Hello-Wow, I just can't control myself - I keep posting here! ;) I was curious what a good running BN is worth. I did a search, but could only find prices for ones that *weren't* restored. I wouldn’t consider selling mine, but I am curious as to it’s worth. How much would a working BN with a working pneumatic Lift-All be worth in the NJ area? Both items primed, painted, decaled, and fully restored. Another interesting thing is, my grandfather retrofitted a dozer blade on it. Being a machinist, this was fairly easy for him. Back in the fifties, he went to a junk yard and bought a 6 foot blade from an old Caterpillar. He then got two reinforced pipes, welded a bent section of pipe on the front end of each straight pipe (to hold the top half of the plow, picture in your mind half a 3 tined pitchfork). He also welded hinge pieces to the blade. For the back, he drilled two 1/2" steel bars to match the bolt holes on the final drive casting, where other implements would normally attach, and bolted them to a 3/4" x 3 bar to act as a replacement drawbar. He then made two special hinged U pieces that were welded to the back of the pipes, and connected to two “ears” on the plates bolted to the casting. This way, you could swap out drawbars if needed. Then, he made two arm pieces that connected the cultivator bars to the pipes. A useful feature I should mention is that it actually consists of two pipes, one inside the other with 4 holes drilled though, allowing you to remove a pin, pull half of the blade out (or push it in) then replace the pin so you could put the blade on an angle. Since the cultivator bars were already linked to the Lift-All, this now meant the blade could be lifted as needed. This system worked quite well though the years for snow removal, and other miscellaneous tasks such as pushing tree trunks, giant piles of debris, etc. ffolkes
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