Toro wheel horse 5xi series mid mount grader blade

[Chuck... 83]

Well I have been looking for close to 3 years for a mid mount grader blade for my 99 520lxi.  We have about a 260 foot long driveway with like a 50x50 feet parking area.  It was getting pretty rough.  

So I found a grader blade for sale on Craigslist on the way to work.  We text back and for then next thing you know I was leaving work early to go pick it up before somebody else bought it. Turns out the guy I bought it from is a on red square.  

 

Here is the blade.  It was a NOS from 1999.  I had to get out my caliper to check it out.  The side plates on the grader are .500 thick.  Someday I plan on adding a wear blade to the bottom of it.  I kinda felt a little bad about using it being as it made it 17 years with out seeing any dirt.

 

 

 

 

 

[Chuck... 83]

So I should have taken a before picture.  This was the best before picture I could find of the driveway.

 

This picture was after a pass or two knocking the center hump down.

 

 

Works pretty well 

 

 

Then other side

 

 

This was after about 40 minutes of grading.  I thought it was pretty impressive for a lawn mower.

 

 

She got pretty dirty the grader blade was easy to hook up took like 3 or 4 minutes.  I still had the chains on from winter.  

 

Edited June 15, 2016 by Chuck...

[KC9KAS 4,741]

Nice work with the mid mount blade.

Thanks for the photos.