How much horse power?
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sqdqo
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Snow depth varies, so far this season we have had little snow. I am U.P, of Mich., we somtimes get a good storm dumping off Lake Superior with 20" but nothing like that yet. Terrain varies it's a 2-1/2 mile secondary road not maintained by the county, there are a couple of small hills nothing extreme. One of my concerns are straining the loader boom with the blade on the front, I don't yet have chains on the front and I believe they will greatly imrpove traction...and strain on the boom. I purchased a 9' blade but haven't mounted it yet, my tractor is a New Holland TN75DA.
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TO_Bud
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Striking some immovable object under the snow at 15mph would be bad for the loader arms, especially if the blade is angled. I plow my drive with my NH TC40d and an old 8 ft truck plow. I fabbed up a mount to the tractor frame and use the loader arms to lift the blade with a short chain. The blade has a fixed angle but the arms are isolated from any stress impacts. Set up works quite well with 12" or less snow. Any deeper and I have traction issues but I also do not have any chains on.
I think plowing snow is not as bad as doing loader work in the dirt. In snow you are not going to have as much traction. Even if you can only make 5MPH a pass in and out will only take 1 hour. Are you converting a truck plow?
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I bought a used truck plow that I am converting, weighs about 1000 lbs.
flyingcow
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I have a NH 75DA, 4 wheel drive. Rimgaurd in the rears. I really don't think you'll need chains(if it's 4 wheel drive). Maybe a bit of ballast? My tractor came with chains on the rear. not much clearance on the fenders. Didn't need them plus I was worried about damage at road speed.
I think you'll be all set plowing with this tractor. It's a heavy unit. Go easy the first storm or two and freeze the surface down. After that, you'll know the road and the bumps. IMO, FEL's get sprung in residential areas; curbs, etc. 9ft blade won't be too big. Learn your float function on the FEL, that blade has trip springs on it also.
I think you'll be all set plowing with this tractor. It's a heavy unit. Go easy the first storm or two and freeze the surface down. After that, you'll know the road and the bumps. IMO, FEL's get sprung in residential areas; curbs, etc. 9ft blade won't be too big. Learn your float function on the FEL, that blade has trip springs on it also.
Are you going to make it so that blade is suspended by a chain like it was on the truck and the plow floats itself or rigid like mine and put the loader in float?
The main time you will need chains is if you get ice.
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I have beet juice in the rear tires for ballast and I have an 87" 3 point blower that goes around 1200 lbs. I am mostly concerned about being able to steer the blade. The tractor is 4wd and I haven't considered chains for the rear because there is little clearance between the tires and the fenders. I am going to set up the skid steer plate with a short boom that suspends the blade with a chain, like it was on the truck, it will then float. Also the truck (skid plate) mounting end has a plate that has a single bolt through the center allowing it to swivel and follow road surface contour, I don't know if you can see it in the picture. I want to leave this on thinking it will relieve some torsional stress. This road surface will get icey as the winter progresses.
kevinwak
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Man. With your tractor that should make a fun plowing unit! I'm kinda jealous.
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