Hey S, how far back did you go with the push arms?
The 9 footer on my 66 Chevy pushes all the way from the front of the rear spring mounts.
I built that one myself buying only the Quadrant bar A frame & blade from Western, and the only failure on the machine was the quadrant bar. Western just didn't put enough steel in that thing, and I ripped the reenforcment strip loose from the parent metal.
Good part was I had access to a 100 ton press to straighten it back up, and reenforce it.
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