snow plow pics

[wolfpack2]

I have both R4 and turf tires for my TC40D. On my 300 ft. stone drive, I can push more snow with the turf tires in 2 wheel drive than I can in 4 wheel drive with the R4s. Neither set are loaded. The R4s do great as long as the blade is straight. If it is angled, the R4s get pushed sideways where as the turfs are more stable and track straighter.

 

[Bigturk]

I like the closeness to the loader arms as well. It does look like you will have to be careful and not roll it all the way forward or some issues could arise, I could be wrong of course. There is no real reason TO roll it forward however.

One reason to roll the blade forward is to use the blade and FEL to lift and push the tractors front wheels out of the ditch after driving in too far. Learned this the old fashion way.

Nice looking setup, can't wait for snow.:thumbsup:

 

[lhfarm]

Here are the pics of my snow plow. I also turned my rear loaded tires and gained 3 inches more width. Now if i need chains i have no problem with clearence, BOY THOSE LITTLE TIRES WHERE HEAVY. It was almost too much for one person.

Do you have a picture of the back of the QA plate (i.e. blade off the tractor)? I really like your design. Not sure my welding skills are up to the task, but might be able to have someone weld it for me. More details greatly appreciated.

 

[wedge40]

Do you have a picture of the back of the QA plate (i.e. blade off the tractor)? I really like your design. Not sure my welding skills are up to the task, but might be able to have someone weld it for me. More details greatly appreciated.

Ditto.

Wedge

 

[magicheater]

One reason to roll the blade forward is to use the blade and FEL to lift and push the tractors front wheels out of the ditch after driving in too far. Learned this the old fashion way.

Nice looking setup, can't wait for snow.:thumbsup:

That is true, I've used that trick myself.

 

[MF1652]

I never ceases to amaze me how many clever ways people come up with to mount snow plows to tractors. Great setup:thumbsup: It's also funny how having a nice snow removal setup makes us actually look forward to the winter weather.

I have also had the same problem with R4's. If the blade is angled, the front end gets pushed around. With the blade straight, I can push snow anywhere. I have considered putting chains on the front to stop this, but I figured this little annoyance keeps me from getting too carried away and prevents me from breaking my loader arms since the tractor is likely to get pushed to the side instead of digging in with force and breaking something.

 

[JB4310]

Great looking build, there have been a few of these well thought out loader snow plow set up threads lately.

But don't any of the manufactures offer a frame mount option? I have not seen any in a long time. I'm not a big fan of loader mounted plows in general, so I made a frame mount.

Took a Myers truck plow under carriage and bolted it to my frame, just took a couple of plates welded to the old undercarriage front piece, and used existing holes in my frame. It's compact, super heavy duty, and stays on with no clearance issues for FEL install.

It's so quick buzzing around with the frame mounted plow, no worries about loader arm damage when hammering snow piles. Everything is a trade off off course, I can't raise the blade more than 18 inches off the ground, so I have to start with the banks pushed back as far as possible on the first few storms.
Last year I had to remount the loader to move record snow fall piles back.

I guess no one wants to remove their loaders, since they are so useful for so many other tasks. But if we are just talking about plowing snow IMO the frame mount is very efficient.

JB

 

[rayclar]

ihfarm here are some pics of the mount. I will be mounting some mushroom shoes on the back of the mount to protect the cylinders if i use the loader in full float. ray

 

[Don87]

Great looking build, there have been a few of these well thought out loader snow plow set up threads lately.

But don't any of the manufactures offer a frame mount option? I have not seen any in a long time. I'm not a big fan of loader mounted plows in general, so I made a frame mount.

Took a Myers truck plow under carriage and bolted it to my frame, just took a couple of plates welded to the old undercarriage front piece, and used existing holes in my frame. It's compact, super heavy duty, and stays on with no clearance issues for FEL install.

It's so quick buzzing around with the frame mounted plow, no worries about loader arm damage when hammering snow piles. Everything is a trade off off course, I can't raise the blade more than 18 inches off the ground, so I have to start with the banks pushed back as far as possible on the first few storms.
Last year I had to remount the loader to move record snow fall piles back.
I guess no one wants to remove their loaders, since they are so useful for so many other tasks. But if we are just talking about plowing snow IMO the frame mount is very efficient.

JB

That is the reason why lots of people want either bucket mount/ or FEL mount with SSQA. It gives you the opportunity to move deeper snow without dropping the plow and putting the bucket back on.

BXPanded makes a nice bucket mounted snowplow, that attaches in seconds. It will fit most buckets on most any tractor.

Snowplows

 

[nybirdman]

I had a factory sub-frame snow-plow set up on a L3130 Kubota.Worked very good but the FEL had to be removed.Limited on the height of the blade.
New tractor;L4240 built a FEL mounted snow-blade,like this a lot better,the plow can be removed in minutes to access the bucket.Also I can pile snow a lot higher.