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Old 01-22-2019, 04:46 PM
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First time pushing snow with my 1250 with hydraulic lift I bought from DeltaCub! There's one thing that could be a little better. It doesn't lift very high off the ground. I set it up with the Cub on 2x6s. It works, just seems that it could be higher. Is there an adjustment that I don't know about on the hydraulic linkage?

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Old 01-22-2019, 05:12 PM
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About the only adjustment to "raise" the blade maximum height is to bend the lift rod,,
That works, I have done it,,

Don't bend it too much, or the blade will not go low enough,,,
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Old 01-23-2019, 12:15 AM
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Build a cam extension and make a new rod. Done right you'll lift the blade so high the exhaust pipe will hit the moldboard. Might have to contour the lift rod around the side panels some.
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This is an old thread but hey, I came across it so maybe others will too. I have the same issue on my 149. I have several lift rods of varying height. Some let me lift high enough, some let me drop low enough, but there just isn't the range I'm looking for. I need to be able to plow (kinda the whole point) but I'd like to get the blade higher for transport, such as pulling my firewood sled across undulating ground between plowing sessions. I'm going to try to replace the lift rod with a chain with quick links on either end, and an additional open hook on one of the quick links. In plow mode the open hook will just hang there, but in transport mode I'll manually lift the plow higher and use the open hook to shorten the chain by a link or two, to get it higher. I think I saw the chain idea mentioned elsewhere before had the plow on to really understand what the issue was, but I haven't seen anyone else try lengthening/shortening it regularly.

The other alternative I see is drill a second hole further down the plow lift bracket, but I don't know if putting that extra strain on the hydraulic lift system would cause any problems. The chain is quick and cheap and requires no modifications.

Anyone tried anything like this? With a chain rather than a rigid lift rod will I have a problem getting enough down force on the plow?
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Old 12-01-2023, 12:50 PM
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I had to make my own rod with the 2x6 trick when I got my 169, and it works ok. I completely understand wanting more range of motion though. I keep telling myself I'll make an extension for the cam but never seem to get around to it. I like your chain idea with the open hook to be able to get your extra height. I don't have the pin that locks the hydraulics for adding down pressure and have thought of making one of those as well just to see if the blade would scrape a little better but haven't gotten to that project either. I've rarely wished I had one, as the blade cuts pretty well on its' own and I'd have to pull the tunnel cover every time I wanted to fiddle with it, along with the fact that I don't use the blade much. I think you'll be just fine with the chain.
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I just saw that xtreme motor works sells a part to address this issue, they call it a Lift Bracket Extender, PN# CC-96-015. It looks slicker and expensiver than the chain idea but the advantage is that it increases range of motion overall, without requiring a manual intervention to change chain positions. I'm probably still gonna try the chain thing but there's a good chance I may spring for the xtreme solution at some point down the road, I like the looks of it. The knee action means you lose any downforce that the lift rod was supplying, but I don't imagine there's much downforce there anyway, as that long thin rod would probably bend without too much compression force on it if you were really loading it up.

xtreme also sells an adjustable lift rod, which also might solve some associated problems although not the particular one we're discussing.
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