Snow Attachments My $8 Snow Blade

[Inspector507]

Here is a shot of the rear. I made a bracket that slips in the drawbar and is held there with the factory pin. It kinda pulls to one side. Have to work that one out

 

[Inspector507]

The cable rubs on the front "bumper"........need to add a pulley I guess to raise it up a bit. I thought I calculated the angle with a few pieces of scrap, but I guess I need to look at that again.

 

[Inspector507]

You can see the 6" cast iron pulley I used on bronze bushings. It was left in the shop by the previous owner.

 

[Inspector507]

The brackets are from an old Craftsman rider I have. The blade I bought at a clearance sale included brackets that were already on the rider. Been looking at those brackets for 10-12 years. Finally found a use for them. I'm wondering if I need some bracing to the rear?

 

[Anonymous Poster]

You should be all set for the next snow storm, hopefully not till Nov/Dec.

A strategically placed hole in that front bumper might straighten that cable right out....

 

[Inspector507]

I could raise the front bracket, but I'd like to be able to open the hood too.

 

[Surge]

Looks Great !!!... a bit more "tweaking" as you suggest on the cable angle should get it... Those older brackets you had look like they were just made for the application. It doesn't look like it would take more than a few minutes to put on or take off.... I will start my project this summer... I may need a few pointers!!!

 

[Inspector507]

Anytime Surge........
The brackets have a slot in them to just lay the shaft in there, along with the hole I decided to use. If I used the slot, I was worried it might pull out when backing up if the blade was down.

 

[winchman]

Nice job! The time and effort that you put into this is well worth it. There is nothing like pushing snow going forward. You will like it. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

winchman

 

[Inspector507]

Has to be better than a stick neck

 

[gbirky]

Inspector,
I wouldn't worry about bracing to the rear. I did some calculations a few years ago to determine whether two bolts through the frame of a car would be enough to hold a class II receiver hitch on. It turns out that I'd have to pull something like 1g (the weight of the trailer 3,500lb) to shear the bolts. If I remember right the shear required something like 10,000 lb.

You'll probably bend the blade frame before you'll damage the bracket, or shear the bolts.

By the way, we just got about 3" of snow yesterday, and its snowing again now! Next winter, I plan to mount a hydraulic lift and angle 54" John Deere blade in place of my way-too-small 42" manual angle blade.

 

[Inspector507]

Greg for now this one is a manual adjust angle too. But maybe one of these days there'll be a 2 spool valve plopped on the fender and 2 cylinders to lift and angle. Can ya tell I like to play on/with my toys(tools)?
As for bracing.....I took it out to the gravel drive to see how much gravel it'd dig up and push. Watched the supports real close, nothing moved/gave. THEN I got to put all the gravel back /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif.
Hopin' I'll be waiting till next winter to try it out on snow. Should be in the 60-70's the rest of the week. Waiting on the apple trees to bloom.