snowplow for a bx ideas

[wjmst]

Hi!

Does anyone have any ideas for a slide in the FEL type snowplow design?? For a BX 24.

I would like to leave the FEL on to stack snow, but the 4 foot wide bucket is too small to plow with, it would just fill up to fast. I was thinking about a 60" atv plow??

Thanks.

Yeah, I know this thread stopped about a month ago, but I came up with an idea. Connect a 2" receiver to the front of the tractor "bumper plate" (I don't know the technical term).

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This company makes snowplows that connect to the 2" receiver. This way you can leave the fel on, just raise it slightly out of the way. Put the snowplow on and plow. Then take the snowplow back off.

It sounds easy and practical. Anybody have any thoughts on the idea? Does someone sell or make a 2" receiver to bolt on to the front of a bx?

Wes

 

[SeymourBota]

Yeah, I know this thread stopped about a month ago, but I came up with an idea. Connect a 2" receiver to the front of the tractor "bumper plate" (I don't know the technical term).

Agricover.com: Truck Bed Covers and Caps - Pickup Tonneau Covers

This company makes snowplows that connect to the 2" receiver. This way you can leave the fel on, just raise it slightly out of the way. Put the snowplow on and plow. Then take the snowplow back off.

It sounds easy and practical. Anybody have any thoughts on the idea? Does someone sell or make a 2" receiver to bolt on to the front of a bx?

Wes

You mean like this:

 

[bigdad]

j,

Funny you mention a visit to Vermont..... I did two weeks of winter remotes in the White Mts. in 1973. (Army Security Agency) Beautiful place!

bigdad,
You need to visit northern VT then to experience "Verbonics" in all its glory!
j

 

[wjmst]

You mean like this:

Not really. I mean more like the snowplow connects to the front bumper of the tractor, not the FEL.

Wes

 

[SeymourBota]

With the plow on the front bumper area, and especially if it is tilted, the FEL must remain raised at all times or it will hit the plow. You will have to remove the plow to use the FEL.

By attaching the plow to the FEL, I can raise the blade as needed to stack snow higher than any normal plow setup could.
Bumper-style receiver hitch = $35.00
Hitch plug installed when using the FEL without the plow.

This has been an ldeal setup for me maintaining about a half mile of access road and 2 driveways.

 

[Musclford]

You mean like this:

Does is seem to put undo stress on the bottom part of your bucket at all?

bend the metal, etc?

Did you reinforce?

I would like a way to remotely angle my little rinky dink setup.. It just like the mounting out on the edges of the bucket....

I do like it though...

 

[SeymourBota]

I added 1/4 inch steel plate to the bottom of the bucket around the bolt area and use grade 8 bolts.

I have pushed as much snow as traction would allow over 3 seasons and the bucket is perfect.

Side benefits include the ability to remove the receiver hitch in the summer and to use it as a tow point for boats around the yard.

 

[LBrown59]

I have been using my 5 foot FEL bucket to plow snow for the past 6 years without problems. Once the bucket fills up, you begin pushing snow. At that point, I either continue pushing the snow off the driveway, or push it to a place where I can use the bucket to add it to a pile of snow. Yes, it takes longer to clear an area, kinda like walking back and forth with a pusher snow shovel, but it still beats doing it by hand.

I thought about using my back blade and about getting a snow plow for the front. With either solution, you're still just pushing the snow. Yes, if you can angle the blade, you gain some capability, but you're still just pushing snow and with the front mounted blade, you've lost the ability to lift and dump the snow.

IMO, the front mounted blades add more cost than they add capablility.

Unless u put the blade on another tractor.

 

[IdahoTractor]

You may want to look into a BoDozer six-way blade made by Borgford Manufacturing. I'm not sure if they make a smaller-sized blade for a BX. With all the BX owners, however, it seems that you may be able to talk them into fabricating a smaller blade for the market.

Six-way Blade

BoDozer blades are not cheap. But they'll easily last the lifetime of your tractor with minimal maintenance.

 

[LBrown59]

Hi!

Does anyone have any ideas for a slide in the FEL type snowplow design?? For a BX 24.

I would like to leave the FEL on to stack snow, but the 4 foot wide bucket is too small to plow with, it would just fill up to fast. I was thinking about a 60" atv plow??

Thanks.

I solved this problem with my BX23 by buying a hydraulic lift and angle front blade with a BX1500 attached to it.