MossRoad
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- Power Trac PT425 2001 Model Year
Tracdoc's post regarding heavy snowfalls and clearing that first path up hill on a long drive got me to thinking about our Power Trac group discussions regarding V plows a few years ago, so I thought I would start a discussion on it.
A couple years ago several of us pondered V plows for the PT for busting open a path. With the quick attach being so easy to use, you could bust a path down the middle, run back to the garage and swap to the power angle plow in less than a minute and use it to do the sides. I think this would be a worthy project that could be accomplished fairly inexpensively. One could probably pick up a couple 36" lawn tractor snow plows at a junk yard pretty cheap, or a beat up pickup truck plow blade and cut it down the center, weld them into a V with some cross bars for bracing and attach a QA plate. You wouldn't need power angle on it. Heck, you could probably do most of the drive in 3 or 5 passes after "normal" snowfalls. The key would be setting it to the proper angles BEFORE welding in up so it sits flat on the drive.
Any thoughts?
A couple years ago several of us pondered V plows for the PT for busting open a path. With the quick attach being so easy to use, you could bust a path down the middle, run back to the garage and swap to the power angle plow in less than a minute and use it to do the sides. I think this would be a worthy project that could be accomplished fairly inexpensively. One could probably pick up a couple 36" lawn tractor snow plows at a junk yard pretty cheap, or a beat up pickup truck plow blade and cut it down the center, weld them into a V with some cross bars for bracing and attach a QA plate. You wouldn't need power angle on it. Heck, you could probably do most of the drive in 3 or 5 passes after "normal" snowfalls. The key would be setting it to the proper angles BEFORE welding in up so it sits flat on the drive.
Any thoughts?