My two 40 inch Mid-Grader Blades

[Lane Ranger 10,992]

I have two early Mid-Grader Blades that I can use on all my tractors (other than the RJ’s).  
 

the one with the tab in front was modified by a previous owner so it could be a Mid-Grader blade and a rear pull behind blade by placing the tab in the rear slot hitch.   Works great and was the first type of mid-grader blade made by Wheel Horse.  You had to place a pin in one of three holes to angle the plate.

 

The other mid-grader blade is a later version ( about 1966 or 1967) and it has a handle on it to adjust the angle of the grader blade.  You can adjust it while sitting on the seat of the tractor.

[ebinmaine 68,440]

We have one of the later ones here.

I bought it thinking that I might be able to use it on Cinnamon horse or Patriot to grade the driveway and Forest paths.

 

So what do I do? I put it on Trina's 867 and let her try it out.

Do you think I've used that thing since???

Nope.

She's like a little five-year-old. Driving around in figure eights and swirls and circles and straight lines and crooked lines and ups and downs and lefts and rights...

Until she likes the way the driveway looks.

Maybe someday in the far distant future if I'm a very very good boy I'll be able to use my own grader blade.

[dalez 137]

24 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Driving around in figure eights and swirls and circles and straight lines and crooked lines and ups and downs and lefts and rights...

Until she likes the way the driveway looks.

That's the same way I do it except with a landscape rake.

[Lee1977 6,804]

35 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

We have one of the later ones here.

I bought it thinking that I might be able to use it on Cinnamon horse or Patriot to grade the driveway and Forest paths.

 

So what do I do? I put it on Trina's 867 and let her try it out.

Do you think I've used that thing since???

Nope.

She's like a little five-year-old. Driving around in figure eights and swirls and circles and straight lines and crooked lines and ups and downs and lefts and rights...

Until she likes the way the driveway looks.

Maybe someday in the far distant future if I'm a very very good boy I'll be able to use my own grader blade.

You could buy another one, but she might not let you grade her drive way. 

[ebinmaine 68,440]

20 minutes ago, dalez said:

That's the same way I do it except with a landscape rake.

Now that we have a tractor with a 3 point hitch that might become a possibility as well

[SylvanLakeWH 25,971]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

We have one of the later ones here.

I bought it thinking that I might be able to use it on Cinnamon horse or Patriot to grade the driveway and Forest paths.

 

So what do I do? I put it on Trina's 867 and let her try it out.

Do you think I've used that thing since???

Nope.

She's like a little five-year-old. Driving around in figure eights and swirls and circles and straight lines and crooked lines and ups and downs and lefts and rights...

Until she likes the way the driveway looks.

Maybe someday in the far distant future if I'm a very very good boy I'll be able to use my own grader blade.

 

Uhm...in my book that is the very definition of a “lucky man”...

 

[ebinmaine 68,440]

55 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

Uhm...in my book that is the very definition of a “lucky man”...

 

That I am sir.

That I am.

 

 

 

[Tach-a-matic 357]

Some day I hope to own one of these mid-mounts.  

 

I wonder how it works at processing a light snowfall on a long driveway?

 

I bet it makes beautiful windrows and is good at getting up tire-compacted snow 

 

Like this 

 

 

 

Edited November 25, 2019 by Tach-a-matic

[ebinmaine 68,440]

29 minutes ago, Tach-a-matic said:

Some day I hope to own one of these mid-mounts.  

 

I wonder how it works at processing a light snowfall on a long driveway?

 

I bet it makes beautiful windrows and is good at getting up tire-compacted snow 

 

Like this 

 

 

 

I've had the same thought.

We'll try it out sometime this winter...

 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,374]

50 minutes ago, Tach-a-matic said:

Some day I hope to own one of these mid-mounts...

I bet it makes beautiful windrows and is good at getting up tire-compacted snow.

What about the solid lift link for your existing front snow/dozer blade?... https://www.wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/brackets-linkages.html#!/Toro-Wheel-Horse-solid-lift-linkage-7706-snow-dozer-blade-for-down-pressure/p/84954647/category=23566571

[Tach-a-matic 357]

Could try that but it just wouldnt be the same.   

 

There is probably less torque acting on the tractor with the mid mount, trying to push it off line?  

