Western snow plow on John Deere

[tude]

The Western snow plow is attached to grandfathers 1946 John Deere A. My brother still has both the tractor and snow plow.

 

[5030]

That tricycle front would be a bugger to plow with. I run a 10 foot retired power angle county plow on my M9000 Kubota FWA and it's a bear at times.

 

[Fallon]

That tricycle front would be a bugger to plow with. I run a 10 foot retired power angle county plow on my M9000 Kubota FWA and it's a bear at times.

Just have to rely on steering brakes I expect. That setup has a big red beam going to the rear. So it will be a much more solid mount than floppy loader arms flexing away. It amazes me how much my loader flexes when plowing & doing other normal bucket related loader tasks. That setup may or may not run into issues with the front coming off the ground in float either due to the better geometry.

 

[Thomas]

Rugged looking setup for straight pushing.

 

[5030]

Just have to rely on steering brakes I expect. That setup has a big red beam going to the rear. So it will be a much more solid mount than floppy loader arms flexing away. It amazes me how much my loader flexes when plowing & doing other normal bucket related loader tasks. That setup may or may not run into issues with the front coming off the ground in float either due to the better geometry.

Interesting. My loader don't flex at all. Maybe your bushings are shot. They do wear out, especially if not greased every 10 hours. That really has nothing to do with plow steer anyway. The plow is steering when you push a lot of snow because the weight of the snow deflects the plow (and the tractor) from your desired line of travel. I run chains on my front tires in FWA and none on the back.

Second picture is plow steer from the weight of the pushed snow. With a tricycle front, it would be much worse especially with no FWA. You can brake steer all you want to, it will not alter the direction the plow is taking as the snow forces it (and the tractor) to one side or another.

I do this stuff all the time in the winter. I open that road for a mile to the pavement.

 

[5030]

Here is the road opened up.. For your enjoyment...

 

[CalG]

Here is a western plow on an old tractor.

She get out for exercise every winter..

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/261466-snow-blade-e27n.html?highlight=Fordson

 

[RickB]

I much prefer frame mounted plows to loader mounted plows. One of many reasons is the frame mounted blade is closer to the rear axle. That lessens the effect a pile of snow in front of an angled blade has on the direction of travel.

 

[Fallon]

Both my former L3200 & current L4060 have been this way. I had them since new & grease very often. Bushings are tight at least vertically. There is slop side to side by a substantial fraction of an inch between the arms & frame to slide sideways on the pin from the factory.

I prefer the SSQA plow because of the ease of mounting or dismounting not because of performance. I'm sure that old tractor mounted frame works a bit better.

 

[powersrp]

Here is the road opened up.. For your enjoyment...View attachment 662360

Thats a beast, why not a 8’ snow blower?