"Made It Myself" 6-Ft. Mower Blade

Made It Myself 6-Ft Mower Blade FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 I wanted to use my 1998 New Holland CM 274 4-WD riding mower to clear snow and grade my driveway so I made a 6-ft steel blade that mounts on front says John Herren Louisville Ky The blade can be angled left or right by pulling a pair of pins and then manually moving the blade The mower s original lift cylinders are used to raise and lower it The company offers interchangeable attachments for the mower deck including a blade but it sells for $1 500 to $2 000 I used salvaged material so my cost was almost nothing says Herren The 30 hp riding mower was originally equipped with a pair of mower deck mounting arms that fit into a pair of 2-in sq sockets Herren removed the arms and used 4-in I-beams to make new ones turning them down at the end to fit into the 2-in sockets A 700-gal water heater salvaged from a commercial building was used to make the blade He cut a 12-in wide by 6-ft long section out of the tank A 2-in high steel plate welded on back of the blade provides reinforcement He welded a semi circular flat metal plate on back of the blade that s used to change the angle of the blade Four holes drilled into the semi circular plate match up with a pair of holes drilled into the mounting arms The blade swivels on a 3/4-in bolt that fits inside a pipe I can hydraulically raise and lower the blade using the mower s original lift arms I welded a length of pipe between the mounting arms to help keep them rigid Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Herren P O Box 72069 Louisville Ky 40272 ph 502 741-7521; jrherren31@yahoo com

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