Snow plow fabrication

[Wild Bill the 2nd]

My next question is concerning the placement and angle of the SA cylinders, and that is. Is there any reason why I should not have my cylinders angled out were they connect to the mounting plate? on the current design and most all that I have seen where SA cylinders are used shows the cylinders a straight as in this illustration,
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What I am considering is shortening the plow arms by about 1 foot, but to do that I would need to move the rear anchor point of the cylinders outward to compensate for the travel distance needed. I know I could just buy shorter cylinders but if a simple change in placement with save me a few bucks... why not.

Or you can do something like this.




Fabrication thread here.
I still have not had a chance to blast, paint, and assemble. So no progress from the last posting.

 

[Glrret]

My old plow truck has some nice 6" round shoes and I still managed to catch rocks in my in-laws driveway. I've got some major work to do on that drive this coming summer. The driveways at our two houses, the barn yard and my mothers house are a lot better and easier to plow. I'm going to groom them with the intention toward getting a snow blower for next year. I'll still need the plow on the tractor for some locations where their just isn't anyplace to put the snow short of blowing over the fence into the pasture.

 

[Rustyiron]

Won't it work plumbed in between each "end" of a single s/a cyl?

Meant to say d/a cyl. :confused2:

 

[Rustyiron]

I still want to allow the plow to free travel up and down a liitle but I also want the option for down pressure for things like back dragging.

This is pretty simple
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/349647-snowplow-design-float-d-p.html

 

[Glrret]

I picked up the hydraulic hoses I needed to run my plow angle cylinders from the rear remotes. I wasn't expecting the $260 price for 2 20FT hoses, but its a far cry cheaper than a 3rd function kit.

I thought I had everything I needed until I saw Wild Bill's and 4Shorts design, I kinda like the idea of kicking the A-frame back under the mounting plate.

 

[Glrret]

Rusty Iron, that design you have for the chain replacement is almost exactly what I had envisioned I would use.

 

[Wild Bill the 2nd]

I picked up the hydraulic hoses I needed to run my plow angle cylinders from the rear remotes. I wasn't expecting the $260 price for 2 20FT hoses, but its a far cry cheaper than a 3rd function kit.

I thought I had everything I needed until I saw Wild Bill's and 4Shorts design, I kinda like the idea of kicking the A-frame back under the mounting plate.

Should only be $37 a hose from surpluscenter.com then another $20 per hose for a quick disconnect set from discounthydraulichose.com
If you get them from a local hydraulic shop then you will undoubtedly pay more. But it is likely much better quality hose as well.

I am excited to try my plow out some day but we have only had 2-3 inches of snow this entire winter. Nothing like the last three or so winters. We would have had 24 - 36 inches total snowfall by now. So weird...

 

[Glrret]

Wild Bill do you have any pictures of the finished project? What did you use in place of the chain? Did you have to add any rear shoes to prevent the plow from tipping backward and dragging?

 

[LD1]

Meant to say d/a cyl. :confused2:

Answer is still no. It won't work cause oil volumes are different

 

[Wild Bill the 2nd]

The last pics in my thread are where I am at.





I am going to still use a chain. If I curl the QA plate forward the plate will contact the A-frame on the plow. At that point I can put the loader in float and have some down pressure.

Rustyiron's design is a lot more robust than mine in the downpressure department. I could see where you could pretty much lift the front end of the tractor off the ground with his design. I don't think I really need to go there but I can see where some people might.

I am going to try running without shoes in the back at first and see how that goes. I dropped the pins in the back by 4 inches so the plow should have quite a bit of swing up and down. If I do need to add shoes back there I plan on doing something like this.