Loader mounted snowplow

[nateman73]

Got a hold of a 7 ft plow for free. Was thinking of welding the mount that would usually be under the truck to the back of my bucket and pinning right on like it was designed. Then attach a chain from the hook on the bucket to the plow frame. Maybe with a load binder?? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Will post pics as progress is made.




Added pic from my phone. This is the position it would end up in.

 

[kennyd]

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[radioman]

I have thought of doing the same thing , but my biggest concern would be the clearace when angled. ANyone have thoughts on this ? the search didnt really show a fisher plow clearance issues if the loader was mounted directly over the A part of frame and pinned directly in the back. For now i am using a poor mans snow pusher.

 

[George2615]

If you're going to use the plow as a straight blade (without power angle) you can do like I did. I bought 4 pins at TSC and replaced the 4 pins that hold my bucket with them. Then I welded some metal onto the back of an old plow blade I had so I can now pull the 4 pins and remove the bucket and put the plow blade in place of the bucket. See pics.

I originally tried to adapt the full plow frame to the bucket but found that put a lot of weight out in front of the bucket which resulted in a loss of rear wheel traction with the bucket and plow raised. You could also remove the bucket and build your own frame to attach to the loader arms to give the plow clearance for use with power angle. It'll just take more fabrication and hydraulic hookup skills.

The plow blade in your pic looks real heavy duty and might be too heavy to be attached to the front of the bucket on what looks like a 2015 tractor.

 

[nateman73]

You hit the nail on the head. A 2015 it is and the weight is an issue. I clamped everything on and the rear is very light but I really want to have the loader readilly available for firewood chores. Maybe a 200 poundish rear counter weight?? I could always cut the plow down to 5.5 or 6 foot, and remove the top "lip" to reduce weight. Work 12hr shifts on weekends so wont get much more time on this until Monday. Thanks for the pics.

 

[PBinWA]

I originally tried to adapt the full plow frame to the bucket but found that put a lot of weight out in front of the bucket which resulted in a loss of rear wheel traction with the bucket and plow raised. You could also remove the bucket and build your own frame to attach to the loader arms to give the plow clearance for use with power angle. It'll just take more fabrication and hydraulic hookup skills..

Thread Hijacking! George can you post a close up of your front weight bracket? I'm planning to do something similar with my 2615.

Thanks - PB

 

[sperry]

My neighbor has had a plow mounted on his loader bucket for years now. It works great, when you get deep snow like we do. You can lift the snow with the blade and make taller piles or dump it over banks easier.

 

[PILOON]

I rigged my 20 hp Mitsubishi to push snow with a homemade 6 ft plow and used my loader arms to raise the blade.
Mind you I do remouve the bucket (just 4 pins).

The intent was to obtain a straight line push as the tractor is kinda light weight.(2000lbs)
What I discovered was that mounting on the bucket would actually push the front end off of the ground because the pivot point of the loader arms is up high causing the tractor to 'jack itself' when pushing a full load of snow.
That is because when plowing you need to be in the 'float position' so you lose steering as soon as your snow load equals about 1/2 your tractor weight because all the forces push back and upwards to the loader arm pivot points.

I fabbed a sub frame that drops down from my loader frame with pivot points that line up with the plow frame.
Now with a full FULL load of pushed snow I can actually steer it to where I want to go.
When my plow is angled I can push at 10MPH and retain steering.
(Note I made my plow one way manually angled)
In other words you want the attachement to the tractor to be at the same height as the A frame pivot point is to the ground.

So rather than add a hydraulic circuit I simply used about 16" of chain that links the loader cross arm (just behind the bucket) to an eye on my plow frame.
Now my little Mitsubishi ia 48" wide with a 6 ft plow and is as manouverable as my 3/4 ton GMC was with an 8FT fisher and it pushes as much snow.

Would I have wanted to I could leave the bucket on but that would only inhibit foreward visability, besides with 3 years on my plow I have not yet needed the bucket, but if i did it would ve a simple matter of remouving the plow (2 pivot pins) and re-attaching the bucket (4 pins)= about 10-15 mins! (+ 1/2 hr to 'find the bucket'. LOL)

Good luck!

 

[George2615]

Thread Hijacking! George can you post a close up of your front weight bracket? I'm planning to do something similar with my 2615.

Thanks - PB

Paul,
I heated and bent two pieces of 3/8" x 1 1/2" flat steel then welded them to the top of the loader support bracket. Then I welded some 1 1/4" angle across to hang the 5 30# weights on.
I got the weights from a buddy who used them on back of a Bobcat. On the Bobcat the weights slid onto a T shaped bar from one end and were held in place with a nut and bolt.

George

 

[PBinWA]

Thanks George! I need to get mine done before the snow starts. I bought some weights from my dealer and he gave me the front weight bracket from a 2615. I guess the stock 2615 comes with a weight bracket but the bracket is removed when the loader is installed. I was going to mount it underneath but I may move it up higher like you did.