Dingo Australia - Forum - cutting edge

Re: cutting edge

2010-06-07T00:17:07Z

Hi Guys..
Seen a blade a couple of months ago with a course bristle brush on the bottom of the blade and this broom thing seem to just slide on the bottom of the blade .The guy was levelling top soil and this worked a treat it not only levelled but made very small grooves for the new turf roots to take.the broom was made up of course bristles and wire bristles.Took the guess work out of blade angles to float..

Re: cutting edge

2010-06-06T21:01:53Z

Marcus D
As described, it is no problem to make it float. Simply don't over-engineer it. Make it KISS. Waiting for photos.
Gary

Re: cutting edge

2010-06-04T07:54:41Z

Gary, i am in the process of making my own hydraulic blade. Hopefully when Finished i will have overcome the problem of the blade not floating. It also has a cutting edge and you can backblade and level with it .When finished i will post a photo or two.
Marcus D

Re: cutting edge

2010-06-03T21:03:29Z

Guys'

Time to straighten a couple of things here. The ram on a blade only looks the same on the outside. But it does not phase and so, even though you could use it temporary, do not use it as a permanent replacement for the cylinders on ANY model.

While on the Blade subject consider this. Blades are almost impossible to use well on any short wheelbase machines, unless there is a mechanism to allow them to float a bit. (ie legs with a big footprint) My competition tend to knock the Dingo blade because it doesn’t have a hard cutting edge. Our cutting edge is simply a length of angle iron. But have a real look and you will see that if you roll the blade a bit, the back of the angle iron is the floater. Tilt it forward and you will bite too hard and it is difficult to level on anything but very hard surface. Tilt it forward at just the right angle and you can even level sand. I am unaware of any other blade that works this well on something as short as a Dingo.
Simply take the time to set it right and go steady. You will amaze yourself.

And, as was pointed out, if you happen to wear the angle iron away, you simply turn it over.

Gary

Re: cutting edge

2010-06-02T09:49:05Z

Hi guys, Hamish does the hydraulic blade ram have a phasing valve? from memory i don't think it does mate.

Re: cutting edge

2010-03-06T07:54:59Z

I think the ram on the blade has a 1 ''clevis,so this will suit the 950 machines. if you have a K93 or K94 the upper lift ram bushings(Duralon 1-1/4 ) are installed in the arms at this pivot point. If push came shove,you could possibly insert a 1'' duralon within the 1-1/4 duralon at this pivot point,to get the right fit for the pin? This temp retro fit may get you up and running to complete the job.

K93 and the 4s have all the same phasing rams,be it on the lifts arms or crowds/tilt. seal kits may differ,usually the wiper seal will either black or blue,this will determine which one to get. also numbers stamped on the clevis will confirm which kit suits which ram.when ordering replacements.

will talk about the phasing valve in the rams,and what happens with air trapped in the lift or crowd rams on next installment.
Cheers Hamish

Dingo perth

Re: cutting edge

2010-03-04T21:12:31Z

Hamish,

I believe you can also use the ram off the blade as a spare in case you do a seal etc on the machine. Can you list the length of the rams on blade and what it will replace on different machines..

cutting edge

2010-02-25T22:40:41Z

Hi Bunch,

The hyd blade is a handy bit of kit,some out there may not be aware,that if you wear down the cutting edge,you can un-hitch your tilt/slew ram and bracket support and then flip the blade over and reconnect everything back up,and away you go again.

Cheers

Hamish
Dingo Australia
Perth WA