Belly Blade Turns Tractor Into Grader

Belly Blade Turns Tractor Into Grader TRACTORS Conversions 28-4-35 Farmers and ranchers everywhere can stop twisting their backs to keep an eye on rear-mounted tractor blades. The Belly Blade from Grouser Products attaches to the frame of 38 to 55 hp utility tractors. The tractor's hydraulic system raises, lowers, angles, tilts and side-shifts the blade. You can also adjust blade pitch which helps control the cut. It comes in three sizes: 6 ft., 7 ft., and 8 ft. wide. The Belly Blade fits on New Holland TC40, TC 45; Case DX 40, DX 45; and Kubota's Grand L 4330, Grand L 4630 and Grand L 5030. All tractor models can have OEM loaders on and the blade will still work. All models right now can't be equipped with a cab. It won't currently fit Deere and other New Holland, Case and Kubota models yet, but plans are on the drawing board to fit the Deere 4510, 4610, 4710, 4120, 4320, 4520, and 4720; New Holland TC48 and TC55; Case DX48 and DX55; and Kubota 4800, 4900 and 5700. The blade quick-taches to a bracket bolted to the tractor's frame. No permanent modification to the tractor is required. Grouser adds a hydraulic control valve to the tractor. This system does not use the tractor's remote outlets. "There isn't anything like it on the market," says Jason Faulkner, dozer sales manager of Grouser Products. He says that during the 1980's another company made a belly blade but they stopped making them in 1991. "They were ahead of their time," he notes. The Belly Blade costs about $8,500. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Grouser Products, 755 2nd Ave. NW, West Fargo, N. Dak. 58078 (ph 800 747-6182; email: grouser@grouser.com; website: www.grouser.com).

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