Homemade snow plow mount?

[Mattsy Fergy]

I'm too cheap to buy the $1800+ snow plow for my 1705, so I'm thinking about building a mount, and buying a used plow. I did find a nice 6.5' poly plow setup locally, off a Jeep, for a good price, just needs mounted to the tractor.
I thought the mounts should be along the side of the frame, but everything I see has them at the front.
Pro's/cons? Pics of yours.
Initially I wanted to mount it to the bucket, but hearing about the possibility of "tweaking" the loader arms when the ground or snow piles freeze, scared me off from that. I don't need to bend those arms.

 

[Mattsy Fergy]

I went ahead and bought one of these; Reversible Snow Plow | Van, Truck & SUV Snow Plows | SNOWSPORT 18 I found a 66" one, slightly used, for a good price.
I am planning to mount a 4x4 crossways at the back end of the hitch, and set it in the bucket, with a center chain to hold in place.
That way it should kick out if I catch something with the corner, and I can remove it quickly, when I need the bucket.
This will handle the under 6" "annoyance" snows we get often, and the rubber edge should protect my grass and driveway.
i know it's useless for back dragging, but I don't do much of that, and I still have the bucket. I may start looking for a back blade.

Dealer wants $2500 for a tractor mount, and when I need the bucket I would have to spend half an hour switching then out.

 

[Thomas]

I attach my 7'6" snowplow to bucket on both Kubota's over the years never had problem,I pay attention hard objects also frozen banks etc.

 

[nybirdman]

I attach my 7'6" snowplow to bucket on both Kubota's over the years never had problem,I pay attention hard objects also frozen banks etc.

And make sure the trip springs are working.

 

[ray66v]

Yes, there is some risk involved in using a loader mounted plow. There is some risk every time you use your tractor, including with a frame mounted plow.

If your plow is sprung properly, and you use some common sense, you should have no trouble. The loader arms handle driving the bucket deep into the ground, and hitting rocks.

Mark, or remove any possible hazards, and you should have no trouble.

You also don't need to go fast, when you push snow. I can crawl along, with a mountain in front of me. If you are going slow, you won't damage anything.

A loader mounted plow is much more versatile, than a frame mounted plow.

I removed the bucket, and created a frame to attach the plow. It is hinged, to allow the plow to float. And, the pivot point, needs some slop to allow the ends of the plow to raise, or lower to follow the terrain. That takes most of the stress off the loader.

I have used this for 10 years now, without any issues.

 

[zzvyb6]

Been using this setup for over 20 years. Loader hydraulics for up/down swing left and right. I set the plow frame pickup points to be the same height as they would be on a truck mount.

Maybe I will repaint it this year...

 

[KennyG]

I'm not sure about your tractor, but the John Deeres have a front bracket for the mid mount mower that also is used for the front blade. I used it to adapt a plow to mine.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/snow-removal/389262-adapting-plow-tractor.html?highlight=snow+plow

I strongly recommend frame mounting rather than loader arms because it keeps the plow close to the tractor and minimizes side thrust while you are plowing.

 

[ruffdog]

I went ahead and bought one of these; Reversible Snow Plow | Van, Truck & SUV Snow Plows | SNOWSPORT 18 I found a 66" one, slightly used, for a good price.
I am planning to mount a 4x4 crossways at the back end of the hitch, and set it in the bucket, with a center chain to hold in place.
That way it should kick out if I catch something with the corner, and I can remove it quickly, when I need the bucket.
This will handle the under 6" "annoyance" snows we get often, and the rubber edge should protect my grass and driveway.
i know it's useless for back dragging, but I don't do much of that, and I still have the bucket. I may start looking for a back blade.

Dealer wants $2500 for a tractor mount, and when I need the bucket I would have to spend half an hour switching then out.

I had a Snowsport plow that I could run in the front receiver hitches on my Boomer and RTV900. I traded those units in on a Toolcat so I will try it on the front or rear...whatever works best.

 

[Mattsy Fergy]

I'll have to get a pic up of the mount.

