snow blade tilt?

[moeh1]

l'm slowly working towards putting an old truck plow on in place of the bucket on the front loader. It can be angled using the hydraulic cylinders or manually if I pulled them off. I'm on the fence about tilt, talk me into or out of it... I currently have another light blade clamp mounted to the bucket, so it sits farther out front, and I can't use tilt without losing steering on the front end even with chains. I don't have a spare hydraulic, so that's another bridge to cross.

 

[rtm038]

Snow plows have 4 movements: angle right, angle left, raise and lower. By "tilt", which type of movement do you mean?

Ryan

 

[moeh1]

Sorry I wasn't clear, I meant angle right and left. The loader frame would permit up and down. I've gotten used to straight plowing with the current clamp on the bucket setup, wondering if folks really use the angle function much and if it really alllows steering with the plow closer to the tractor. I spent alot of time making my current setup angle and it was a waste of time....

 

[nybirdman]

I have power angle on my FEL mounted plow:manual angle would be better than none at all.I plow 1/2 mile road..impossible without an angle function.
Loss of steering has a lot of factors,width of plow,amount of snow,weight of your tractor ect.My tractor weighs 7000lbs and pushes a eight ft.plow.Keep as close as you can and still be able to angle.

 

[rtm038]

Oh, ok got it. If you can, I would have some type of angling ability, especially if you're plowing good distances.

Ryan

 

[Ford850]

I had a plow with manual angle adjustment, and I changed the angle occasionally. then I upgraded and my plow has hydrualic angle adjustment and I use it all the time. I'm much more productive with it. There's no way I could plow with no angle adjustment.

 

[GPintheMitten]

You could mount it with manual angle now and upgrade later to hydraulic angle. Didn't the original truck plow have angle capibility?

 

[moeh1]

Yes, I absolutely could do the manual angle, but don't want to do anything now that I'd regret later. I even wondered about tying the 2 cylinder hoses together thru a valve and using the hydraulic cylinders to hold it at a certain angle. I saw a previosu thread where they mounted the plow pretty close and had the cylinders coming back under their quick hitch bracket. Eventually I'd have to pull my bucket and mock this up on my machine but I let the summer get the best of me, so its one more year with the clamp on plow while I gather more ideas.

 

[slowzuki]

You can't run the pair of single acting cyl off a normal remote anyways. I pinned mine as a manual angle. You get used to it, end up not angling. I came from a truck so it was irritating at first, then I would turn the snowblower on and forget about it!

 

[DK35vince]

You can't run the pair of single acting cyl off a normal remote anyways.

It does work off a rear remote valve.
I have my plow with 2 single acting cylinders plugged into a rear remote valve and it works fine.