SSQA Snow Plow

[chim]

There are only two hoses. If you scroll up to Post#16 you can see where they connect to the factory third function ports on the loader frame. Each hose goes to one cylinder. There is only one place to connect a hose to each cylinder. I am on an iPad at present and am having trouble getting the picture of the cylinders posted.

 

[Peter 315]

Here.....

 

[chim]

Pretty much it. Thank you Peter.

Edit to add: been semi laid up the last several weeks and using an iPad some of the time. Surely there are things which can be done that I am not familiar with.

One thing I did pick up was to type I am having .... rather than I’m having....do not in lieu of don稚 and so on because contractions and some punctuation show up with strange symbols.

 

[pyobluebonus]

Feel better and when you have a chance send a picture of how the hoses are routed. Thank you

 

[pyobluebonus]

From 1 port on the 3 function to one cylinder and the other pot to the other cylinder?

 

[chim]

From 1 port on the 3 function to one cylinder and the other pot to the other cylinder?

You got it!

 

[BackRoad]

Mr. Chim, thanks very much for the detail related to not using a cross-over...looks like it's a feature of the cylinder design.

Good luck on quickly getting back to your normal routine.

... //TJ

 

[nybirdman]

Mr. Chim, thanks very much for the detail related to not using a cross-over...looks like it's a feature of the cylinder design.

Good luck on quickly getting back to your normal routine.

... //TJ

You still could/should add a cross over relief valve;simple hook-up and may save you down the road.

 

[pyobluebonus]

How far up from the bottom of the adapter plate are the snow plow brackets welded?

 

[chim]

How far up from the bottom of the adapter plate are the snow plow brackets welded?

The brackets are below the plate. There are two 3x3 square tubes running back from the plate, reinforced with a large angle running across the lower front edge of the plateplate. The 3x3 square tubes are welded to a 4x4 that crosses them at the rear ends. The part of the plow bracket that was attached to the donor truck is welded to the bottom of the 4x4 square tube. This picture and those in Post#1 should show it better than I can explain.

The stacked 2x2 square tube is welded to the A frame parallel with the SSqa plate. That's where I get down pressure when needed. The bottom front corner of the angle contacts the center of the top 2x2 square tube when the loader is dumped a bit. In the one photo you can see the front axle is dangling with all the weight of the front of the tractor bearing down on the 2x2 square tube.

Using the up/down/curl/dump on the joystick allows control of the blade with regard to how aggressive the angle will be at any point. This is true for floating, floating with the weight of the loader arms or even with the weight of the front of the tractor on the blade. That makes it handy for removing packed snow or to backdrag away from garage doors, etc.

 

[5030]

Nice setup. I run a repurposed 10 foot power angle county plow on my M9 with the plow frame direct welded to a heavy duty ATI SSQA plate and the power angle cylinders (one hose each) directly connected to the FEL mounted Pioneer QD's. I would never put an equalization hose between the cylinders because if you equalize the pressure between them, the imposed force from the angled plow when pushing snow would tend to cause the blade to center itself and I want my 'angle of attack' to stay constant when plowing snow.

Not that we have had any, because so far, only a dust. As a rule I don't even consider plowing until we get at least 5" and that hasn't happened yet this year and that is fine with me.

 

[chim]

With my 8' PA plow, the 10 footer could cause me to covet my neighbor's property

I'm a fan of larger being better. When I saw the commercial below it stirred my emotions, nd I wondered how I might be able to convince Wifey we need one.

Kubota Grand X Tractor Commercial Ad Australia 213 for Sheer Tractoring Pleasure a Fast Car Parody - YouTube

 

[tgsarona]

Wow! Great information. Digging up an old thread, but planning a similar bill and curious the thickness of the QA plate and of the square tubing and angle used? Thanks!

 

[chim]

I'll have to verify the plate thickness.

 

[chim]

Checked this morning and verified it's 3/8" thick.

 

[DK35vince]

I used a 5/16" QA plate for my 9' snowplow.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Mine was 5/16 too - but I added a lot of reinforcement to it. More than I needed but it is solid.

gg