Grader Blade

I've been wanting a way to move dirt with my tractors since I got them.  Building a loader isn't in the cards...yet.  Simplicity however made a grader blade for their tractors that by all accounts works pretty well.  I've been meaning to build something for a while anyway and since grader blades are pretty spendy for what they are (300 bucks or so), I decided to build my own!

I had an old plow blade laying around the garage that I decided to cut in half for the grader blade.

I also wanted to add some ripping capability with this thing, so I bought a swisher scarifier from Wal-mart for about 80 bucks.

Here is the frame I built...



And the plow mount...



There are three positions the grader blade can be in, centered, Right and left.
Here it is with the teeth on one side.

And finally, all together, and ready to mount to a tractor.

I used it on a test run over memorial day weekend.  I had a nasty patch of my backyard left over from my barn construction project that was starting to be taken over by weeds.  I tilled it in, then used the grader blade to level the ground back out.  It worked BEAUTIFULLY...



I will get it painted some day...