Snow Attachments Custom Snow Plow

[rondevue]

Here's a couple of pictures of the snow plow I built a couple years ago for my JD 2520. I built this completely from scratch with the exception of the mold board which I bought off of craig's list. As you can see it is frame mount and uses the hydraulics for the loader. I have used this for two winters and now going onto the third. It works very well and have not had any problems or break downs. The mold board is 72" which is perfect for my 2520, the tractor could handle a little bigger blade on those lighter snow falls but not when we get a 6 incher or more, for those it's perfect. I am impressed on how much this machine can push evertime I jump on it. It makes plowing snow fun.:thumbsup:

 

[bubbacuse77]

solid work on this one also

 

[mjncad]

Excellent work! Thanks for sharing!

 

[creekbend]

Good job.:thumbsup:

 

[Mike476]

Nice job! :thumbsup:

 

[rondevue]

Thanks for the compliments!

 

[LD1]

Very nice fabwork indeed:thumbsup:

IT appears you are using the two SA cylinders. What did you do for a crossover valve for protection?

 

[Gizmo2]

Nice job. Do you feel the DA lift cylinder is fast enough? I did not have any luck using one for my lift cylinder. It was slow to lower and in float it did not let the blade follow the ground very well or fast enough.

 

[toppop52]

Cool setup, I'm looking do a similar project on a smaller tractor using a 42" JD dozier/snow blade.

 

[rondevue]

They are SA cylinders, I do not have a crossover valve installed, they are hooked directly to my loader control. I did do some asking round about that and the responses I got were that I didn't really need one in this situation. I suppose they could be wrong about that???? No problems in two years though, that doesn't mean I could have an issue in the future. I only use this to plow my own driveway and I'm easy on my equipment, careful not to ram hard.

The DA cylinder is a little slower but I feel it works fine, I generally don't raise the blade very high when plowing. The bottom of the cylinder is mount in a 3 1/2" slot, allowing the blade to float up and down 8" or so.

 

[LD1]

They are SA cylinders, I do not have a crossover valve installed, they are hooked directly to my loader control. I did do some asking round about that and the responses I got were that I didn't really need one in this situation. I suppose they could be wrong about that????

I do think they were wrong but as long as you are easy, you should be fine.

With the setup you have now, if you are angled fully one direction, and catch that edge on something, it is trying to compress that cylinder and building a LOT of pressure in the system. If the fluid that is overpressurized has no where to go, it will probabally blow a hose.

A crossover valve is simply a adjustable valve, that at a set psi will divert the fluid into the other cylinder. That will allow the one to collapse without blowing a hose, and the other to extend without drawing a vaccuum.:thumbsup:

 

[rondevue]

Yes, that's pretty much the way I understood it. I figured I'd give it a try the way I have it and make modifications as need. Haven't had any issues yet. Had a rough winter last year, that was the true test.