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Bar Nuthin

One of these blades is not like the other.

Sometimes you see a deal and you just have to accept destiny. This unused blade popped up on my FB marketplace.

Bit of a drive, but the weather was nice, and I was burning company gas! :D

 

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ebinmaine

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Brockport Bill
5 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said:

One of these blades is not like the other.

Sometimes you see a deal and you just have to accept destiny. This unused blade popped up on my FB marketplace.

Bit of a drive, but the weather was nice, and I was burning company gas! :D

 

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your blade with the worn bottom edge can be saved and reused -- i obtained a couple of those - one i took to a fabricator welder shop and he welded an extension plate on the bottom and cut new carriage bolt holes in it to in effect create a viable new bottom to function like a new factory bottom -- then i bought new "wear edge blade" to then attach to the plow -- then i cleaned the rust from the entire blade front and rear surface then primed and painted -- the blade looked like new when i was done -- yes, the fabrication and weld job plus the new wear edge blade cost some $ but it rescued what would have been scrap metal and it resulted in a factory like new plow blade that will last many years

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ebinmaine

@Maz91

@Brockport Bill gives a great example of what can be done to a plow blade.  

 

 

We got my BIG 60 inch plow from @wallfish several years ago. John had made it from a 42" originally with both sides added. 

He was using it on a predominantly asphalt surface and it did well. 

Here our yard is gravel/stone/aggregate and not level. 

After some use the lower section was bending. 

 

I got a blade from the jungle site for a skid steer. 1/2" x 4" x 60"  

 

I had to have a fabricator friend use special tools for the bolt holes because as it turned out the steel was the hardest they'd ever seen. 

 

I added some weld beads to various other places front and back and the whole assembly has been serving us quite well for a few seasons now.  

 

 

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Bar Nuthin
9 hours ago, Brockport Bill said:

your blade with the worn bottom edge can be saved and reused -- i obtained a couple of those - one i took to a fabricator welder shop and he welded an extension plate on the bottom and cut new carriage bolt holes in it to in effect create a viable new bottom to function like a new factory bottom -- then i bought new "wear edge blade" to then attach to the plow -- then i cleaned the rust from the entire blade front and rear surface then primed and painted -- the blade looked like new when i was done -- yes, the fabrication and weld job plus the new wear edge blade cost some $ but it rescued what would have been scrap metal and it resulted in a factory like new plow blade that will last many years

 

 

I considered welding the old blade. Not sure if you can see from the photo, but it also has a significant twist in it that keeps it from running flat on the ground. Fixable problem, but when this fresh blade popped up - it made a lot more sense for me.

I'll most likely offer up the old blade for free to someone who thinks they can use it.

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