 

and it would be neat to have the blade underneath my feet

 

 

[Tach-a-matic 357]

I've had the same thought.

We'll try it out sometime this winter

 

Be sure to film this and post, would love to see it in action!

[Lane Ranger 10,992]

I will do an experiment this year and try both of my grader blades on one tractor at the same time to see how it performs during a snowfall on the driveway,

 

I can put one in the center attachamatic and one in the rear slot hitch!   Might  helt with wet snow or ice.

 

 

 

[Tach-a-matic 357]

21 minutes ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

What about the solid lift link for your existing front snow/dozer blade?... https://www.wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/brackets-linkages.html#!/Toro-Wheel-Horse-solid-lift-linkage-7706-snow-dozer-blade-for-down-pressure/p/84954647/category=23566571

 

Thanks for the link there is lots of neat stuff in here

[Tach-a-matic 357]

I have never seen a video of a mid-mount plowing snow so that would be awesome fella's

 

the only action video I can find of a WH mid is this (which is really cool too)

 

 

[ebinmaine 68,440]

13 minutes ago, Tach-a-matic said:

I've had the same thought.

We'll try it out sometime this winter

 

Be sure to film this and post, would love to see it in action!

Will do.

 

@Lane Ranger

I'd look forward to your findings.

I'm curious to see how the rear mount blade performs.

[WVHillbilly520H 10,374]

3 minutes ago, Tach-a-matic said:

I have never seen a video of a mid-mount plowing snow so that would be awesome fella's

 

the only action video I can find of a WH mid is this (which is really cool too)

 

Listen to that big Onan purr... Can't tell I'm a 520 fan huh?

Edited November 26, 2019 by WVHillbilly520H

[ebinmaine 68,440]

2 minutes ago, Tach-a-matic said:

video

This one doesn't show much but gives an idea of what Trina does...

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 68,440]

1 minute ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

Listen to that big Onan purr... Can't tell I'm a 520 fan huh?

Wait'll I get that K582 cookin...

[Tach-a-matic 357]

There might be some chuckles with this but I'll risk it.  A few years back, with my son we were into building RC trucks that plowed snow and did other things.  The most effective snow plowing version was the mid-mount because it controlled the torque. It weighed only 12lbs so it was limited to what it could handle but it was very easy to drive.  Maybe things dont "scale up", but a mid mount with some down pressure and maybe a heavy rubber flap running on top of the blade for more capacity seems it would do great in snow...and be a ton of fun to operate too.  How cool would it be if the vendor above offered a new mid mount attachment?  He seems to make nice stuff and is capable. And there definitely seems to be a scarcity of used mid mounts out there!

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2019 by Tach-a-matic

[ebinmaine 68,440]

LOVE that video.

 

By the way.... R model Mack (YouTube username) is one of my 2 favorite trucks...

 

[Tach-a-matic 357]

Thanks

 

My favorite trucks as well. I used to drive them to deliver food to Nathan's restaurants, public schools and diners in and around the 5 boroughs of NY.  A tough job that was!

 

 

 

 

[JCM 9,407]

If you could figure a way so I could plow my driveway with heavy wet snow here in Maine while sitting in front of my wood stove like I am doing as I write this you would  be a very wealthy man my friend.

[tom2p 2,394]

1 hour ago, Tach-a-matic said:

There might be some chuckles with this but I'll risk it.  A few years back, with my son we were into building RC trucks that plowed snow and did other things.  The most effective snow plowing version was the mid-mount because it controlled the torque. It weighed only 12lbs so it was limited to what it could handle but it was very easy to drive.  Maybe things dont "scale up", but a mid mount with some down pressure and maybe a heavy rubber flap running on top of the blade for more capacity seems it would do great in snow...and be a ton of fun to operate too.  How cool would it be if the vendor above offered a new mid mount attachment?  He seems to make nice stuff and is capable. And there definitely seems to be a scarcity of used mid mounts out there!

 

 

 

snow plows are fairly common on Traxxas Summit

 

 

 

[tom2p 2,394]

for anyone not familiar with a Traxxas Summit 

 

Summit is a 1/8 scale RC truck;  4wd with remote locking diffs 

 

stock - with standard OEM motor and batteries they will push a full size car 

 

and they get scary with a brushless motor and better batteries 

my kid's Summit pulling a reel mower 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2019 by tom2p