Pit Cart Project Started

[Waldon52]

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]

Cool. Looks like something out of MadMax.

 

[Waldon52]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.