dparke 16 #1 Posted October 23, 2013 A quick question for you other D owners. I have the 56" snow/dozer blade mounted on my d200. On the lift arm under the tractor, do you have the lift bar/spring assembly mounted to the front or rear hole? Per the manual, I hooked it in to the rear hole on the lift arm, but it will only lift the plow maybe three or four inches off the ground before it stops. I do not have the rockshaft pinned yet, but I'm not sure if that would make a difference on the lift height. Also, on the lift bar/spring assembly, the nut on mine is tightened down almost all the way, nearly completely compressing the coil spring. Is this correct? Thanks for any input! Dan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouty56 567 #2 Posted October 23, 2013 So...how do you have the rear attach mounted?? My blade raises to hitting the mid attach. But I don't know what hole I use for sure. That spring is almost compressed on mine also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dparke 16 #3 Posted October 23, 2013 Well, you've stumped me on that one. I'll have to double check tonight, but I think the back end of the plow frame is attached via the rear quick hitch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouty56 567 #4 Posted October 24, 2013 That how it is attached....by the rear attach.... but I thought maybe you may have the wrong attach hardware or have the attach mounted wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glgrumpy 35 #5 Posted November 30, 2013 I see this old post, but wanted to add my experience. I finally found that spring link and is now on tractor. I used 2nd hole in lift arm as noted in manual I have for it. I DON'T understand what this assembly is really about?? Why the spring? Shock reducer? Blade floats some? If you guys have it all the way tight, obviously the spring does nothing! So, why is it there? I'm thinking my lift mech is pinned, can't tell for sure trying to look under, but don't see the center move out of align when using downpressure. It Does push blade down tight, yet won't lift tractor like others I have had. So, when downpressure is on, the spring in this link just a "safety" so as not to damage the hydrualics?? No one seems to know! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouty56 567 #6 Posted December 4, 2013 It does compress a little when the pressure is applied. Not sure but it may be to save the plow frame... put a solid link in there and see what breaks.... :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bitten 134 #7 Posted December 4, 2013 I dont know if it has anything to do with it, but on my D the mount that the hyd. cylinders are attached to was/is (working on it now) mangled bad. Something has to give when you hit something with the blade and Im thinking that that something is the spring. The tractor came to me that way so Im not sure what caused the damage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommyg 154 #8 Posted December 6, 2013 One thing I noticed with the spring when plowing my drive is that when I pushed the snow past the end of the drive to the other side of the road, the spring kept the blade in contact with the road as I moved over the crown in the middle. Without it, the blade would have lifted off the pavement until the front wheels passed the middle of the road, then it would be back in contact. So my guess is that the spring does indeed have a purpose in adjusting for variances in terrain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
