Anyone ever make a frame expander? 400 blade on a 318

mrbacklash said:

I know alot of people are always wanting to get a frame squeezer but has anyone ever made an adapter where a 400 blade would fit on a 318? it needs a 1" spacer on each side of the 318 frame.

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Hello mrbacklash
No, the dirt dozer quick attach Frame would not fit inside the stationary front Tractor mounting plate. But I do have a 54" Hydraulic dirt dozer blade that came off a 400 series Tractor, that I had to Narrow up it's main frame as well as it's quick attach frame to fit my 318. It was 2" too wide for the quick attach frame to fit inside my stationary front mounting frame on my 318, so I torch cut off the end Plates and removed a 1" Portion of steel from each end of the mian frame Lower plow bracket, then full welded the end Plates back on after I Nipped a full 2" off of the quick attach frame section that have the quick attach Pin's in them. It took me most of the day to do this as John Deere weld's the end plates on the top and bottom, as well as across the complete bottom of the main Plow frame so it was a Lot of cutting and Grinding to get it narrowed down the required 2" and re-welded back to the end Plates as you end up Narrowing Two frames for this Modification to work here. Here is how it turned out , and after I restored the entire assembly and it fit's my 318 Perfectly now. I Paid just $100.00 for it so it was worth Putting some Effort into it. Regards, Hammerdown

Finally had a chance to get some pictures of the adapter I made that let's the 56 blade from my 400 onto my 318. The tube is 1"x2"x3/16" the top has 5/8 holes on the outside then 3/8" on the tractor side. The bottom has a 5/8 rod for the tractor side and a 5/8" hole for the blade to mount in.

To mount the blade each piece is put on the blade then the blade is hung from the tractor and then adapter is bolted to the top with 3/8" bolts to the frame then the blade is rotated up and hooked into the adapters. Works good and plenty of clearance turning the tires also.


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