Frame Mounted Plow, anyone have one/tried one?

[avc8130]

I'm looking to make my Kubota L45 more useful for removing snow from my 1/4 mile paved drive. My drive goes up and down twice so a total of 4 quick but steep hills (2 up, 2 down). I have a Fisher plow that I normally run on my pickup, but having a backup option is always nice. I've seen guys run the plows on the front of the loader arms, but that makes for a very long setup and I'm concerned it will push the front end around.

Here's what I was thinking:





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My thought is to get a Fisher mount for a Dodge or Ford truck and then make adapters to mount it to the tractor frame where the grill/brush guard mounts. My goal would be to keep the plow as tight to the tractor as possible. I don't have front hydraulics so I'd probably wire up the plow just like it is on the truck.

Thoughts? Experiences?

Thanks!

ac

 

[RedNeckRacin]

I made a subframe for my l3400, I love it and think it is by far the BEST way to mount a plow to a tractor. There is a build thread on here by ASGAR that I followed when I built mine. I tried the loader mounted option two different ways wi th a 9 footer on my JD and I was less than impressed plowing the same driveway. It was too long, the plow tripped easily, the loader would dig into the ground, yadda yadda yadda. So I converted it to a box pusher. The jd is cabbed and the kubota isn't hence the change.

 

[avc8130]

I made a subframe for my l3400, I love it and think it is by far the BEST way to mount a plow to a tractor. There is a build thread on here by ASGAR that I followed when I built mine.

Any chance you've got some pics?

 

[RedNeckRacin]

I'm on my phone at the moment but I think I have some pics from the setup on the b7800. Same setup on my L. I might have some video still posted as well.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/112442-snow-plow-mount-kubota-b7510-3.html


here was the build thread of the b7510 with after videos!

 

[RickB]

I have always used frame mounted truck-style plows on tractors.

As in since my Dad's first one set up in 1964 or so.

My favorite way to get the job done.

 

[skyhook]

Should be fine, whats nice is that you have the weight of the hoe in back, that helps allot.

 

[Farmer495]

I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong with what you want to do, but looks like too much plow for the tractor to me. Unless your truck is a total POS I'd keep the plow on there and just use the loader bucket if the truck went down.

 

[avc8130]

I'm steering away from this concept. My main fear is the electrical demand on the Kubota. The Kubota only has a 45A alternator and 1 battery. The plow draws up to 200A when lifting/angling. That's known to tax alternators on diesel trucks, which usually have dual batteries and 160A alternators. The major fear is that the Kubota alternator is $450!

ac

 

[farm boy00]

Thinking out loud. What happens if you bought a cheap plow that was one that needed to be welded to the frame of a truck. Created a quick attach and used your tractor hydraulics? ?

If you dont understand I could possibly draw something up??

 

[avc8130]

Thinking out loud. What happens if you bought a cheap plow that was one that needed to be welded to the frame of a truck. Created a quick attach and used your tractor hydraulics? ?

If you dont understand I could possibly draw something up??

I've thought of that as well. Use a diverter from the curl function to angle the plow and use a simple chain from the FEL to lift it.

ac

 

[farm boy00]

I've thought of that as well. Use a diverter from the curl function to angle the plow and use a simple chain from the FEL to lift it.

ac

I was thinking the whole plow and lift not using the loader. But that would work just the same too

 

[avc8130]

I was thinking the whole plow and lift not using the loader. But that would work just the same too

I'd need multiple aux hydraulics for that, which I just don't have.

 

[farm boy00]

I'd need multiple aux hydraulics for that, which I just don't have.

You couldn't take your loader off and use those hydraulic valves? ?

 

[PhysAssist]

Thinking out loud. What happens if you bought a cheap plow that was one that needed to be welded to the frame of a truck. Created a quick attach and used your tractor hydraulics? ?

If you dont understand I could possibly draw something up??

We have a farm truck an F-350, and chains for it to run our 7' winch mounted/lifted plow on, but if anything happened to our truck, I was planning on doing something like this, but since we don't have any easy way to take the bucket off, I just planned on lifting the plow using chains from the loader, and since our plow is a manual angled job there isn't any need for any other fcn.

The only reason we don't do it now is that it's a lot warmer inside the truck, and we don't have tire chains for the tractor and I'm not sure if grooved tires will give me enough traction for that application.

Thomas

PS: Although, if I can figure out how to make an articulation from the rear MMM lift attached to the 3-pt hitch, I might go that way, instead.

 

[avc8130]

You couldn't take your loader off and use those hydraulic valves? ?

No, the commercial machines don't work like that.

ac

 

[kennyd]

I've thought of that as well. Use a diverter from the curl function to angle the plow and use a simple chain from the FEL to lift it.

ac

Just add QD's to the two dump/curl hoses so you can unplug the loader and plug in the plow since you won't need that function on the loader. No diverter needed unless you have plans for a grapple/thumb/4n1.

 

[RickB]

No, the commercial machines don't work like that.

ac

Mine does. Two hoses for the power angle and one for the lift. Controlled by a joystick valve intended for a loader.

 

[Rustyiron]

I'm steering away from this concept. My main fear is the electrical demand on the Kubota. The Kubota only has a 45A alternator and 1 battery. The plow draws up to 200A when lifting/angling. That's known to tax alternators on diesel trucks, which usually have dual batteries and 160A alternators. The major fear is that the Kubota alternator is $450!

ac

AC, I made a mount for a buddy to mount a Boss "V" (complete with all the electrics) on his 7040. Having a cab, wipers & heat, we were also concerned about the 12v. He put on a battery isolator and made a bracket of an extra battery. He plows commercially and has no problems with that set up. He use's the plow electrics with the control cable run into the cab.

 

[kennyd]

Mine does. Two hoses for the power angle and one for the lift. Controlled by a joystick valve intended for a loader.

I think he meant that the loader is not removable...at least not easily anyway.