Snow Blade mounting a snow blade on a front end loader

[haroldy]

I have a kioti ck 30 and am considering putting on a quick attach 8 ft blade.. dealer doesnt recommend this as he says can damadge loader arms ,,, anyone here have any prob;ems

tks

 

[Thomas]

I have front mounted plow on my bucket for number...number of years never had problem.
Good trips springs and beware hard objects like rocks,stumps,ice, etc. and mailbox post.

 

[Fallon]

Lots of people have this concern, but I haven't seen many actual issues reported. I built a manual angled small truck plow with a SSQA for my L3200 & never had issues. Have a Snow Dawg SSQA plow for my new L4060. No snow last year to use it, but I did push some dirt back into a trench with it (very slowly & the dirt was not packed at all).

I just excercise caution when plowing & don't worth to much. My big concern is my Snow Dawg doesn't have float on it, it's a solid mount to the SSQA. My first plow had a chain on it & would float vertically several feet. It would tilt side to side 15 degrees or so. I might be rebuilding the plow to SSQA this year to put float & tilt into it.

Most SSQA plows are fixed mount rather than floating like truck plows for some reason.

One thing I don't like about SSQA plows is they are way out there up front. With my L3200 would loose steering when plowing. Chains on the front got some steering back. A frame mount is a much more compact unit that would give the plow less leverage to push the tractor sideways & kill steering. The ease of attaching a SSQA outweighs the advantages of a frame mount setup. The frame mounts are expensive & mean removing the loader.

 

[DK35vince]

I've been running a snow blade on my tractors loader for the past 16 years with no issues.

 

[nybirdman]

No reason not to use a FEL mounted plow as long as it has trip springs and a cross over relief.An 8ft.er may be a bit much for your tractor.I had a 6ft.er on a L3130 Kubota and have an 8ft.FEL mounted on my L4240 Kubota.

 

[BoylermanCT]

I had the same concern, but have used my plow for several years without any issues. Last season I hit an ice wall by the mailbox, and sheared the 1" pins holding the plow to the frame, and no damage to the loader arms. My before winter project is to get the sheared pin out of the tubes it mounted in. They are stuck pretty good!

You can float the plow if it is supported by a chain, as done on many plow trucks. When I tilt my SSQA plate forward, the chain goes slack and allows the plow to float. Tilt the SSQA plate back and the chain goes tight and I can pick up the blade very quickly.

 

[haroldy]

thank you for your responses ,,

 

[Gordon Gould]

Boylerman, I am wondering what are you running for a plow??

gg

 

[BoylermanCT]

Boylerman, I am wondering what are you running for a plow??

gg

I have a Meyer EZ Mount plow with a 7.5' blade. The plow blade mounts to the A frame with two 1" thick pins, which also are the blade trip pivot points. The plow is about 20 years old, and the pins are original. I bought 2 new pins but may have to use a torch to get the old ones out. I sprayed them to death with WD40, and used a sledge hammer on them to no avail.

The pins are circled in red.

 

[haroldy]

Boylerman, I am wondering what are you running for a plow??

gg

i dont have one yet,, it was for sale locally with quik attach for bobcat