1/2 Ready For Snow..FEL Blade is Done

[Spudland_Dave]

Well I'm 1/2 Ready for snow now... Blade is all done and I'm just waiting on a call from the dealer saying my 74" Rear Mount Blower is in.
Little Rundown:
-Started out as a rusty 7.5' Fisher Plow I found on Craigslist right in my town
-Cut off all factory mounting brackets
-Fabbed up new ribs to accomodate the 20 degree angle for the Skid Steer QA so I can be "true to spec" and not need to adjust my level indicator
-Used the SS Quick Plates from JinmaParts.com
-Sent blade to local coatings shop...sandblasted and powdercoated it JD Yellow
-Custom made my own graphics and had local sign shop cut em out for me.

All in all it came out really good and I cant wait to give it a whirl in the snow

 

[kennyd]

That looks great! I love the decals

 

[JDeerekid]

Awsome job. Also love the decals. I want the deer decal.
Just one question why did you go with a straight bland and not keep the angle adjustment?

 

[Deerlope]

Awsome job. Also love the decals. I want the deer decal.
Just one question why did you go with a straight bland and not keep the angle adjustment?

That is percisely my question also and I also see that you don't have any plow shoes on it. Plowing is done much faster with and angled blade. I just finished a 8 foot Fisher on a QA mount for a Bota.You want those plow shoes on there at least until the ground get frozen really hard.

 

[smfcpacfp]

I also don't understand something. Why would you have both a plow and a snowblower? Where I live people either have one or the other, but not both.

When you snowblow, you cut a path wide enough to get your vehicles through the snow. When you plow, you create big runoff areas to push the snow for later in the year (at least here where we get lots of snow that stays for a long time). When you do both, what is your strategy?

By the way, I like your rig.

 

[JDeerekid]

I also don't understand something. Why would you have both a plow and a snowblower? Where I live people either have one or the other, but not both.

When you snowblow, you cut a path wide enough to get your vehicles through the snow. When you plow, you create big runoff areas to push the snow for later in the year (at least here where we get lots of snow that stays for a long time). When you do both, what is your strategy?

By the way, I like your rig.

I am going to have my rig setup this way this year with snowblower on back and frame mounted front plow. The biggest thing is speed. I can plow all the snow to end of driveway or in a pile then blow it away.
We frequently get 1-2' snowfalls. For the longer runs it is easier and faster to plow the snow to each side of the drive or the road in my case than it is to blow it. Then when I have more time I make one pass down and back with the blower and make the snow go bye bye.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Lemme see if I can answer all the questions:

Awsome job. Also love the decals. I want the deer decal.

If you or anybody else wants the Fisher/Deere "Splat" I have one extra currently, and I can easily go get more cut out...shoot me a PM if interested.

Just one question why did you go with a straight bland and not keep the angle adjustment?

Straight Blade vs Angled....Pretty Simple really, strength. I've seen 2 loader frames tweaked sideways because someone was running it angled and hit something or a snow pile....loader frames are NOT Deisgned for "side to side" loading...

I also don't understand something. Why would you have both a plow and a snowblower? Where I live people either have one or the other, but not both.?

Around here most people have both...I plan on snowblowing my driveway...the blade is more for cleanup & more efficent blowing. I use this example: right against the garage....hard for me to get in there and blow all the snow, cant get right against the garage, etc... with the blade I can back blade all the snow away from the building to where I can easily get at it with the blower.
I've been joking with SWMBO that had I gotten a smaller blade I coulda even back bladed the front porch & steps

That is percisely my question also and I also see that you don't have any plow shoes on it.

Yeah, I'm trying to find a used set of shoes, when I got the blade it didnt have any...they're asking for your first born on new ones ($$)...and it also seems NOBODY has used shoes. Theres a Fisher Salvage yard that specialzes in new/used Fisher Plow parts exclusively and even he doesnt have used shoes. Might just need to suck it up and buy a pair of new ones.

 

[kennyd]

Yeah, I'm trying to find a used set of shoes, when I got the blade it didnt have any...they're asking for your first born on new ones ($$)...and it also seems NOBODY has used shoes. Theres a Fisher Salvage yard that specialzes in new/used Fisher Plow parts exclusively and even he doesnt have used shoes. Might just need to suck it up and buy a pair of new ones.

TSC usually has some generic plow shoes for about $20.00 or so...

 

[Deerlope]

Lemme see if I can answer all the questions:


If you or anybody else wants the Fisher/Deere "Splat" I have one extra currently, and I can easily go get more cut out...shoot me a PM if interested.



Straight Blade vs Angled....Pretty Simple really, strength. I've seen 2 loader frames tweaked sideways because someone was running it angled and hit something or a snow pile....loader frames are NOT Deisgned for "side to side" loading...



Around here most people have both...I plan on snowblowing my driveway...the blade is more for cleanup & more efficent blowing. I use this example: right against the garage....hard for me to get in there and blow all the snow, cant get right against the garage, etc... with the blade I can back blade all the snow away from the building to where I can easily get at it with the blower.
I've been joking with SWMBO that had I gotten a smaller blade I coulda even back bladed the front porch & steps



Yeah, I'm trying to find a used set of shoes, when I got the blade it didnt have any...they're asking for your first born on new ones ($$)...and it also seems NOBODY has used shoes. Theres a Fisher Salvage yard that specialzes in new/used Fisher Plow parts exclusively and even he doesnt have used shoes. Might just need to suck it up and buy a pair of new ones.

Come to think of it the shoes won't do you much good unless you float the FEL and the the FEL will be so heavy that the surface area of the shoes won't support it.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Come to think of it the shoes won't do you much good unless you float the FEL and the the FEL will be so heavy that the surface area of the shoes won't support it.

I dunno about that....my dad has the same setup (Loader Mounted Blade w/Shoes) on his L2900 and he's never had a problem. Really just runs the shoes until the ground is froze solid and once it is he pulls em off.

TSC usually has some generic plow shoes for about $20.00 or so...

Good to know, They're building a TSC about 2 miles from the house so I hope they open up before snow hits the ground....