Adapting Truck Snow Plow to Quick Attach

[Wild Bill the 2nd]

I just got a chance to go through these. The first one is exactly what I was looking to do and the second is pretty much like 4shorts design.
Although I had to do some digging to get the correct link on that first one. Apparently the forum does some funny business when a user links to the competition. I hate it when forums do stuff like that! For anyone else, you need to go to Green Tractor Talk .com or Google and look up "Meyer Snow Plow mounted to 300CX"

Found Foggy's post over here on TBN, They probably wont have an issue linking to this
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...eyer-plow-mating-jd-300cx.html?highlight=plow

I have the plow in the garage and I'm starting to tear it apart for some paint. Not sure if I will wire wheel it or borrow a sand blaster. Right now I'm leaning towards using POR-15 paint. POR-15 Metal Prep, then Rust Preventative Coating in silver to fill all of the pock marks, then a top coat of safety orange.

 

[Ehanson]

Excellent thread as I too would like to put a front plow on my little tractor. It just hit me that instead of blade float I wonder about plumbing in an accumulator through a solenoid valve to give you "blade cushion", just like motorgraders use?

 

[franklin2]

Excellent thread as I too would like to put a front plow on my little tractor. It just hit me that instead of blade float I wonder about plumbing in an accumulator through a solenoid valve to give you "blade cushion", just like motorgraders use?

You want it to follow the ground. If you are trying to make something that won't dig up gravel, I think it's hopeless. Even when I set the feet high on my blade, the snow building up in the front of the blade still displaces the gravel. The cleanest snow removal I have ever accomplished on a gravel drive is when it was very cold and the gravel was frozen solid(like someone else mentioned previously).

What I do is put one side of the plow in the ditch, set it at a angle, and go. Any gravel I dig up ends up in the far side tire track. When the snow finally melts I get my small tractor and push the excess gravel out of the tire track back over were it belongs on the other side. It keeps it out of the grass.

 

[skyhook]

Our gravel road has grass on both sides, no ditch's, I usually drive over the first snow fall to "pack" the snow onto the gravel, there's less chance of displacing it that way but you still end up with some on the grass. I'm thinking on "back dragging" it this year with the bucket first, then throw the plow on.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

Found my first attempt at mounting the snow plow on the loader. I hated it and constantly was fighting the set up. We'll see how the snow pusher works this year.

 

[94BULLITT]

I had a plow that relied on the loader to float. It would sink bad in gravel. Also with the loader in float, as soon you start to pull forward with the plow down some weight comes off the front axle so the tractor does not steer right and 4WD does not do much good. If I built a blade for the FEL it would hang by a chain so it could float itself.

 

[DK35vince]

I had a plow that relied on the loader to float. It would sink bad in gravel. Also with the loader in float, as soon you start to pull forward with the plow down some weight comes off the front axle so the tractor does not steer right and 4WD does not do much good. If I built a blade for the FEL it would hang by a chain so it could float itself.

My plow doesn't have a chain for float and it works fine for me.
I never use the loader in float, puts way to much weight on the blade and can't steer.
I just set the loader down until my plow touch's the ground and go.

 

[94BULLITT]

I just set the loader down until my plow touch's the ground and go.

That works fine if you live on level ground or if you want to go 1.2MPH as you plow.

 

[DK35vince]

That works fine if you live on level ground or if you want to go 1.2MPH as you plow.

Whatever you say.
I have no problems, and I certainly don't plow at 1 MPH.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

That works fine if you live on level ground or if you want to go 1.2MPH as you plow.

Agreed, I was less than impressed with the performance of the plow mounted on the loader and I tried two different mounting methods. I had a subframe mounted plow that worked great on a much smear tractor. I don't think I will ever make another loader mounted plow.