Another home built accessory

[jusjeepn 59]

After building the 60" dozer blade I figured the wheel weights weren't going to be enough ballast on the rear. I decided to build a little ballast for the rear. I started by welding these up.

I scrounged around and found these old three point lower arms and these 6" clevis'.

the pieces I fabbed are to replace the top clamp of the o/e dozer bracket.

The three point arm goes here.

This is how it looks assembled.

The ballast tray will be stolen from my extra disc. I still need to complete the brackets to attach it to the arms. I will be using the existing holes in the tray so I won't be altering it in any way.

That's all I got done tonight while the paint was drying on the blade. I'll try to post completed pics Wed.

[kpinnc 10,732]

As I said about the blade work- Very nice, and smart design!

Kevin

[linen beige 14]

'at's slicker'n snot awn a doe-urknob!

That it can all be removed with no damage to the original parts is even better!

[jusjeepn 59]

Well I finished it today!

It weighs in at 47 pounds and so far has been able to hold 350 pounds! I don't think I'll run it with that weight (me and the wife), but I know it will hold up great! :hide:

[KyBlue 652]

Great Job!!! :omg:

[sorekiwi 761]

Good idea, and great job!

I have a tray similar to that as part of a plug aerator. This year instead of screwing around with cinder blocks, I strapped on 3x 5 gallon buckets (with lids!) and filled them with water. It worked really well, and you can vary the weight easily (as long as they're not frozen!!!). I still need to fab up a frame to strap them to better, but I think the concept worked

Else you could put a cooler full of beer back there trouble is it gets lighter as the day goes on....

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,040]

For my extra weight, I mount a metal rod through the draw hitch hole and add about 100 lbs of weight lifting plates then cover it with a canvas bag. It is simple and adds a lot of weight. Happy plowing ..

[jusjeepn 59]

Put some paint on it today!

Now waiting for sunday for the snow, Possible 3-5" :hide:

[fretscha 0]

Yes, that is a really good idea. I think i will build something like this too.

[JimD 3,345]

i made an apppointment with a patent attorney on monday. very cool idea, thanks for sharing it with us, and nice fab work!

[KyBlue 652]

Well its sunday... Ya' gettin any of the white powdery stuff fallin outside?

[jusjeepn 59]

Yeah Scott, got 3" today. It was really fine powder this morning but after a couple of hours and a pot of coffee, it started to melt. When I cleared the drive it was perfect snowman making weather. My drive is double lane wide about 75 yards long and widens at the garage to 6 lanes. I could park about 20 cars all together. It usually takes about 40 - 45 min to clear with the standard 42" blade and no weight (except me). I cleared it today in about 20 min. with the 60" blade and the extra weight on the rear. No slippage until I tried to push a pile 2x the height of the blade and full width in the grass. If I had another 50 lbs I probably wouldn't have slipped at all. I didn't get any pics this time around cause the wife was sick today. I'll definatly get some next time around.

Pat