Pit Cart Project Started

Waldon52 · Feb 6, 2018

Tomorrow I will get going on a new little project. I have wanted to build some side wings for my little JD 54" snow blade for a while. I will make them easy on easy off brackets. Similar to this idea I saw on the internet. I will tweak this design . Should be fun to build. Not sure how much I will use them but I think I would really like them. Especially if I could remove them with just 3 bolts on each side .

KubotainNH · Feb 6, 2018

Cool. Looks like something out of MadMax.

Waldon52 · Feb 7, 2018

Yes, ha,ha.
This morning I marked the lines on the steel for the side wings. I got busy with the plasma cutter and got all the edges cleaned up. I got the adjustable skids bent and welded up and bolted on to the sides. I just got the mounting brackets drilled and bent. So I got a nice start today . Our fluffy lake effect snow is easy to push around , I have actually used my 52" snowblower pushing the fluffy stuff a couple times and I saw how the wings on the blower carried a lot of snow. So I think these 20" wings will work very nice.

Waldon52 · Feb 8, 2018

Because of the bitter cold temps I am not working too many hours in the shop but I did get the blade holes all drilled for the curved mounting plates. I welded two of them on each side so they will hold up the wings when mounting them each time. Once U got the curved plates bolted tight I squared up the side wings and welded them in place. Tomorrow I will start cutting out the gussetts.

aczlan · Feb 8, 2018

Is that an edge trip plow? If the whole thing is supposed to flip down when it trips, how are your new wings going to cause problems with that?

Aaron Z

Waldon52 · Feb 9, 2018

Yes, when the wings are on it won't be able to trip . But I think it will be fine the conditions and how I use it.

Waldon52 · Feb 9, 2018

I got the center braces welded in today , just got to cap the front tips. Tomorrow I will cut four 5"x8" gussets for the top and bottom corners and weld them in place. Then a little 1/2 " steel along some of the remaining edges and it should be very sturdy and not too heavy. Should get it done tomorrow and painted.

Waldon52 · Feb 10, 2018

I got the rest of the gussets all welded in place . Also got the front 1/2" lip welded on. Got filler on both wings but only got one sanded and painted. Nothing fancy but better than bare metal left to rust.

Waldon52 · Feb 11, 2018

SNOWPLOW WINGS- Its been 18 years since I built these folding wings for my 5000 series John Deere , they worked great. The blade on the Waldon photo used to be a rear blade that I made. Then I converted it to this front blade. Then I built wings for it and decided to put a floor and top on it and ended up with a light duty snowbucket. It has worked great for 5 years now.

Waldon52 · Feb 12, 2018

JD 54" Snowplow Wings- Today I got to try out the new wings. They are 17" tall and 20" long. I can't believe how great they worked. I can carry three times the snow now as before. A week ago I had no idea of making them and now here I am using them. That is the fun I have of puttering in my little workshop. My wife just downloaded two You-Tube Videos today of me plowing with the new wings. I really like the way they mount on and off the blade. No center braces to attach. Something so simple to make that work so great.