Grader blade attached to front bucket

Geo-TH,In · Apr 19, 2021

The grader on bucket is easy on my neck.

wingnuttx · Apr 19, 2021

Hey George...... If you keep that up...... We will put you on full time! Wingnut.

grayrider · Apr 19, 2021

Is that a Terramite ?

Geo-TH,In · Apr 19, 2021

Yes T5C.
Very handy for yard work

Hobo,NC · Apr 19, 2021

I became good friends with a local plumber after he redid the plumbing in my house. I have picked up enoufh work from him to pay for his plumbing job on my house. He was thinking about building a new shop at his house and asked my advice I went to his house it was a jungle , Junk everywhere weeds and trees there was plenty of JUNK!... Somehow I found THIS he would not sale it : (... He said it had not been used on over 20 years. I talked him into dragging it out he got it running...

Hobo,NC · Apr 19, 2021

BTW nice work...

Geo-TH,In · Apr 19, 2021

HoBo
You can tell its age because it has a
roll bar. Over 20 years old. Mine have a
roll cage.
I'm thinking that terramite may have an
18 hp Briggs and Stratton. Mine are 20 hp
Kohler. Never ones are 25 hp Kohler.
The bigger ones are diesel.
They are handy.
And if you can fix a riding mower, you
can make it run.
Biggest problems are hoses and cylinders
leaking.
I'll never be without one.
George

Ultradog MN · Apr 20, 2021

I wouldn't use that contraption going forward. Might work okay pulling it backwards tho.
But then there goes your neck so what have you gained.

Hobo,NC · Apr 20, 2021

Yep B&S , it does not leak BUT I spec all the hoses need to be replaced it looks like that will be fun... He told me to come get it and use it, ME saying to self YES YES I will get to have fun replacing hoses...

bc · Apr 20, 2021

I've thought of doing that but how do you keep it grading level without hopping up and down?

I was thinking it might work better if you rotate the blade 180 and then have the 3 point hitch at the bucket for better control. Then an axle with wheels on the end of your front forks may make it work more like a grader. Don't know how this idea would work either.

Geo-TH,In · Apr 20, 2021

Upside you, can apply down force with the
forks touching the top side of grader
blade. Grader blade can hop using 3 pt.
I used it today to cut the outer edge of
friends gravel road and fill in potholes.

It worked better than I ever expected.
My home made forks aren't ridged like mr
titian forks are on the Kubota.
Notice in pic how much of the edge of the
road has been removed? My goal was to let
rain water run off the edge instead of
straying on road to make pothole.

Geo-TH,In · Apr 20, 2021

I'm betting that is pre 2000 terramite.
18 hp Briggs is still plenty of HP.
You'll have fun with it.
You don't know how much you need one
until you have one. Then you ask
yourself why didn't I have one sooner.
And the older you get the more you rely
on it. I can't use a shovel or
wheelbarrow without being in a lot of
pain.

I'm lucky to have an excellent hydraulic
shop to buy cylinder parts and another
place that makes hydraulic hoses.
BTW, the hydraulic hose have British
threads on fitting so you need a good
hydraulic shop that has British fittings.
George

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