SSQA snowplow mount

[Buckgnarly]

I would never plow with my FEL SSQA plate as fast as I plow with my truck, but I LOVE having it on the tractor. I can push farther, higher, and knock down the piles I make with the truck plow. I find the FEL mounted to be incredibly useful, but then again I have a truck for "real" and quicker plowing.

 

[FatTire]

I've never plowed with a tractor snowplow setup so excuse my ignorance. With a plow on the loader arms does the tractor front or tractor rear have more of a tendency to "swing out" due to the longer lever vs. a frame mount?

Yes, you do tend to swing out when plowing with the FEL. I like to use tire chains on all 4, in which case getting pushed side-ways is not an issue. I'm working on dirt/gravel so I don't have to worry about tearing up asphalt. As mentioned by others, the FEL is great for stacking snow, breaking drifts, etc. There just isn't any "perfect" tool for moving snow. Blowers, FEL plows, frame mount plows, and truck plows are all useful. I even use a UTV for quick plowing of light snow, but that doesn't replace my truck mounted blower or my FEL v-plow.

 

[FatTire]

Come to think of it, I am starting to look forward to plowing again....

 

[cmhyland]

I think there are some additional factors that need to be considered. How much snow are you plowing at a time and how much will stack up over time. I do several driveways and some of them are 700 to 800 feet long. One is winding through the woods so space is tight. I need to plow at speed to roll the snow up over the banks…. It is not uncommon for us to get a few storms that drop between 12 and 24 inches. if the banks are 2 ft high and we get a 24 in snowfall it takes some speed to roll all that snow over the banks. I would not want to run those speeds with a plow on the loader arms. In my case the plow frame does not interfere with the loader use so I can change from one to the other in 2 minutes. I use the loader to push the banks back and put snow in holding areas. in some cases when the driveway is stone I'll come back in the spring when melting starts and start spreading the stored snow on the driveway to let the stones end up back in the drive.

Regards,
Chris

 

[chuck172]

So far there have been 235 views on this topic asking if anyone has damaged their loader arms with a snow plow mounted on them. No-one has yet. That has to mean something.
I don't believe Kioti recommends putting chains on all four tires. When plowing, what end tends to swing sideways, the front or rear? I take it that front chains prevent front swinging.

T

 

[RedNeckRacin]

Chuck- If you have ever taken a ride in a tractor down a hill with just two tires chained up you'll throw the OEM recommendations out the window. (Ask me how I know) Just because someone hasn't chimed in about it doesn't mean it hasn't happened or isn't more likely to happen. I'm on the frame mounted side btw. If I need to stack snow, I have a loader.

 

[DK35vince]

I don't believe Kioti recommends putting chains on all four tires.

I've run 4 link ladder chains on all 4 for snowplowing on my DK 35.
Its not a problem.

 

[boggen]

snow plow = driveways
driveways = paved to concrete, to side walk curbs and like.

if you are driving fast, and hit a corner, say on a crack on concrete driveway. you have chance to twist the loader arms. and bend them out of shape.

if you have a plow that has a "trip" function. basically if you hit something. some springs take in some force allowing the bottom of the plow to bend backwards hopefully allowing the blade to slide up and across the given unknown hidden obstacle. and hopefully no damage to the FEL arms.

if you are in a parking lot, with bumpers for tires in the parking lot. and hit one of them, the trip function of plow should allow it to bend some, vs busting up the bumper / messing up your plow.

the twisting of the arms of the FEL that are of issue. and with snow plowing, you may have blade angled side to side. so you move the snow all off to one side. causing extra force on one side vs other side. that could possibly twist the FEL arms. the faster you go, the more forces on the FEL arms, and higher chance you twist them.

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do i have a plow no, have i seen a few FEL arms twisted personally yes. along with many other threads here on forum of folks twisting there FEL arms.
have i gotten away of no major damage to the 555c TLB (tractor loader backhoe) i have, most likely, i have seen the arms twist some, (one side higher vs other side) when trying to deal with stumps, back dragging, general digging with FEL. but i was moving slow and had a chance to correct things before things went ugly. and i had a line of sight of what was in front of me.

snow plowing... woops there is a pot hole blade corner just snagged, woops there was a big crack in driveway... woops, didn't know about that curb...

 

[DK35vince]

do i have a plow no, have i seen a few FEL arms twisted personally yes. along with many other threads here on forum of folks twisting there FEL arms.

I have been on the site for a long time.
I can not think of 1 thread where someone twisted their loader arms plowing with a snowblade.
Maybe you could show us where you saw that.

 

[boggen]

google "fel arms bent snow plow -fell" without quotes
http://www.plowsite.com/showthread.php?t=117435
Weld Talk Message Board and Online Forum - Hobart Welders

google "fel twisted arms -fell site:www.tractorbynet.com" without quotes
searchs for FEL TWISTED ARMS removes anything with -fell, and just searches TBN.