Quick Attach Plate Thickness, which one?

[Xfaxman]

As mentioned the top lip needs to be reinforced for heavy attachments or boom poles that can exert more leverage.

Here is one:

Close up of the gussets:

And my stump bucket:

And fork frame:

 

[LouNY]

As others have mentioned the upper tab is the weaker point.
On another point the easiest mounting of the blade will have it sticking out way in front of you,
there was a poster that had underslung his mount to keep it in closer that would make it work better
as long as you can get your angles the shorter the mount the easier it will be to use.
I know that my blade sticks out quite aways and it can be aggravating keeping it from pushing gravel when it's thawed.

 

[TractorNH]

As others have mentioned the upper tab is the weaker point.
On another point the easiest mounting of the blade will have it sticking out way in front of you,
there was a poster that had underslung his mount to keep it in closer that would make it work better
as long as you can get your angles the shorter the mount the easier it will be to use.
I know that my blade sticks out quite aways and it can be aggravating keeping it from pushing gravel when it's thawed.

I plan to undersling mine as well and will do a lot of reinforcement of the plate. I tend do do things overkill and it was hard for me to opt for the 5/16" plate when I could get the 1/2" one but there was a decent difference in price and also weight. The plate is grade 50 structural steel too.

 

[Aquamoose]

As mentioned the top lip needs to be reinforced for heavy attachments or boom poles that can exert more leverage.

Here is one:

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Close up of the gussets:

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And my stump bucket:

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And fork frame:

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This!

 

[Xfaxman]

This is what can happen to a plate that is too wide and not reinforced. I had a heavy load on the forks and curled up to raise it off the trailer. It came up a little, stretched the top plate up over the SSQA and fell back down.

Note the straightedge:

You can see where the edge of the SSQA came out from under the top lip:

 

[LouNY]

I plan to undersling mine as well and will do a lot of reinforcement of the plate. I tend do do things overkill and it was hard for me to opt for the 5/16" plate when I could get the 1/2" one but there was a decent difference in price and also weight. The plate is grade 50 structural steel too.

pics when done, I should have built mine but I got a good price the one I got
:thumbsup:

 

[450]

Anyone have pictures of a undersling mounted snowplow? I will be picking up a SSQA plate to mount my 7.5’ snowplow to soon. Thanks

 

[farm boy00]

Anyone have pictures of a undersling mounted snowplow? I will be picking up a SSQA plate to mount my 7.5’ snowplow to soon. Thanks

Don't have any pictures but another option is to cut the A frame as short as possible but still able to use the cylinders to turn the plow.

 

[TractorNH]

Anyone have pictures of a undersling mounted snowplow? I will be picking up a SSQA plate to mount my 7.5 snowplow to soon. Thanks

Here are some pics I've grabbed from other posts in the forum to use as my inspiration (Thank you to the owners of these plows). I'm barely getting started with my build but plan to add pictures when I'm done. The number one thing I've read about doing this is that the plow needs to be chain lifted just like it is when on a truck. If it's rigid mounted to the tractor it will be a pain to operate.

 

[TractorNH]

Don't have any pictures but another option is to cut the A frame as short as possible but still able to use the cylinders to turn the plow.

If you cut the A frame the most you gain is about 6-8" but if you undersling the mount you can gain as much as the plow allows before the SSQA plate hits the back side of the plow itself or as much as the tractor allows before the back end of the plow hits something.