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Old 10-24-2010, 03:46 PM
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Hello OCC Group,

I am still trying to level my yard. I have a front blade and when my tractor goes over the humps the blade gouges and when I'm coming out of the low spot it does nothing. I am truly frustrated with these low and high spots in my yard!!!!
PLEASE.... Any advise?
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Old 10-24-2010, 10:31 PM
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I have the same trouble with the front blade. Looks like a washboard when i get done. I was lucky enough to find a rear blade for a great price this spring. It works so much easier.
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Old 10-24-2010, 11:08 PM
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Hello Diz Jr.,
So a rear blade???? Hugh!!!
Shoud the blade be as close to the rear tires as possible to avoid gouging????
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Old 10-24-2010, 11:42 PM
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A center-mounted grader blade will probably be better for what you are trying to do.
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Old 10-25-2010, 01:02 AM
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A center-mounted grader blade will probably be better for what you are trying to do.
Hey Matt,
The center blade "Road Type" graders have really long wheelbase so putting one on an Original might not work well either.
Finding or building would also be tough.
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Old 10-25-2010, 07:02 AM
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Mizar N68X

Mine looks like this, It seems to work great. I have never tried a center mount. So like Matt said, It might be better yet.

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And Diz's gravel drive looks almost like a table top! I think he goes out and re-grades it every week, just so he has an excuse to play on his Cub!! :biggrin2.gif:
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They aren't too hard to make if you happen to have a junk blade from some OT thing and an extra deck subframe.

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I used a box blade on my 104 last weekend to push in a trench we dug for a water line - it did okay doing that - a front blade would have been better for that. But, then we used the box blade to level everything after we filled in the trench, and it did great for that.

I have a rear blade that I've picked up a few weeks back that I'm thinking about converting to a mid-mount blade - and I have extra sub-frames so I'm set there.
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