Snow Angle of front blade??

[funwithahoe]

This will be my first year with a front blade on my B3200 which I installed yesterday. I see there are really two adjustments.

1) heighth of the "risers" (or no height - just let the blade run on the ground)

2) the angle the blade which is adjusted by the bolt on the top back of the blade. I guess you would cal this angle the fore and aft (not left and right angle).

Any ideas of the best way to set this up for a shale and gravel driveway would be much appreciated. I have been using a scraper blade backwards and plowed all my stone into my yard each year. I am hoping the "risers" alleviate that problem.

I am guessing the best way to set it up is for the risers to be down about 1 inch and the plow tilted back a little???

Thanks all and I hope this thread helps all new plow owners!

 

[Verticaltrx]

The more it is tilted back the more aggressive it will be. Tilted forward more will provide more scraping, less digging.

 

[funwithahoe]

The more it is tilted back the more aggressive it will be. Tilted forward more will provide more scraping, less digging.

Even with the "risers"??

 

[Thomas]

"1) heighth of the "risers" (or no height - just let the blade run on the ground)"

I like less 1/2" blade from ground until driveway pack,than run blade on ground.

Tilt blade back little,less chance of digging also trip spring doing there thing.

 

[leonz]

This will be my first year with a front blade on my B3200 which I installed yesterday. I see there are really two adjustments.

1) heighth of the "risers" (or no height - just let the blade run on the ground)

2) the angle the blade which is adjusted by the bolt on the top back of the blade. I guess you would cal this angle the fore and aft (not left and right angle).

Any ideas of the best way to set this up for a shale and gravel driveway would be much appreciated. I have been using a scraper blade backwards and plowed all my stone into my yard each year. I am hoping the "risers" alleviate that problem.

I am guessing the best way to set it up is for the risers to be down about 1 inch and the plow tilted back a little???

Thanks all and I hope this thread helps all new plow owners!

Do you have room to weld a pair of snow plow skid pads and skid mounts on the new beast at both ends?


They have washers for spacers to keep from digging in to deep- thye are very large in size and wil skid merrily along and avoid digging up the driveway for you.


You could bolt a pair of channel iron pieces small width than the skid shoe shaft on both sides of the back of the plow(drilled with two vertical holes in line to accept the skid shoe shafts) and adjust the skids with the washers as they use a spring pin to hold them in place securely.

This way they always work at the same height when straight or angled too.
and you cna spread fin gravel or dirt too in the off season easily.

 

[Verticaltrx]

Even with the "risers"??

If the skid shoes hold it off the ground enough, the angle of the blade won't matter as much. I would just set it about mid way, and start with the skid shoes higher rather than lower. If it doesn't take enough snow off lower them down until it does. Angling the blade fore and aft will give a more pronounced effect in dirt and gravel work.

 

[savageactor7]

We have a gravel driveway and use the left/right minimal tilt. The shoes are adjusted to lift the blade an inch above the driveway and stay that way for the season.

Once you get enough snow it packs down hard you're golden.:thumbsup:

btw ^ that's on the CC. I also plow with the bucket you see on the avatar too. Since I have a bucket level indicator pipe it's pretty easy to tilt the bucket back a tad and not scrape the gravel.