B6100 Adding Hydraulic Plow

[nostep]

Painted frame and start of front (cable) lift. Pull on cable is about 75 - 80 pounds. Requires 12" of pull from 1/8" coated cable. I'm going to attempt a 3-pt lift. Requires a few more pulleys.

 

[KubotainNH]

I have a cable/pulley system on my ATV plow setup. By the looks of it you are using coated cable (although I may be wrong) so you will find that the coating will wear away on the pulleys which can be troublesome. Also, I have broken cables and had them pull out of double cable clamps. Just something to be aware of, there is a lot of pressure on the cable when pushing heavy snow. Having down pressure is always a good thing too. Theirs a few B's on this site with front plows, maybe some ideas on using a cylinder on the front.

 

[nostep]

There should be no load on the cable when plowing. 1/8" is good for about 340 lbs. I'm only using it to a static load of 100 lbs (due to the doubling pulley). I guess there is a higher load when trying to lift the snow to a higher pile :-(

I did finish the rear and it came out sweet. Pictures later. I can still go to 3/16" if I break the 1/8".

Thanks for the conversation.

 

[mcnitt]

The work looks as good as the photos. Very nice job. Keep those photos coming!

 

[nostep]

Photos of the rear end cable connection plus the front with the plow connected.

For the tilt, I'm going to use a small standalone electro-hyd pump. It will hang on the front bumper and be easy to remove. This way I can remove the whole thing easy for spring.

Thanks for the nice comments.

 

[nostep]

Last of the pics till it snows. Pics show the tilt electro-hydraulic pump mounted to the front.

 

[KubotainNH]

There should be no load on the cable when plowing. 1/8" is good for about 340 lbs. I'm only using it to a static load of 100 lbs (due to the doubling pulley). I guess there is a higher load when trying to lift the snow to a higher pile :-(

Well, that's when it was pulled on the most is when stacking or needing to have the plow up a bit to take a bite or hop over a driveway lip. On my ATV, which of course is lighter in the front, it would push hard enough to lift the front tires off the ground which meant trying to hold it at one height so I could steer. It's surprising how much force is actually on the plow pushing the blade down. Also, my driveway is gravel which may add to it. Yours looks great though, it will be good to see action pictures.

 

[zman007007]

Looks great, but I think one thing I would do different is I would hook your rear pulley to somewhere besides your top link. If it gets bent you will ending not be able to adjust it. You have plenty of metal to hook it to, on the drawbar, such as right below where the top link connects. Just mho. zman

 

[nostep]

Plow works great with the first big slow. No problems lifting, even with heavy wet snow. Discovered that the tip-over springs are no where big enough. Had to add a strap (see photos) for now. Also lost one plow tip-over hinge bolt. Forgot to tighten them. Good thing there's a box of spare bolts handy.

And yes, before you say it, the tractor's a bit big for a residential subdivision. But, I can clear the all my snow in about 5 minutes....

Pictures taken in 15F weather.

 

[KubotainNH]

That's big snow???

Looks good, perfect size is what works for you.