need advice for ataching snow blade

[MossRoad]

I was wondering about that. I think with those big round skids on the plow it would still float. Also, the tractor isn't going to get anywhere near the speeds of a truck when plowing so a manual poke of the FEL lift could be done in reasonable reaction time should the plow start to bite in on gravel. After it was all said and done, I decided not to do it. I already had the plow mounted on a truck for quick runs down the driveway and I could hop on the tractor with the FEL if I needed to push back anything that the plow couldn't move.

 

[Rowski]

I pick the truck too... especially plowing 50+ drives (we actually have 110, but two driver's). The truck is a bit warmer /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.

I did mean to come across that is couldn't be done. Just that you wouldn't have to always be watching the plow. I'd much rather look at the views!

 

[MossRoad]

Unfortunately, around here, we just don't get much snow anymore. I haven't had a plow mounted on a truck for many years. For that matter, I'm parting out my 1/2 ton chevy 4x4 and sticking with my van and car! Just no need for 4X4 for me anymore. Although I do have a 71 Toyota Landcrusier FJ40 that will get the chevy V8, but I don't need it, it is just a toy. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif That is what I used to plow with. Great for small jobs and tight places. Bigger than a jeep but smaller than a pickup.

 

[Rowski]

You need an International Scout II, if you get more snow/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. My father is in the process of rebuilding one from the ground up. We run it with a 7.5 ft fisher plow. Its one of our main plow trucks.

 

[MossRoad]

Too late, I already have a brand new fiberglass body and front end for the FJ40 /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif I still have the plow, a 7ft myers. Worked great!

 

[Ed2410]

Can't help on the snow blade but would like to see your pic's on the top soil screener sounds like what I will need next summer.

 

[jlong]

Hi all,

From reading the replies, it sounds like it can be done, but when I tried it, it didn't work out as I had hoped.

I like alot of others, have torches/welder and I decided to devise a "quick connect" blade to my existing bucket. After some thought and more cutting, I came up with a system that only needed two pins to secure the mount to the bucket. I angled the blade to push the snow to the side of the road since I clear snow for a development.

Once it was all done, it looked pretty good and I was off to see how it worked. Since I have a 1000' blacktop driveway, I figured I could try it there. There was no snow yet. Even with the bucket in float mode, the blade worked more like a bulldozer, shaving off asphalt as I went. The blade was adjusted so that when the bucket was level, the blade was also level. I found that I could not use the angle of the bucket as an adjustment, since the blade was angled left, curling or dumping the bucket made the part of the blade farthest from the bucket much higher than the rest of the blade. I did not have skid shoes on the blade, but never needed them when pulling the blade on the rear of the tractor.

I took it all apart and went back to the old way of using the blade on the rear of the tractor. I still have to change to a spreader then back to blade.

Maybe the others can point out what I must have done wrong and you can make it work for you. Good Luck!!!

 

[Boone]

I've seen a front mount using the three point arms on the back. A large square tube, guessing like 6 by 6 inches running to the back 3ph. This was a non loader tractor and unfortunately I didn't get to see how the blade hydraulics were mounted. Looked easy to attach the beam part of this setup.

Tractor was large, blade was an old county road type and drive 1/2 mile long.