Snow Attachments JD 4100 snow plow--loader arms or quick tatch?

[acs55812]

I will be adapting a 72" western type (with trip springs) plow to attach to a JD 4100 and am wondering if it would be best to put it on the loader arms or on the (quick tatch?) braket where a front snowblower would go.

The two major diff. would be distance away from front wheels on loader arms or closer to frame but loss of lift height on the snowblower attachment point.

How would either affect overall operation effectiveness?
Thanks
Dan

 

[kennyd]

Either will work, But I prefer the loader arms myself...there is much debate in the archives on this subject.

I do however think that 72" is to big for your tractor. 2 years ago I made o FEL mounted plow out of a Meyers Poly plow and cut the width down to 60" and it has performed great through two winters so far. Remember that the plow JD recommends for your tractor is 54" witch I think is to small.

Here is a link to the one I built, and there are plenty more if you search "FEL PLOW" and "FEL sowplow"
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/49283-fel-snowplow.html

 

[hazmat]

Do you already have the blower set up? If yes, frame mount it.

I bolted a plow into my loader bucket on my TC18 (similar size to 4100) - It was nice to have the height, but with the plow waaaay out front, I couldn't widrow the snow - the tractor kept sliding sideways (with rear chains).

Now I'm running a rear blower & leave the loader on the front (though I rarely ever use it for the snow).

member "beenthere" has a nice setup of a plow on his 4300? machine.

 

[RalphVa]

I'd be inclined to weld a couple "U" things at the top and a couple pins at the bottom to attach it to the loader frame, like the FEL is.

I agree that 54" is too short. If the blade is tilted 30 degrees, you need 2/1.732 x 48 = 55" minimum blade length to cover the width of the tread, which is 48". (A 30 degree triangle has one leg of 1, with hypotenuse of 2 and the other leg of square root of 2. That's where my numbers came from.

I use both the FEL on front and a back blade in the rear for snow clearing.

Ralph

 

[keeney]

I extended my 54" blade on my 4100 to 66" and its about the right size.

You could get away with 72" for most snow events, but it might get a little big for heavier stuff.

To keep the front end going where you want it, you have to keep some weight on the front wheels. Using the float function is about perfect with the stock plow on the quick-tatch.

Cheapest would be to just adapt it to the quick-tacth if you already have it setup for the snowblower.

However, I am not really happy with the actual quick-tatch on my setup. Its worn its way to being too loose up and down and now can't really generate any down-force (when needed to scrape icy layer where somebody drove over it). I plan to rebuild it before this season and take some of the slopiness out of it.

- Rick