Grader Blade

[Masmith]

I will putting on a grader/leveling blade for the winter for any snow we may get. I have never used one on a cub before. For those that have, which will be better, mounting it out front or belly. Thanks.

[Dale Finch]

For snow, out front. For road grading-type work, belly.

[ricky racer]

For snow, out front. For road grading-type work, belly.

[inairam]

With snow plowing you do not want the front ties to drive in the snow, compress it and make ice.

With road grading the mid mount helps you keep and eye on the grade better plus it looks more like a road grader!

[Dale Finch]

If you try to grade with the blade in front, any dip the front wheels go into will cause the blade to gouge the surface in front. Not so much when mounted in the center.

[k hutchins]

If you've never plowed snow with it before, there is a learning curve. Just remember, it's not like plowing with a 4wh drive truck, and it definitely is not a bulldozer. Best results for me first pass down the middle then push the sides back by going a half blade width at a time. Up one side down the other, until you get the width you want. Do yourself another favor. KEEP YOUR LEFT FOOT COVERING THE CLUTCH. Just in case you hit something unforseen. It will automatically depress the clutch and save you and the tractor from injury.

Just my FWIW

[liebervj]

Be sure to add the blade extension. Necessary if there is more than a few inches.

[MilGunsmith]

If you're driveway is not paved, you need the skid shoes to keep from digging into the dirt or gravel. I have a mix of road millings and gravel, the shoes wear out so I have welded on AR500 plates to slow down the wear.

[CharlieK]

what's an AR500 plt.?

[Barnyard]

what's an AR500 plt.?

It is a durable steel that holds up to most handgun and rifle fire. Comes in handy if your neighbor is upset with you plowing your driveway at four O'clock in the morning.

[MilGunsmith]

It it a type of Armor Plate. Actually called Abrasion Resistant 500. I get scraps and use them for high wear items. It needs to be cut with a torch, plasma cutter, or a waterjet. Drilling it with carbide is slow. I have made plow points for my two bottom Dearborn plow and after 8 years they still show the rough edges from cutting with torch.

[Urbish]

It it a type of Armor Plate. Actually called Abrasion Resistant 500. I get scraps and use them for high wear items. It needs to be cut with a torch, plasma cutter, or a waterjet. Drilling it with carbide is slow. I have made plow points for my two bottom Dearborn plow and after 8 years they still show the rough edges from cutting with torch.

I have a 3/8" thick wear strip of MIL-A-12560 (Rolled Homogeneous Armor) on my blade. It has lasted through 6 years of plowing asphalt without much appreciable wear.