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

Rear view of the plow
rear view of plow dismounted from the tractor

Rear mounting bracket for the plow.  Bolts to the tractor where the front drawbar attaches under the tractor
Rear mounting bracket removed from tractor

Snow plow mounted on the tractor
Sauder B7 Dozer blade mounted on the Ford 8N

View of the loader mounting brackets that install on the front axle.
Side view of the right hand front mounting bracket

Left hand front mounting bracket, front view

Front view of the left hand front loader bracket

View of the rear mounting bracket with the loader installed
View of the rear mounting bracket with loader installed

Tie in to the hydraulic test port on the tractor
tie in to hydraulic test port on the Ford 8N

Coupling between the tractor and plow
Hydraulic coupling between the tractor and plow

Dozer blade in raised position

First test run of the plow!
Results of the first test run of the snow plow

Results of the first test run of the snow plow, lower driveway

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

Left hand bracket
Right hand side modified bracket

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

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
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