Front loader blade

[areid]

I built this loader blade to move snow more quickly then using the bucket. I was impressed by the fact that it could also drag backwards. It is great for plowing off the ice on the dugout. It only lacks the ability to angle. I plan to add removable end caps to prevent snow from coming off both ends.

 

[Thomas]

Now that's cleaning up real close.
No trip springs??? that could be little hard on loader arms when pushing.

 

[Sfrankland]

It's really easy to bend the blade or loader arms without any trip springs. I was building a snow pusher and wanted to test the angle I had then SSQAset at. First thing it hit bent the plow badly.

 

[areid]

It's really easy to bend the blade or loader arms without any trip springs. I was building a snow pusher and wanted to test the angle I had then SSQAset at. First thing it hit bent the plow badly.

I can imagine hitting rocks in Newfoundland, they call it the Rock for a reason. Actually I thought about the spring trip but my acreage is pretty rock free. I would never bend the blade as it is 1/4" thick.

 

[DABSGT]

I can imagine hitting rocks in Newfoundland, they call it the Rock for a reason. Actually I thought about the spring trip but my acreage is pretty rock free. I would never bend the blade as it is 1/4" thick.

Nice thick blade but I might be concerned for the loader arms, if the blade doesn't give something else will. Nice job and concept being able to back blade. Go slow with caution I'm sure you will be ok. You know your area best.

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[areid]

I am on the Prairie where we grow grain and oil here, both are easy on the blade. So far I'm impressed with it. I even lifted the skids and the blade does not dig in once the snow pack has been established.

 

[areid]

I think angled blades are more prone to twisting the loader arms.

 

[Sfrankland]

I can imagine hitting rocks in Newfoundland, they call it the Rock for a reason. Actually I thought about the spring trip but my acreage is pretty rock free. I would never bend the blade as it is 1/4" thick.

Yes we have more than our fair share of rocks around. Having said that I bent mine plowing a parking lot. Just hooked the edge of the pavement.

 

[areid]

I'm from NS

 

[franklin2]

Angling the blade is not all it's cracked up to be sometimes. If you have a very heavy tractor or truck using the blade, it may be ok. And in a regular snow 12 inches or less it's ok. I have found with a really heavy wet snow, or a really deep snow, I really can't angle the blade and then drive though it. The snow builds up so high that it twists the vehicle around sideways. If that happens and you are plowing a fresh path, you are pretty much stuck as it shoves the rearend into the deep snow.

In a really deep snow, even with my f250 with a 7.5' blade, I find I have to keep the blade straight, and do short pushes off to the side. Make a short push to the left, back up and make a short push to the right. Do it over and over slowly making my way through.

I have always wondered about those v-plow setups. I bet if they were angled into a vee, that you could drive straight through as it would keep the pressure on the vehicle even on both sides.

 

[woodchipper]

A "V" plow works well for opening a road, as it keeps pressure of the snow equal to both sides; therefore, not forcing the plowing vehicule off to one side.
That tractor mounted plow of yours is more like a scraper plow. Having the trip edge and angling cylinders would permit more flexibility.
But in any case, if you add "ears" on both sides so not to loose snow off the edges, you will not be able to tilt down your blade anymore, just like you have shown us in your pictures.

 

[areid]

I never thought of that tilting issue after I added ears as you call them. Currently I leave a Ridge and then back up Ober it with the rear mount blower. Overall it is quite fast. I rarely use the blade to pull back but it does come in handy sometimes.

 

[Jim Timber]

It's really easy to bend the blade or loader arms without any trip springs. I was building a snow pusher and wanted to test the angle I had then SSQAset at. First thing it hit bent the plow badly.

The wear bar on my atv plow was 1/4" and I bent it pretty good with my 800# atv hitting the curb despite the trip springs. I replaced it with 3/16 because the piece I found was the right length/width in the drops section of the steel yard and I thought I'd be ok as long as I didn't ram the curb like what bent the first one. I ended up snagging the edge of a section of concrete on the neighbor's driveway and bent the new one before it ever cleared ours.

Plows take a lot of abuse.

 

[farm boy00]

Those v blades Are awesome!!! Got one on my 79Ford 150. I was moving last winter and had a friend with a Duramax with the 7.5 blade and it only got Tho 20ft of 2ft deep snow and built a 10 pile of snow. My v blade could have gone thro that and more if the truck was running right

 

[franklin2]

Those v blades Are awesome!!! Got one on my 79Ford 150. I was moving last winter and had a friend with a Duramax with the 7.5 blade and it only got Tho 20ft of 2ft deep snow and built a 10 pile of snow. My v blade could have gone thro that and more if the truck was running right

I thought they were the best thing since sliced bread. But now I work at a institution with a large campus and they have two of the v-plows, one of them is a big one, and the guys that use them hate them. They mainly use them to clean parking lots, and they always leave a streak of snow in the middle. But what they hate the most is trying to use the v-plow like a regular flat plow at a angle. They say as you are driving through trying to throw snow to one side, that the snow will not pass over the "bump" in the middle of the plow. It sits there stagnated till it ends up as a big "snowball" and it suddenly rolls out the side of the plow.

I would think there should be methods of plowing to avoid this, but they have it set in their minds they do not like them.

 

[farm boy00]

There is methods of avoiding it. But u still may have the problem. On mine my plow unit is old so i don't get the best angling. With any plow strait or v u will have problems but u just have too man up and use it