Can this be done?
 

I was thinking the other night, since I have a snow blower, my push blade is almost useless to me. How hard do you guys think it wold be to convert a push blade to a rear blade? I haven't seen one for sale in this area, so I am thinking of making my own.:bigthink:

I don't see why you couldn't make a sleeve hitch version using the original front blade, altho it might be cheaper/easier to sell the front blade and build it from scratch or a brand X blade... One thing you will notice when comparing front blades with back blades is the back ones are shorter height.

I kinda have the same idea down here in Texas a front blade isn't very useful but a good back blade setup might work well for dirt moving...

I bought one that someone had made up like that, I only wanted if for the blade, it's too tall and pretty much usless as the sub frame has to go up from behind and down in front to your hitch height......ain't worth the effort.

Scott

Or you could buy a brinly rear blade. There cheap and they work good

I picked up an old craftsman blade last year from a yard sale for $10...it was missing the subframe, but I had different intentions anyway. I haven't gotten to it yet, but I plan to cut it down in height, and turn it into a back blade as well. If I were you I'd try to find a cheap off brand blade and hold onto the IH one. You never know when you might want to use it as a dozer blade....

Jeff (teet)

The front blades are about 16" tall and my rear blade is about 10" tall so yes, you'd probably need to cut down the blade to make it work right as a rear blade.
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What does the black part on your setup do?

I'm going to guess and say that's how he adjusts the angle without getting off of the tractor.

Ding, ding, ding, you are correct sir!