Thomas
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Sure nice to see yesterday's iron still able go up against mother nature.
Snowplow Frame.....Super A
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BTDT
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Yes, and after blading off his drive, he should ride down to the local coffee shop for a cup of coffee and a doughnut. Probably get his pic in the paper.
theonlybull
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nice lookin job, if it plows anything like our '45 A, you'll push more then ya wanna walk though...... ours has been happly pushing for 4 generations now. 2wd works fine, with enough weight, the front tires don't touch anyway lol
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Good Afternoon Guys,
We had about 5" of actual snow at my Ct home on monday, and even though I posted an action shot of plowing the sleet storm from valentines day I thought I would finish the thread with a couple shots of plowing real snow !
The plow worked just great and wasnt straining the trip spring like when I was plowing that heavy 3" of sleet !
I did do a neighborly thing and plowed out my next door neighbor, and unfortunately when I was finishing his drive I hit a patch in his driveway and sheared the 1/2" bolt on the underside of the plow for the trip spring It since has been fixed
We had about 5" of actual snow at my Ct home on monday, and even though I posted an action shot of plowing the sleet storm from valentines day I thought I would finish the thread with a couple shots of plowing real snow !
The plow worked just great and wasnt straining the trip spring like when I was plowing that heavy 3" of sleet ! I did do a neighborly thing and plowed out my next door neighbor, and unfortunately when I was finishing his drive I hit a patch in his driveway and sheared the 1/2" bolt on the underside of the plow for the trip spring
It since has been fixed Attachments
HomeBrew2
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Scott, somehow I missed the beginning of this thread ... maybe a good thing as I got to see it all today. Really excellent job !!!!!!! Could not agree more with the other guy that said ~"it looks original". Beautiful, i guess is the best descriptor.
I grew up in my dad's garage machine shop ... and ran his lathe and mill in his last years of a "retirement" production job he held onto until death (racing engine rod bolt stretch gauges) ... I recognize your craftsmanship and appreciatye it.
Cheers!
I grew up in my dad's garage machine shop ... and ran his lathe and mill in his last years of a "retirement" production job he held onto until death (racing engine rod bolt stretch gauges) ... I recognize your craftsmanship and appreciatye it.
Cheers!
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Mornin Shane and Homebrew,
Thanks for following this thread ! It really was a fun project and I enjoyed a followup project, aka snowplow, on this tractor after I finished restoring it this past fall ! The tractor does great on slight hills and on the flats, using the added weight on the drawbar, about 400 lbs along with the rear wheel weights and old truck chains. The farmer down the road from me gave me the chains with ive cleats and they bite pretty good !
This tractor would never be able to plow my Vt driveway with that steep hill and ice outcropping but its great for what I use it for !
Thanks again!
Thanks for following this thread ! It really was a fun project and I enjoyed a followup project, aka snowplow, on this tractor after I finished restoring it this past fall !
The tractor does great on slight hills and on the flats, using the added weight on the drawbar, about 400 lbs along with the rear wheel weights and old truck chains. The farmer down the road from me gave me the chains with ive cleats and they bite pretty good !This tractor would never be able to plow my Vt driveway with that steep hill and ice outcropping but its great for what I use it for !
Thanks again!