Sauder
Dozer Blade, Model B7 mounted on a 1948 Ford 8N tractor
While looking for a front mounted snow plow for my 1948 Ford 8N, I
finally managed to find one after months of looking, a Sauder B7 Dozer
blade.
I had to do a "lot" of searching on the internet to find out much
information on this plow, thought that I would put the information I
used to get this plow mounted in one place, in case others are looking
for information on this plow.
Side view of the plow
![Side view of Sauder B7 Dozer blade Side view of Sauder B7 Dozer blade](images/Side_view_of_dismounted_plow.jpg)
Rear view of the plow
![rear view of plow dismounted from the tractor rear view of plow dismounted from the tractor](images/rear_plow_view.jpg)
Rear mounting bracket for the plow. Bolts to the tractor where the front drawbar attaches under the tractor
![Rear mounting bracket removed from tractor Rear mounting bracket removed from tractor](images/Rear_mounting_bracket_for_Sauder_loader_bottom_view_off_tractor.jpg)
Snow plow mounted on the tractor
![Sauder B7 Dozer blade mounted on the tractor Sauder B7 Dozer blade mounted on the Ford 8N](images/tractor_with_Sauder_plow_mounted.jpg)
View of the loader mounting brackets that install on the front
axle.
![Side view of the right hand front mounting bracket Side view of the right hand front mounting bracket](images/Left_hand_side_view_of_front_loader_bracket_for_Sauder_plow.jpg)
![Left hand front mounting bracket, front view Left hand front mounting bracket, front view](images/Loader_front_lh_bracket.jpg)
![Front view of the left hand front loader bracket Front view of the left hand front loader bracket](images/Sauder_loader_bracket_lh_front_view.jpg)
View of the rear mounting bracket with the loader installed
![View of the rear mounting bracket with loader installed View of the rear mounting bracket with loader installed](images/Rear_mounting_bracket_for_Sauder_loader.jpg)
Tie in to the hydraulic test port on the tractor
![tie in to hydraulic test port on the Ford 8N](images/hyd-tie-in-to-test-port.jpg)
Coupling between the tractor and plow
![Hydraulic coupling between the tractor and plow](images/hydraulic-coupling.jpg)
![Dozer blade in raised position Dozer blade in raised position](images/Sauder_snow_plow_in_raised_position.jpg)
First test run of the plow!
![Results of the first test run of the snow plow](images/1st-plow-test-run-1.jpg)
![Results of the first test run of the snow plow, lower driveway](images/1st-plow-test-run-2.jpg)
After using the tractor for snow removal, found that I needed to change
the front brackets to prevent the snow plow frame from lifting off the
front axle. The frame would lift high enough to shift over the
stop tabs on the angle iron. Plus the cross member on the plow from was
hitting the bottom of the tractor.
Added a "J" loop to each bracket, and that seems to have fixed the problem (at least for now....).
Right hand bracket
![Left hand modified bracket](images/right-front-modfied-bracket.jpg)
Left hand bracket
![Right hand side modified bracket](images/left-hand-modified-backet.jpg)
Chain to hold down the 3 point hitch lift arms to generate pressure via the test port to operate the lift cylinder for the blade
![Chain to hold down the 3 point hitch to generate hydraulic pressure via the test port to operate the blade lift cylinder](images/hold-down-chain-1.jpg)
Additional chains to hold up the rear weights when the blade is in the down position
![Additional chains to hold the rear weight off the ground, when the front blade is in the lowered position](images/Chains_rear_weight.jpg)
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