Ready for snow!!

[dslanec]

I got a western suburbanite plow fitted with a QA for my tractor. Just got it wired up today and all is well. It has a hand held remote to angle the plow. I still have to order chains though. Hopefully the plow isn't to long(7' 4"). That will be a lot of snow to push when we get a big storm. I got the blade for next to nothing so the price was right.











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[scoutcub]

Nice setup! Loaded rear tires?

 

[dslanec]

Thank you.
They are loaded with rim guard

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[msb1766]

Looks Good, Do you have the plow lights wired?

 

[LD1]

Nice setup.

When snow does fly, it will be much more effective with something heavy on the 3ph. Even though your tires are loaded, that isn't enough by itself

 

[DieselnHooters]

That should work alright if you dont wait til theres a foot or more on the ground, you will definitely see what you are doing at the very least lol

 

[dslanec]

No the plow lights are not hooked up. I'm actually going to take them off the plow so they don't get in the way of tractor lights. When the snow flys I put my box blade on also for extra weight. It also comes in handy sometimes to push snow in reverse.

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[nybirdman]

That's a very nice looking set-up.I would consider hooking up the plow lites.With chains and ballast you should be fine.

 

[dslanec]

I can't hook up the plow lights with the plow harness. It's designed to plug into a truck wiring harness. They (plow dealer) had to rewire the plow harness for me just to make it work. There is a safety built into it so when The plow lights are not on the power won't go to the plow. They rewired it somehow to make it think the lights are always on.

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[LD1]

Plow wiring isnt that complicated.

If you wanted to wire it so the headlights work with the tractor lights, it can be done.

 

[Ed in Maine]

Looks good, should push well!

I still can't part with my bucket in the winter but if I had a heavier tractor I would definitely consider a plow. Time to dig the blower out and get it hooked up. Got a dusting of snow last night.

 

[dslanec]

Here is a update.
We got about 4 inches of snow a week ago so I got to test it out. I didn't have chains yet. Needless to say it was a bad experience. I had no traction and was having trouble just driving around up a incline without the plow down!! So next I put on a set of rear forks and hooked on to a 800# round bale of hay. Surly with all that weight I would have traction now. Nope I could hardly even tell a difference. Went inside and ordered a set of 2 link ladder chains from tirechains.com with 3/8ths cross links. They came today and WOW!! I knew it would be a big difference but it is day and night. I didn't even have any weight on back and I could push piles of snow no problem. My last tractor (sc2400) had chains too but I never tried it without them.

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[BuilderML]

Here is a update.
We got about 4 inches of snow a week ago so I got to test it out. I didn't have chains yet. Needless to say it was a bad experience. I had no traction and was having trouble just driving around up a incline without the plow down!! So next I put on a set of rear forks and hooked on to a 800# round bale of hay. Surly with all that weight I would have traction now. Nope I could hardly even tell a difference. Went inside and ordered a set of 2 link ladder chains from tirechains.com with 3/8ths cross links. They came today and WOW!! I knew it would be a big difference but it is day and night. I didn't even have any weight on back and I could push piles of snow no problem. My last tractor (sc2400) had chains too but I never tried it without them.

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Good to know, I figured the weight alone would of done the trick.

 

[dslanec]

Here are a couple pics of the new chains.

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[Katahdin]

I'm jealous, we haven't had a measurable amount of snow to plow yet here in Coastal/Southern Maine. If I'm lucky we'll get more than a dusting tonight.

Re your traction issues, unfortunately that's what I've heard about R4s without chains. Sort of related to that, this is my favorite Kubota video.

Nice plow setup, mine is similar. I also removed the lights from the plow, with the raised front and side lighting on these Cub/Yanmars you don't need it.