 

[cdaigle430]

Was just wondering same thing for my GC2410....I have a 60 inch moose ATV plow I have used in 8 years. Was going to sell it but if i could somehow mount it to my loader bucket I would have an awesome snow machine t go with my 60 rear snowblower. Any thought on how to mount this with out destroying or cutting either the snow plow or bucket?

 

[ray66v]

Was just wondering same thing for my GC2410....I have a 60 inch moose ATV plow I have used in 8 years. Was going to sell it but if i could somehow mount it to my loader bucket I would have an awesome snow machine t go with my 60 rear snowblower. Any thought on how to mount this with out destroying or cutting either the snow plow or bucket?

I don't believe the bottom of the bucket is heavy enough to to do that. That's why I built a frame to mount the plow directly on the arms.

I would beef the bucket up with some heavier metal, where you attach the plow.

The machine also gets pretty long with all that out there.

 

[WranglerX]

Was just wondering same thing for my GC2410....I have a 60 inch moose ATV plow I have used in 8 years. Was going to sell it but if i could somehow mount it to my loader bucket I would have an awesome snow machine t go with my 60 rear snowblower. Any thought on how to mount this with out destroying or cutting either the snow plow or bucket?

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If you extended the plow arms a bit could you then mount arms to front of chassis, and just use FEL (keeping it above plow) to raise and lower plow?....

On my GC 1715 there is a series of 4 (maybe 8) holes on front cross member of chassis that seems pretty stout and able to "handle" something like a pivot point for plow arms... Might have to remove grill guard (if it has one) ....

Dale

 

[TractorNH]

Here's a link to the thread and write-up I posted of my build. Mine is underslung to reduce the overall length and leverage on the loader.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/401291-snow-plow-build-finished-underslung.html

 

[cdaigle430]

Yep I agree, I just want to do this temporarily though so I can use the loader as well to scoop snow banks. So I want to be able to take it off easily.

 

[Mattsy Fergy]

Hers mine. It turned out a bit nose heavy, so I'm adding a couple chains from the center to the upper corners of the bucket.
The 4x4 sits across the back bottom of the bucket. Easily removable, hopefully it will kick up rather than bend something, but I know better than to ram into a frozen snow bank.
I like having it extended away from the front wheels so I can push the snow farther into my ditch, without getting stuck.

 

[CalG]

It takes all kinds

A plate out front to handle side loads, Tubing back to the rear axles in two hitches to take thrust and impact.

Works great!

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/261466-snow-blade-e27n.html

 

[WranglerX]

Yep I agree, I just want to do this temporarily though so I can use the loader as well to scoop snow banks. So I want to be able to take it off easily.

Use receiver hitch concept (off chassis) for quick removal?

Dale

 

[ray66v]

The 4x4 sits across the back bottom of the bucket. Easily removable, hopefully it will kick up rather than bend something, but I know better than to ram into a frozen snow bank.

A plow needs a way to float, (at least upward), and rotate a few degrees on the center axis, to always be able to stay on the ground.

You can probably get enough rotation with that set up, if you make the holes where the pin is, oversized.

Are there any trip springs?

 

[Mattsy Fergy]

If you look at the frame there are two uprights that push against the plow, with loops at the top to keep the plow from falling off. It can float up and down against those.
The black part at the bottom is actually 1" thick rubber that will give.
This is actually an atv plow not intended to be raised, it sort of lays down when backing up. You can see video on the Snowsport website Personal Snow Plow | Aluminum Snowplow | SNOWSPORT Plows

 

[ray66v]

If you look at the frame there are two uprights that push against the plow, with loops at the top to keep the plow from falling off. It can float up and down against those.
The black part at the bottom is actually 1" thick rubber that will give.
This is actually an atv plow not intended to be raised, it sort of lays down when backing up. You can see video on the Snowsport website Personal Snow Plow | Aluminum Snowplow | SNOWSPORT Plows

I watched the video.

That's a unique system. I have not seen anything like it.

I'd be interested to see how it trips if it hits a curb. I would guess they have allowed for it to do that somehow.