m going to add two more support brackets under the BX frame to the JD frame though. The JD frame sits below the BX main frame quite a bit, i`m afraid it may want to torque & twist itself under the BX frame if i push to much of a heavy (dirt) load with it. There is plenty of room to add two extra lower support brackets/braces. Its only going to help it be that much stronger. The biggest gain to this project was, i can still put the BX LA340 front end loader on the tractor and still use it without taking the JD dozer sub-frame off the tractor.

 

[nikerret]

Just stopped in to say, “Hi.”

 

[BX23S-1]

Just stopped in to say, “Hi.”

Hey buddie... glad to see ya!

 

[Thomas]

Like your way of thinking. :thumbsup:
Looking forward to some snow removal pics soon.

 

[chim]

Looks like it worked out very well. I enjoy seeing projects that adapt and use things that some people wouldn't think of.

One question though. Will the BX need to take anti-rejection drugs?

 

[deadhorse]

Nice Job, But it has to be painted Kubota Orange!

 

[zzvyb6]

I've been using this 8' plow setup for 20 years or more. Added a rubber scraper this year because of the 800' of new concrete in the driveway.

In high gear, the tractor isn't even warmed up by the time I'm done. 2 passes and lights out.

 

[Diggin It]

I'm still looking for the 'dozer' blade in this thread.