mikehaugen
Elite Member
So a little back-story... A guy a work with offered me an old truck plow for a great price about 7 years ago but at the time I was not interested. A few years later (about 5 years ago) I got my tractor and became interested in the plow and asked if I could still get it. "Sure, i just have to un-bury it from behind the shed." It has taken that long for this to happen, so I picked up last weekend, and spend last week and this weekend building my mount. It is a 7 1/2' meyer plow.
Here is the mounting bar sitting under the tractor while I figure out the rest of the brackets.
Here is the front bracket that will support the weight of the plow, I am also mocking up the lift arm and cylinder. There were some empty mounting holes there that I assume are for mounting front attachments like a snowblower or power brush. I am trying to keep the lifting mechanism as narrow as possible to be able to still keep as many front weights attached as I can. I think I will only have to remove 2, so I will still have 6.
The mounting ears for the cylinder
Here is the finished front half of the hanging brackets
This is a close-up of the mounting for the front lift assembly.
Here you can see the rear braces that go back to the center of the tractor. It hangs from the bottom of the loader brackets, for some reason reason there is a spot with holes, it made a convenient place to mount this. These braces should hopefully support any thrust loads from pushing snow.
A close-up of the pivot for the lifting arm.
Here it is mounted and for testing.
I wanted to check for clearances and flex and wanted to see how my my lights work. Everything clears nicely and there is no visible flex while raising the plow. I found out that I definitely need to make some light towers for auxiliary lighting. I think I will try the TUFF light led's.
I will have to remove the mount again and paint it. I also have to figure out hose routing. I am using the loader ports for lift and tilt, so I can use my loader joystick. In case anyone is wondering, I used all 2"x2"x1/4" square tubing and 1/2" plate.
Here is the mounting bar sitting under the tractor while I figure out the rest of the brackets.
Here is the front bracket that will support the weight of the plow, I am also mocking up the lift arm and cylinder. There were some empty mounting holes there that I assume are for mounting front attachments like a snowblower or power brush. I am trying to keep the lifting mechanism as narrow as possible to be able to still keep as many front weights attached as I can. I think I will only have to remove 2, so I will still have 6.
The mounting ears for the cylinder
Here is the finished front half of the hanging brackets
This is a close-up of the mounting for the front lift assembly.
Here you can see the rear braces that go back to the center of the tractor. It hangs from the bottom of the loader brackets, for some reason reason there is a spot with holes, it made a convenient place to mount this. These braces should hopefully support any thrust loads from pushing snow.
A close-up of the pivot for the lifting arm.
Here it is mounted and for testing.
I wanted to check for clearances and flex and wanted to see how my my lights work. Everything clears nicely and there is no visible flex while raising the plow. I found out that I definitely need to make some light towers for auxiliary lighting. I think I will try the TUFF light led's.
I will have to remove the mount again and paint it. I also have to figure out hose routing. I am using the loader ports for lift and tilt, so I can use my loader joystick. In case anyone is wondering, I used all 2"x2"x1/4" square tubing and 1/2" plate.
