Degelman blade on a 7040 ?

I've seen them on a lot of different tractors, but don't know how they would work for snow, used mostly for silage

Thanks guys. I will have to look up Leon front blades. Did the Leon work off the rear remotes? 

sooooooo.....getting stuck....runs in the family?

scott wrote: Thanks guys. I will have to look up Leon front blades. Did the Leon work off the rear remotes?

Yes

You might check out Otter's Inc in Clayton, KS for front mount blades. I bought a used blade made by them (can be manually angled if desired) on an online auction site several years ago...paid $1,000. It had been mounted on a John Deere. As luck would have it, the blade was located near their location. They (Otter's) went to get it, modified it to fit my White 2-135, installed new cutting edge and repainted it for less than $500. It has a nice mounting system that is easy to take on and off. I leave the mounts and the cylinder on the tractor as I have a 3rd valve it's connected to. Nothing is left underneath the tractor to interfere when the blade is not mounted. No, it's not like a crawler/dozer but is quite capable of pushing silage, blading snow, repairing waterways and terraces, etc. I usually have either a fully mounted plow or ripper on the back to break the soil loose when doing dirt work and the extra weight also helps with traction. You might want to check them out. Much less expensive than most other brands...at least in this area and they are very well put together.

have you looked into a Gnuse 3pt bucket? alot easier to free up the tractor.

But, being in Michigan, I am surprised you dont have a Fair twin fan snowblower yet. :)

Edited by GM Guy - 26 Dec 2016 at 10:00am

I'm mounting a 10' JD dozer blade on my 7010 right now. JD blades were made by dagelman and they are excellent blades and they work beautiful to push snow. If you get one let me know and I can send pics of how i'm mounting it. You have to do it right or you can flex the frame and take the seal out on the timing cover. Don't let this scare you it's easy to mount wright.

Back in the day, we had a 12' Leon blade on a 7040, and a 7060. When the 7040 was traded, its blade went on an 8070. To mount the Leon blade, on 7 & 8000 series tractors, there is an extension, that gets welded onto the front of the drawbar, this is where the blade pushes from. The front of the blade, mounts to the front axle, therefore, there is no stress put on the tractor frame. Once you have done it, the dozer, can be put on and off by one person in 15 to 20 minutes, just be sure to leave the blade on the undercarriage. One thing I like about the Leon blade, is the blade itself, can be quickly and easily removed by pulling two pins, that attach the blade to the undercarriage. The one thing I didn't like about the Leon, is the blade, sits closer to the ground, even when all the way up. If you dropped the front wheels into a hole, it could be tough to get out, even with front wheel drive. We also had a Degelman, that was mounted on a 4955, this was one of the first of the new style, and mounted with a pivot point on the front end. This transferred all of the twisting stress, to the rear axles. This dozer, you could remove the entire undercarriage, in about 5 minutes. One thing I really liked about the Degelman, was that you could leave the front weights on the tractor, with the Leon, they had to come off. Overall, they are both good solid dozers, with pros and cons for both, just comes down to personal choice. 

MACK wrote: There is no way to mount a front blade  right on a tractor. They will bust block on JD, brake frame on IH, Take dowel pins out, crack oil pan, Waller gaskets out of front plate, and after so long will seize head in pump, braking pump shaft on AC. If you want a dozer, buy a dozer.   Most front dozer blades sold around here are setting in fence rows.      MACK