I found this on Marketplace. The ad says you drive over it and hook it up to the 3-point, but what keeps the front end in front of the tractor? The front tires steer but I don't see any steering, so they must caster which would be an awful lot of stress on the 3 point. How is the blade controlled? Is it just the 3 point? I can see how you could tilt it a little with the leveling crank, but you wouldn't be able to lift it more than a few inches. So many questions. It looks like it hasn't seen much use and my guess is it didn't work like the builder hoped. Looks like he did a nice job on it, though. Log into Facebook Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. www.facebook.com
There's u bolts and square tubing right at the bend, near where the front of the tractor would be. I bet it mounts there to the frame, on something like a front loader mount. That would take a lot of the stress off the 3 pt. Looks like there is a cylinder on the blade up and down, and I think the front wheels just caster like you said. Looks to me like a driveway leveler/ groomer, not a serious blade.
Looks like it would make a decent land plane if you turned the blade around and had a place to attach the top link.
The paint looks to be original, and 95% of its still there......tells me a lot. Ed
Exactly what i was thinking. Didn’t work so was parked up.
American Road Machine, must have been 1940s converted farm tractors to a makeshift version of a grader. I don't think they worked super well. I've seen Ford 9N & International Farmall M converted. Not a grader by any means, but better than nothing if you had a long private road. This thing does NOT look to be very heavy duty.
The ideal behind it was good but it probably didnt work that great and it would be a lot of work to find out.
There were some other grader conversions for tractors that were much better engineered.
If you spent any time in a grader it really makes you think about how one of these would work but maybe they would have there place.
Would be OK for basic stuff like grading driveways or making roads in fields.