RE: (ET) Dozer and Lift Motor

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

I do NOT reccomend defeating the angle tipping ability of the blade.  If 
they are properly adjusted, the ET will move a whale of a lot of dirt.  In 
fact, the ONLY problem you should have is when you don't have enough dirt 
on the top of the blade to keep the bottom of the blade from springing; 
you need a BIGGER bite of dirt.  It is at it's worst trying to peal off 
sod.

The reason I don't reccomend defeating the angle adjustment is I have 
actually torn the bracket through the bottom of the blade by over 2 inches 
in a hard push after doing the rod trick.  I had to re-weld it and I never 
got the angle back right.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Gagliardi com [mailto:Jeremy Gagliardi com]
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:38 AM
To: Elec-Trak
Subject: (ET) Dozer and Lift Motor


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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