Snow Attachments LVL snow push

[jake98]

Call me cheap, but I think I'm gonna get a 7' x however tall I can get piece of LVL beam to make a front blade to attach to my bucket. Put an angle or channel on the bottom and another to mate with the bucket's cutting edge, and strap it on. That stuff is strong. Should be a cheap experiment.

ps, I could use it for a work top the rest of the year..

 

[jake98]

just called the lumber yard, about $70. for 8' x 16" x 1 3/4"

 

[wedge40]

You are the king of DIY Jake.
Dont forget to post pictures.

Wedge

 

[beenthere]

Anxious to see that. Just might work.

But I fill up any work-top space so quick, I'd never be able to spare it for being a blade come next winter.

 

[jake98]

No matter how I draw it up it's wrong, so I'm going to do the wrong one on the left. I could only get 18" LVL and 20 would'a been just right. I have a Goodyear plow wiper edge that I'll sandwich between a plate and an angle in front of the wood. The bucket edge will push on the angle and I'll weld some tabs above the edge on it for lifting connection. It'll be 6'2", that's what the rubber is.
Gotta work tomorrow so I'll have time to consider cutting up that nice 12' LVL I just bought..

 

[lostcause]

i'm sure it will work, and it's going to be a great conversation piece with the rest of the people in your town too.

maybe not the case around where you are, but around here i always see old rusted snow plow blades for sale beside the road. i have no clue what they are/were from, or what century they were made in, but they usually have the price spray painted to the blade, and it's generally $50, $100, or $150. you can get a decent start on a blade that way too.

 

[rus_geek]

Put a GOOD paint job on that LVL if you want it to last more than one winter. I have a bunch of scrap around from some large beams we put in the house and LVL delaminates fairly quickly when it's wet.

 

[jake98]

Duh, sometimes I forget everything I know.. I was just about to post that I don't want to cut up a nice piece for a bad design and then I thought, 'cut four 20" lengths and use them vertically'. That'll give me the right dimensions so that it'll push on the bottom and the top of the bucket. Probably gonna can the rubber edge idea, I have gravel and I'm thinking it'll just get wrecked for nothing. I guess I'll check the steel profiles book and see if there's a c-channel that fits the 1 3/4 for the top and bottom. Maybe I'll get lucky and there's one that's 2 1/2 inside and I can put some angles in with it to make the stops on the backside of it.

 

[rus_geek]

Think about splitting a piece of pipe for the bottom. The round edge will still give you a clean finish, but will leave more of your gravel in your drive. Something like the attached.

This is the pipe I put on the bottom of my bucket for plowing.

-rus-

 

[jake98]

I like the rounded edge idea but I don't know how I'd get a chunk cut out of a pipe (cheaply).. if I could get one split in half I'd weld it on the bottom of the channel. I gotta dig out my profiles book.

 

[KubotainNH]

This post shows my no budget snow mover. It is now taller and has wings. It does the job and is great for kicking down snow banks.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/114154-snow-pusher.html

 

[jake98]

This post shows my no budget snow mover. It is now taller and has wings. It does the job and is great for kicking down snow banks.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/114154-snow-pusher.html

'No-Budget Sno-Movers Unite!' I'm still scratching on the paper with mine..

 

[jake98]

here's what I'm comming up with, 4 angle iron, 16 bolts, 2 chains, 1 cut-up LVL. Wondering how wide to go, bucket is 5'.

 

[dstig1]

Did you get an outdoor rated LVL? They do sell them. If not, you can expect the glue to fall apart in short order. The non-rated ones just aren't meant to get wet more than incidentally during construction. If yours is not outdoor rated, then you can at least learn from the design and see what changes you might want to make for round two. Cheap experiment.

 

[beenthere]

dstig1
What stamp would it have if only indoor rated material?

I would expect all LVL to have exterior glue.

 

[dstig1]

If you didn't ask for an exterior rated one, you almost certainly didn't get one. I would expect the opposite, Beenthere - LVLs are primarily used indoors. Outdoor rated ones are the exception. Available, but not standard.

 

[jake98]

I just bought a standard LVL. I had a scrap laying around outdoors for about 5 years and it was still pretty sound when I burned it. I'm more concerned with bending the angles than it rotting. I guess if I go with 3/8" angles it ought to be pretty rugged with 2 on each edge. I'll store it indoors during the off season. Maybe mount a vice to it. Trying to think of what it would be useful for as a horizontal work platform on the tractor too, other than mounting all my chainsaws on it and going down to the tax collector's office.... :licking:

 

[dstig1]

I doubt it would rot quickly, but the glue will give out and it will start to delaminate. I've seen it happen, but that isn't to say it will be immediate. Worst case, it's a cheap experiment that helps you dial in the design. Can't beat the price.

 

[jake98]

Got some time in the shop today to put this together. It's pretty beefy. They wanted $6/hole so I spent the morning drilling, guess I made money.. Just have to get the chains set up and I can try it out.

 

[jake98]

Works good, eliminates all the dumping you have to do with a bucket. Now I just have to make an attachment to it so I can carry firewood...
Wings for it may be next.