Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[atgreene]

Love atgreene's 5500 with plow.
He MUST sell it to me. :thumbsup: :laughing:

You can own it!:thumbsup: lol I bought it from a friend of mine in Colorado and drove it home 4 years ago.

 

[sparker133]

Here are sum pictures of my new snow weapon. I just finished painting it and putting it back together. It is a 7'-6" western plow I have also ordered a new poly cutting edge and rubber snow flap for the top.:thumbsup:

 

[Diamondpilot]

I see you used a DA cylinder for both the lift and angle. Will you be able to float the blade or can you only run with down pressure?

Chris

 

[sparker133]

I use the float function on my loader hydraulics. The plow cylinders are hooked to my loader valves.

 

[beenthere]

sparker133
Appears you have it chained so the plow blade can't trip. Is that for moving dirt, or do you run that way for snow?

 

[sparker133]

The chain can quick adjusts so it i want to plow dirt. I can or lengthen the chain to plow snow and use the trip function. I welded a hook at the top to adjust the chain length quick and easy. I also use a da cylinder for the swing function because the cylinders that were on the plow were bad. It was cheaper to buy one DA cylinder then two SA cylinders.

 

[PILOON]

sparker133
Appears you have it chained so the plow blade can't trip. Is that for moving dirt, or do you run that way for snow?

I had a close look and from what I could see there is some slack in his chain.
My guess is that he has has the chain as a maximum trip limiter.

IE enough loose to flip the blade and allow it to ride over any obstruction given the angle created but not enough to have the top slam down and stretch the springs and maybe damage the blade.

In fact very smart and I'll adopt this on my blade as well (with permission) as whenever I get a max trip I often need to re-tension my springs due to stretching.

 

[sparker133]

permission granted happy to share ideals when i have them occasionally:laughing:

 

[srs]

It's getting to be that time of year when we are thinking about dragging out the snow gear and tweaking for winters assault. So what do you use,

A couple pics of my B3030 with FEL plow. Blade angle controlled by rear remotes. I originally ran the hoses from the front to the rear outlets with 2 long hoses. I've since added quick attach couplings on the FEL cross tube, then at the location where the loader can be removed from the tractor, then out to the rear outlets. I need (whenever I get some time) to make a new weight bucket. This one was from my old B1550 and I think the B3030 will handle more additional weight. I might go with another metal barrel filled halfway with concrete. These pictures were taken during the blizzard of 2010 where we got record snowfall here in Maryland. I had to switch from this plow to the bucket to dig out the huge drifts. Back and forth, back and forth. But at least I was warm in the tractor. I went out a couple of times in the middle of the night and the snow was blowing sideways but I was very comfortable. Unlike my 1550 where my fingers and toes would freeze. Just having a separation from the blowing wind and snow is wonderful.

 

[4shorts]

A couple pics of my B3030 with FEL plow. Blade angle controlled by rear remotes. I originally ran the hoses from the front to the rear outlets with 2 long hoses. I've since added quick attach couplings on the FEL cross tube, then at the location where the loader can be removed from the tractor, then out to the rear outlets. I need (whenever I get some time) to make a new weight bucket. This one was from my old B1550 and I think the B3030 will handle more additional weight. I might go with another metal barrel filled halfway with concrete. These pictures were taken during the blizzard of 2010 where we got record snowfall here in Maryland. I had to switch from this plow to the bucket to dig out the huge drifts. Back and forth, back and forth. But at least I was warm in the tractor. I went out a couple of times in the middle of the night and the snow was blowing sideways but I was very comfortable. Unlike my 1550 where my fingers and toes would freeze. Just having a separation from the blowing wind and snow is wonderful.

Great looking machine. Nice job on the blade as well.You sure look happy in it. A cab sure makes a Hugh difference. Enjoyed seeing the photo's as well :thumbsup: