chim
Elite Member
Check the thread below. Gordon Gould and Paul Short have been proponents of reducing the distance between the tractor and the plow. Two things that matter to me are not mounting the blade so far away from the tractor that it makes the equipment cumbersome or it becomes a rudder, and using chains to lift it.
With the chains, I can have just the weight of the blade on the ground (just like a pickup truck setup). The weight of the loader arms is on the front wheels for added traction.
If more weight is needed to scrape harder, the loader arms can be put into float. This does splits the weight of the loader arms between the tractor and the blade.
If serious weight would be needed I can put down pressure on the blade to the point of getting the front wheels off the ground.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/408923-setback-underslung-ssqa-snow-plow.html
With the chains, I can have just the weight of the blade on the ground (just like a pickup truck setup). The weight of the loader arms is on the front wheels for added traction.
If more weight is needed to scrape harder, the loader arms can be put into float. This does splits the weight of the loader arms between the tractor and the blade.
If serious weight would be needed I can put down pressure on the blade to the point of getting the front wheels off the ground.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/408923-setback-underslung-ssqa-snow-plow.html