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Great pics, Jay! Thanks for sharing. :beerchug:

Home maid belly blade

Now that looks nice Denny! I have been debating on a grader blade also.. I have one on my White Motor Corp GT1000 that I am thinking of converting to fit the 682..

Got any "action" pics yet? :biggrin2.gif:

Jay you need a FEL not a shovel!

Great pics everyone!

I like your grader blade, camarokid! It looks awesome. :beerchug:

Got a little more done on my hydraulic setup. The relief in the pump is adjusted down to about 700 PSI.
Found a couple cylinders. The one for the lift is off a MF combine and I think it's 1.12" or 1.25" bore by 5" stroke. The one for my blade angle is a 1.50" bore by 7" stroke tie rod style cylinder.
In order to make the lift cylinder fit I'm going to have to mount it on the left side of the dash tower. I could have mounted it on the right side but it would have had to have been facing back towards the seat since my pump mount interferes with it facing towards the front like the original NF hydraulic lift. With the cylinder turned around backwards I would not have as much lifting force since a cylinder has less force on the return stroke due to the rod taking away surface area on the piston. Since I'm mounting the cylinder on the left side I had to cut a 3/8" wide x 6" long slot in the tunnel and part of the frame in order for a bracket to connect the cylinder to the rock shaft. I'm making a new rock shaft and it will be a larger diameter in the center to eliminate twist due to the cylinder and 3 point lift bar being about 8" apart on the shaft.

Thanks for the update, Adam. Looking forward to the finished product. :ThumbsUp:

I picked up a 2 spool valve today. It has spring return on 1 spool and spring return with a float position on the other. Came off of a JD 317:RollEyes2:. Got it for $50. I think I'm gonna mount it under the seat next to the fender so it's out of the way. There's not many options on a NF Cub. I'll make the levers come out just above the fender so they'll be easy to reach from the seat. I don't know which side yet. It'll probably be the left side so I can run the lines between the frame and transaxle. The 3 point lift bar is in the way on the right side. I got a couple pieces made for the new rock shaft and cylinder mount too.

Got the 100 out, and rode around. It needed some run time, plus I needed some seat time! :beerchug: