I only built the "wings", and was at an advantage as the plow was built for add on wings (the mounting provisions were there). I had never used a pusher before and was amazed how effective they are plowing an open area.
I have not used a normal rigid pusher and this one being able to angle is nice especially "sweeping" into a pile.
I cheated and started with a 10' plow.
It works pretty well but I need to modify it to float and follow the ground a little bit. It is a ridgid mount currently and I pick up quick a bit of dirt and grass with it. I have only used it up to about 8" so far with no issues. View attachment 529723View attachment 529724
PaPow these pics show the (std. factory) mounting points. They sell the end plates as an option but I did not see the use of them until years later. I very much underestimated how much snow they can carry. These are obviously removable but I like it so much for certain areas like my pretty big firewood area along with all around the shop building that I keep them on and built another angle plow for the driveway plowing. This particular blade is a "trip edge" type and the tripping action is fully functional with the end plates, although I don't remember ever tripping it. It may be the skid shoe's on the end plates.
Rusty, that is a really sweet pusher. So are those side plates original to/for the plow or did you build those... i like how they`re made. I think if that were my rig, i think i would add a top plate back scraper cutter to the front leading edge so that you could flip it forward and get up close to back drag with it in close quarter areas.
I built them, "Pusher box's" were a new thing when I bought the plow and I could not imagine that they (pusher box) would carry anywhere near the snow that they are capable of. After some years went by and watching them work I just built them. As for back dragging with a bar across the top, being a traditional (angling) plow it is about 6-7' tall vertically with the wings and my hose's would have to be much longer and be troublesome keeping them out of the way while ''flat'' plowing. I have another plow or tractor/ss buckets for clean up. If it were "tight in" non angling pusher I'd definitely want that backdrag bar :thumbsup:
Jay, i hope you do this for a living, if not, thats a awesome talent going to waste when you could be making some serious cash flow.
OMG Nice job...!!!
I built them, "Pusher box's" were a new thing when I bought the plow and I could not imagine that they (pusher box) would carry anywhere near the snow that they are capable of. After some years went by and watching them work I just built them. As for back dragging with a bar across the top, being a traditional (angling) plow it is about 6-7' tall vertically with the wings and my hose's would have to be much longer and be troublesome keeping them out of the way while ''flat'' plowing. I have another plow or tractor/ss buckets for clean up. If it were "tight in" non angling pusher I'd definitely want that backdrag bar :thumbsup:
Obviously, you need a bigger barn.
I just got my snow blade, mounting it this next weekend. If I can figure out how to post pictures to this forum, I shall do so. But, compared to what you guys are using, it's small. 60" on my Ford 1210