New guy, im totally irrational

Hello OTT,

Ryan here, new to the tractor world. while searching for my forever home in suburban VA, I cam across a house right in my budget. With 6 acres of woods and grassy hills, I quickly learned that a push type lawn mower was not going to cut it (pun intended).

Found this lil beauty (I think) local, '96, 1 owner, 650 hrs. Besides the seat, the thing looks like it was someones baby. willing to bet that it only deteriorated after the owner died and kids who dont care were holding it.

Anyway, I have plans. I am a power junkie. I have fab skills.

Welp, google pics refuses to respond ATM....so pics coming soon.

Sorry guys, I didn't want to post a wall of text, and was planning to let the picture do its job.

Anyway, as some of you noticed, its a B7100, 4wd,hst, came with a few implements but I need more. I have about 3 acres that it is going to be responsible for mowing and about 1.5 miles of trail to keep clear. All the fluids look clean, but I know they are old, for sure. The mower deck is pristine and HEAVY. Rear blade is new, snow blower is old and scabby. Looks like it's been retrofitted to anything from a Corvair to a push mower.

I ride a lot of hair scramble dirt bike events, and have managed to squeeze a short practice loop, that's the 1mile trail (plus fence clear duty). I would eventually like to haverify a decent way to rearrange the dirt to my liking in some spots, preferably in a way that will propel me and my bike, many feet into the air. Because of clay, a hoe type bucket would be most efficient I think. Details on that are sketchy at best, right now.
Metal fabrication is what I like to do. Just an amateur, but I can hold my own and have a decent collection of tools. I'm good at sticking metal together, both ferrous and non.
Cash is extremely tight right now, first house, seems to be just suckling cash, way faster than I ever imagined. So progress will be slow for a bit, but things will move...slowly. I'll post pictures soon of current project. Turning the blade into a dual use unit. Conventional blade one side, small box blade on the other. Simple, should work ok. I think.

First small project for this thing. Added just a single tooth to the blade. I think I get about a 6" min. 12"max pierce depth. I've mostly welded car parts, finicky thin metals. Not tractor parts. Turned my mig gun up to settings I've never used before.

Here it is.

I welded the back of these mounts, then just wrapped the top and bottom, then came back around for another couple inches.

A little better picture. I just welded that big 1/2" plate to the back of the blade. It already had a big gusset that made it east to fit.

A quick and dirty math says I have about 200,000 lbs total weld holding capability with about a 50% safety margin. Assumed 30,000 psi (an already knocked down estimate for A36) X's 28" of weld @.25".

All is in shear so that's even better, and I am excited to see if I can actually rip it off with 17hp.

Feel free to critique my estimates.

I too was unimpressed with the performance of my new G-6 Gator Blades. So I modified them just a bit. I figure if I am using horsepower to turn something, it better be cutting. Sharpened all of the uprights into blades, wihtout getting hot and then re balanced.

I make grass confetti now.