homemade plows

[glover]

i have an older 12 horse power craftsman riding lawnmower and the snowblower i have jus tbroek down and i was wondering if anyone has built a homemade snowplow out of like and old steel shovel or a steel drum. <font color="black"> </font>

 

[bczoom]

glover,

Welcome to TBN!!

Have you looked around for a blade made for that tractor? Considering time and effort to make something, it may be the way to go.
I did a quick look and they're about $200 new with everything. Here's one on e-bay that's currently at $20.

Here is another for $190 with tire chains included.

Brian

 

[glover]

i would put an offer in but i am only 14 and i have barley any money and i am looking for ways to build snowplows becasue i noi how to weld and i live on a farm

 

[bczoom]

I see.

Can you fill out your profile and give us an idea of where you live? Heck, I have enough scrap metal laying around but it wouldn't help if you're far away.

What's wrong with the snowblower? Is it scrap at this point? Is there a way you could cut off the sides, remove the chute and auger and use the remainder as a starting point? You then have the mounting system and all you would need to make is a swivel. The rear side of existing blower can be reinforced and made smooth with a piece of tin or something bolted/welded/rivoted (whatever) to the side the snow would contact.

 

[glover]

yeah i live in peterborough ontario i might find an older broken snowblower part and take the blower and that out and just use that maybe

 

[slowzuki]

I did two things when I was your age with a broken blower. First I built a wooden plow with lag bolts that lasted a couple of years. Then I gutted the snow blower and used it as a pusher type plow.

The blower worked well as a plow because it was only a single stage.

 

[glover]

thanks yeah we have a BCS multimachine that we made a snowblower for it but it didnt have a properlar that proples it up so i might use that a make a bracket to hold it

 

[Golfgar4]

Glover,

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[glover]

thanbkjs i am new at this so i dont no that much

 

[Golfgar4]

Hey, no problem.

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