Your picture looks good but it does not show how your blade is attached to the tractor. Some more pictures from the sides of your tractor would make it easier to see how your blade is mounted.
Do your mounts carry the pushing load from the blade back to the rear axle or at least to the tractor frame?
If the blade is only attached to the front axle that could be what your friends are concerned about.
You can figure your tractor can push on blade the with a force of at least 50% to maybe close to 100% of the weight of the tractor. Your 880 weights somewhere between 5000 to 7500 pounds? There will also be an extra 25% to 100% shock load when the blade hits something solid enough to slow or stop the forward movement of the tractor. That all would be very hard on the front end if the pushing is done with just the front axle.
Do your mounting brackets include two good sized beams that carry the thrust load from the blade back to the rear axle or at least the rear pads on the engine frame tub? Then you should be OK. The front axle should only have to carry the an extra vertical load when the blade is raised, not when the blade is lowered. You may even need to add some front end weight to improve steering when you're pushing with the blade angled.
Your blade came off a pickup tuck? The blade and lift only weight what around 1000 pounds? Your brakets to mount it on the tractor, make the total extra weight no more than 2000 pounds maximum even if the mounts are extra heavy? If the front axle only has to carry the weight of the blade when it's raised and no forward thrust loads when your pushing with the blade lowered there shouldn't be a weight problem on your wide front end.
This is only one person's opinion. Pictures of the mounting brackets will tell the real story.
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