CCinCT
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The last snow storm we had dumped about 9", and one thing I noticed is that the snow would roll over the top of my plow, even when angled. Basically I wasn't getting a good curl. So I decided to make a rubber flap like what the big boys have.
I started with a roll of 48" wide x 1/2" thick floor matting from TSC, and a 42" x 1" x 10-gauge piece of stainless steel from work. I drilled 8 holes in the SS, then clamped it to the top of my plow and templated the holes into the plow. Then I rolled out the rubber mat and positioned the SS onto it to template the holes from. Once I did that, I used a straight edge to trim the end of the mat that would be hanging free. I then bolted everything up to make sure it worked as I planned, and trimmed the excess rubber hanging off the top of the flap (behind the plow). I then painted the SS with Cub yellow and gave it a day to dry. Note: painting outside in 25 degree weather doesn't give the best results.
This morning I put it all together and gave it a try. There wasn't a lot of snow to work with, so I took a bigger bite per pass in order to load up the plow fully. The flap worked exactly as I had hoped. I was able to take almost a full blade's width with each pass, and the snow curled beautifully. I even dived into banks of snow that were taller than the lower end of the flap, to see if I could "trap" it, so to speak. But once the snow started to move, it just pushed the flap up and started to curl.
All in all, I am a very happy camper with this. The paint job sucks, but that's something I'll remedy when the weather gets better. I don't have any "in action" shots, unfortunately. The ones attached are all I was able to get.
I started with a roll of 48" wide x 1/2" thick floor matting from TSC, and a 42" x 1" x 10-gauge piece of stainless steel from work. I drilled 8 holes in the SS, then clamped it to the top of my plow and templated the holes into the plow. Then I rolled out the rubber mat and positioned the SS onto it to template the holes from. Once I did that, I used a straight edge to trim the end of the mat that would be hanging free. I then bolted everything up to make sure it worked as I planned, and trimmed the excess rubber hanging off the top of the flap (behind the plow). I then painted the SS with Cub yellow and gave it a day to dry. Note: painting outside in 25 degree weather doesn't give the best results.
This morning I put it all together and gave it a try. There wasn't a lot of snow to work with, so I took a bigger bite per pass in order to load up the plow fully. The flap worked exactly as I had hoped. I was able to take almost a full blade's width with each pass, and the snow curled beautifully. I even dived into banks of snow that were taller than the lower end of the flap, to see if I could "trap" it, so to speak. But once the snow started to move, it just pushed the flap up and started to curl.
All in all, I am a very happy camper with this. The paint job sucks, but that's something I'll remedy when the weather gets better. I don't have any "in action" shots, unfortunately. The ones attached are all I was able to get.
