Scott 50570 blade attachment

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OK, first I'm assuming that this tractor is made by Murray because John Deere to the best of my knowledge did not make a 50" deck for Scotts. I only bring this up because sometimes there is confusion over the Scotts tractors and who actually made them.

Without photos I'm only guessing, but the blade you are describing sounds like a scraper blade. It more than likely was fabricated to fit the tractor being that is was not offered by Murray as an attachment. Also, I believe a scraper blade would be considered a "ground engaging" attachement requiring a Garden Tractor with a heavier duty transaxle, frame etc.

When you get a chance post some photos, the more the better, and also your tractors model # which will look something like this......

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Does it look similar to this except with 3 holes verses the one on my moldboard plow? like everyone has said post a picture and all the info you can to get a better answer.

Wow, thanks guys. Did not expect to get so many answers so quickly. Great community. I post the pictures, hope this will help. Incidentally, when taking the pictures I found the name of mfg on the blade and was able to find it on homedepot. Looks like Brinly 38 in. Box Scraper. It does not say how it is supposed to be attached tho.
Serial #:

rear view:

the blade:

the blade zoom-in:

My Scott's:

This attachment I figured out:


Thanks for all your help!

hankll said:

Well if you still have both of your arms and legs, you did all right on that one, especially with the box blade scraper attachment. Nice score.

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It was an awesome deal on Craigslist. $900 for the mower, blade and utility cart. With delivery! I was looking for a couple on month before finding snatching this one. It looked hardly used. Apparently was bough by a guy who wanted a large piece of property but never got one. His wife got it after the divorce. I know, sounds like one of those scam deals but this one was for real.
The 3 Amp fuse was blown, I replaced it with 2 Amp one, now dashboard lits up and shows 100 hours (if the board was out for a long time, it might have more hours). The battery was not charging. After jumping it for a couple of days, I figured out the electrical schematic and found that the red wire from voltage regulator is disconnected... easy fix, now runs like champ. Well, my wife said that she could have figured out the loose wire too, thus diminishing my achievement.

Mithrill said:

BushBoneYard, the manual did say that the tractor was not designed for "ground engagement". On another hand, it has "garden tiller model 13460" as an allowed attachment that seem to use similar connection. Can I use the blade in moderation tho? What is the danger, my hydro may die? Thanks!

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That tractor is equipped with a Peerless VST205-023B transaxle, which I'm not familiar with. If it was my tractor would I use the blade moderately? probably, even though my instinct is saying "don't do it, tyou will cook the hydro". The Garden Tiller really does not really put any more strain on the machine than pulling a cart would. If you do use the blade, go very easy and make sure the hydro is clean {no debris on top etc.} to keep it as cool as possible.

As far as the hours, a general rule of thumb is to assume 50 hrs per year. Not many trust hour meters anymore, but some do "sit". Looks in great shape.

Mithrill said:

Well, my wife said that she could have figured out the loose wire too, thus diminishing my achievement.

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Better keep her on the diagnostic team!:thThumbsU And that a way, you don't have her doing the trash talk on the whole deal......Congrats! Always better your wife is your partner in this endeavor, than your enemy.

Great info, you guys, thanks a lot. The blade does not seem to be of much use for this tractor - i read some reviews of people complaining about the tranny in this model and I would not want to replace it. Will keep it for a future machine I will get some day.

Nice to have such a support net as people at this forum provide.

:thanku:

Mithrill said:

Great info, you guys, thanks a lot. The blade does not seem to be of much use for this tractor - i read some reviews of people complaining about the tranny in this model and I would not want to replace it. Will keep it for a future machine I will get some day.

Nice to have such a support net as people at this forum provide.

:thanku:

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Yea, I don't know about the Murray version of the tranny, but I had a Sabre(JD) come in to my shop at the beginning of this year for spring tuneup that the lady had the tranny replaced at the JD dealer for just over $850, :Stop: including labor. It'd be a big chunk (no pun intended) to swallow.

hankll said:

Yea, I don't know about the Murray version of the tranny, but I had a Sabre(JD) come in to my shop at the beginning of this year for spring tuneup that the lady had the tranny replaced at the JD dealer for just over $850, :Stop: including labor. It'd be a big chunk (no pun intended) to swallow.

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Yes, I heard about $750 for tranny replacement. It is apparently a sealed unit that cannot be repaired. Also read about people opening it up and fixing it nonetheless.

No, I hope to get some mileage out of it, just need to get things fixed as they show up. Today one of the wheels came off because the metal piece holding the wheel on the axle golt lost in the grass...Need to go see the good people at the small engine shop that have all the sorts of spare pieces.

Cheers!

Big-o said:

To me that says the front (I assume) hubs haven't seen grease since the factory. If it was a rear pull them both and put some Never Seez on both axles. This will help you in the future if you want to get them off without a lot of hassle.

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You are quite right, there were no grease when I bought it. I did put grease but I think I overdid it as the grease started popping out the plastic caps. I snapped them back but probably there was still too much left and that finally resulted in the lost cap, washer and the pin. That's one of the reason I did not want to get a brand new machine - just like when you are a new driver you want to drive a junker and not too worry about dents and scratches.

Looks like there was a lot of vibration as I noticed several screws got loose - I need to have a look at that blade as my wife mowed at least one metal pipe and who knows what was in our overgrown property...

Looks like there was a lot of vibration as I noticed several screws got loose - I need to have a look at that blade as my wife mowed at least one metal pipe and who knows what was in our overgrown property...[/QUOTE]

Are you sure it was her that mowed the pipe. :sidelaugh I didn't think so but it sounds better.