Re: (ET) Dozer and Lift Motor

[Jeremy Gagliardi com]

What I have is called the '48" Snow/Dozer Blade' according to the
Attachments Parts Catalog at http://www.elec-trak.org/partscatalog.html.

And, it sure it designed to flip.

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pchast wrote:
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> Sounds like the snow plow blade. Dozer blade does not flip.
> 
> Pete
> 
> Jeremy Gagliardi com wrote:
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> > I got a chance to try out my dozer blade on Saturday (I haven't had the
> > opportunity all winter, because of lack of snow).  I was basically
> > scraping the top layer of soil off of our garden, which had weeded 
> > over.
> >
> > First the Lift Motor:
> > It seems to me the lift was very strained by raising the blade.  I 
> > heard
> > a clicking noise and the motor went really s-l-o-w as it lifted the
> > blade.  I wonder if my motor is not up to snuff or if this is normal 
> > for
> > the heavy Dozer blade.
> >
> > Second, the Dozer blade:
> > It doesn't seem to have much earth-moving capability.  Basically, every
> > time I hit a well-rooted weed (like a dense patch of wild onions), the
> > whole blade would bend over 90 degrees off vertical and slide over the
> > clump, then whap back into place.  And, the hand clamp seems very stiff
> > to me.  None of the parts are rusted over, but when I pull the hand
> > clamp, it goes about 2mm under my tightest grip, and doesn't disengage
> > that little stop bolt.  Is there a way to lossen this up?
> >
> > Comments?
> >
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