NF front blade wont hit the ground
 

I put the front blade on the 105 this morning, and am wondering if I have the wrong lift rod. The blade sits 1/2" off the ground with the lift lever all of the way forward. What do you think:

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Id go buy some steel rod and make a new one, if you do you should put a 1" board under the front tires and set the plow on the ground to get the length.

You have the wrong lift arm bracket on the blade.should looka lika dis one.the rod is 32 1/2 or so

Remove that lift stop. Those are for the mower deck usually. I removed mine on my 71, and the blade touched the ground fine!

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edit: That lift bracket on the blade is for another Cub Cadet dozer blade. Its unusual to only have one hole in the lift lever bracket as well.

What he said.

My bet is on the lift stop, as I suggested. The slotted lift bracket on the blade frame is a sub frame float capability. I cant say for sure that slotted bracket is totally wrong.

Mork calling Olson, come in!

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Here's my front blade on my former 122
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Works great and goes below level with the stop in place. :beerchug:

What the master of Lew said...:beerchug:

You quoted yourself?....I don't think I have ever seen that done.:biggrin2:. Bravo!.....Reminds me of Groucho's quote, "Before I speak I have something important to say."

Cub Cadet 123

Thanks for all of the replies. Its hard to see in the pictures, but I turned the lift stop all of the way around, so it is not contacting. I actually took it off for a test as well.

Jeff, my lift handle is way far forward compared to yours, and is still lifted

Darkminion, thanks for that info. I'm new, and had another question. Why do they call you Lew? I have seen this all over the forums :bouncy:

Would anyone happen to know if these brackets are still available? If not I'll either post up on wanted, or weld up an adapter.

I noticed it has the wrong hanger bracket on it. It has the curved up for later cubs and not the straight back one. Don't know if this is making the difference but I agree with others, make a longer rod to cure. :bigthink:

I agree with wrong lift bracket & wrong hanger bracket,don't see any side attatchment pins in quick attach mount slots at front of tractor,agree that longer lift rod should make it work but don't think anything to be gained by removing lift stop as it is already in the foward most position and if all else were correct pieces would not have much influence on blade dropping below grade level. Looks to be an assortment of parts.

Thanks guys, I bought the plow this spring, and never having seen what a 105 setup should look like, didn't know of the issue until yesterday.

I think that that an adapter on the bracket should give me the length to let the plow lower past on the ground

I've seen chain used instead of a lift rod, just tossing this out for thought.

That's hilarious Lew quotes himself :ROTF1:

Funny that you mention that, I was just thinking about that...