B7610HSD snowplow retrofit

[dholly]

One man's trash is another man's treasure. Found this heavy-duty 7-1/2' bottom trip snow plow with a "Free To Good Home" sign on it. I promised the owner I'd do my best to put it to good use.

 

[dholly]

You can see from this pic that someone had fabbed up a quick attach frame for a bobcat in it's earlier life.

 

[dholly]

First order of business was cutting off the bobcat frame. Went thru a couple of sawzall blades and cut off wheel in the hand grinder before it let go. Heavy stuff.

 

[dholly]

After lifting the plow and frame off the trailer into the garage, I knew I'd need more than just my ballast box on the back of the tractor for weight, so I pumped about 14 gallons of RV antifreeze into each rear tire. I'm glad I had stocked up at a $1/gal summer clearance. Lots of questions at the check out, lol. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Deerlope]

That is a Fisher plow you got there my friend. That is what I have on mine. With the bobcat style QA for my FEL. That is a lot of plow for your size tractor.

 

[dholly]

I'll admit to a few moments where I thought maybe, just maybe, I could either build my own subframe or hire it out, rather than spring for the pricey oem subframe kit. But when I added it all up, I realized that yes there was a price to pay for convenience but, with the snow right around the corner and time in short supply, I bit the bullet. The proper subframe kit for the B7610 HSD is #B2733.

 

[dholly]

Here's the kit parts spread out on the floor. I decided to not use the oem male quick attach and set it aside for a later project.

 

[dholly]

That $10 dolly is a life (and back) saver when it comes to moving heavy items around. It allowed me to slide the frame around to get a better idea of fitment. Obviously, some reworking is in order.

 

[dholly]

The good news was it appeared there would be no clearance problems between the frame or rear cylinder mounts with the front tires. So far, so good!

 

[dholly]

Once I had an idea of what length I needed, I cut off the oem mounts and then cleaned off the frame ends a bit with the grinder. It may be old, but the metal looked just fine.