Adapted a Meyer snow plow to a JD 4300...

[swa240z]

Hey all,

I am finally getting around to posting some pictures of my most recent project. I purchased a very sad Meyer C-8 snow plow at an auction about two months ago for $50. The skin of the plow was full of holes, some of the ribs had cracks in them, but everything else looked useable - including both angle cylinders.

I totally disassembled the plow, cut the old skin off of it, and cut 3" off each end of the blade to make it a 7.5' blade. I had a local sheet metal shop cut and bend a sheet of 1/8" steel for the new skin ($150). After welding it on, I slapped some yellow paint on it and moved on to the adapter.

After several email exchanges with TBN regular Beenthere, I figured out what I needed to do to make this adapter work. I pretty much stuck with Beenthere's original design, but wanted to be able to apply some down pressure if needed, since I also planned to used the blade for light grading and stone spreading.

The day after getting everything put together I was able to put the plow to the test - we got 18" of snow - which was about all the tractor could handle. Amazingly, everything worked perfectly. As you can see from the pictures, I still have a little painting left to do, but that's going to have to wait for warmer weather. Total cost of the project was about $450.

I put a 2x6 treated wood cutting edge on to keep from scratching up the neighbors' driveways (I could care less about mine). So far, it has held up pretty well - a LOT cheaper than one of those poly cutting edges. I also have a new steel cutting edge should I need it.

Thanks goes out to Beenthere for helping me out with this project! Now on to my next project - a 4 in 1 bucket for the loader. Anyone built one???

Here are the links to the pics:

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Steve

 

[kennyd]

Very nice job! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[GaryE]

Steve,

Nice work!

I have the same plow on my F-250. I use it hard and I am sure I put it through much more abuse than your JD 4300 can dish out. So take what I am going to say with a grain of salt!!!!

I find when I am plowing heavy deep snow, 2 feet or more or if I hit a chunk of ice or a rock, the plow will role. Once the springs start to stretch you need to stop or raise the plow to get it to snap back. What I have found is a piece of chain to limit the role to about 3 – 4 inches will help. The plow then just hops over or goes through what ever caused it to roll. It will then bounce and return to "normal".

I am sure this is not easy on the plow, the truck or my teeth, but after several years of this, they have yet give up.

Gary

 

[PineRidge]

Steve nice looking addition to your John Deere.

 

[Bowhunter]

Great looking job Steve. What part of southern IN are you in?

 

[botaman2]

Very nice job! Hope you enjoy your new setup as much as I enjoy plowing with my L3010 and Meyers plow.

 

[thefarm]

When I was using a plow on my tractor,I used a recap of from a big truck tire.I bolted it on with a piece of narrow metal on the tire size and off I went.I left about 2 inches below the metal plow.Worked out real well.Kept the plow from tripping on all of the rocks.Was using it for the woods road too.Find these beside the road often.

 

[KennedyDiesel]

Looks like you should have AWESOME down pressure with that setup. That and quick rise.

 

[daveman]

Nice clean looking job. Looks like it was made for the JD. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[cmhyland]

Steve,
That is really nice work. I'm looking at doing the exact same thing on a Kubota 2910... Can we get some more detail photos of the mount on the tractor frame with the plow removed.

And does your loader clear this lift or do you have to remove it to put the loader on....

When I do mine I want the loader to be able to clear the lift frame.

Thanks,
Crhis