SnowPlow test #1

2manyrocks · Dec 7, 2007

Is there a heated cab next in your plans?

Since the front blade works so great, can I have your hydraulic rear blade?

2manyrocks · Dec 9, 2007

Oops. Picked the wrong smiley face to beg with.

SkunkWerX · Dec 9, 2007

2manyrocks said:
Is there a heated cab next in your plans?

Since the front blade works so great, can I have your hydraulic rear blade?

I think you used the right face to begin with!!

Man, I would love a heated cab, but in maryland it's like overkill, I think.
It would be nice when plowing, but, have a hard time justifying it for a hand full of snowstorms.

Actually, my RGB can be offset, a good 12" to either side.
4 bolts, and it's moved.
SO, I am thinking next time we get a more serious snow, I may shift it to one side which would add some usable width to the clearing ability.

skidsteer.ca · Dec 9, 2007

There is no such thing as overkill

Seriously though a cab is pretty nice almost anytime
Ken

Northstar9126 · Dec 9, 2007

hayden said:
That's not a snow plow - it's a Zamboni

Beautiful job!

Exactly what I was thinking. I have to rig up something like that to plow off my son's hockey rink. This should be fantastic.

m7040 · Dec 9, 2007

here is a picture of the polypropelene board attached to the snow plow to avoid scraping the pavement

bx24 · Dec 9, 2007

Skunkwerx

How thick of a piece did you go with? How did you cut the material? (with a circular saw???)

LBrown59 · Dec 9, 2007

skidsteer.ca said:
Seriously though a cab is pretty nice almost anytime
Ken

Air Conditioning works better with a cab.

LBrown59 · Dec 9, 2007

bx24 said:
Skunkwerx

How thick of a piece did you go with? How did you cut the material? (with a circular saw???)

How did you cut the material? (with a circular saw???)
What works for me is sandwiching it between 2 scrap pieces of thin plywood , paneling or osb and sawing through the wood and material with a jig saw.
O saw should work 2.
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== L B ==

skidsteer.ca · Dec 9, 2007

LBrown59 said:
Air Conditioning works better with a cab.

I don't care what ya call it along as it stays between 69 and 72*f in there.
Actually once you put the "fish bowl" around you, you will want both. The summer sun is pretty strong even up here.
Ken

charlz · Dec 9, 2007

Nice! Too bad shipping is twice the cost of the material for me

Not that I would need it for a snowplow.. but looks good to put a skirt on my rough cut mower.

LBrown59 · Dec 9, 2007

See if you can find a scrap pick up bed mat
and cut what you need out of that.

I have bought new bed mats at big lots for 25 bucks.

== L B ==

charlz said:
Nice! Too bad shipping is twice the cost of the material for me Not that I would need it for a snowplow.. but looks good to put a skirt on my rough cut mower.

SkunkWerX · Dec 10, 2007

bx24 said:
Skunkwerx

How thick of a piece did you go with? How did you cut the material? (with a circular saw???)

The stuff I got was 3/8" thick. It has fiber cords embedded.
I used a fresh utility knife and just kept scoring. I got to the point it would bend with a crease, like cardboard, then finished by slicing down the crease on the backside.

I don't think I would use a circular saw it might grab harshly, I think I would try a jig saw with one of those knife style blades installed.

If I was dealing with 1/2" or thicker material, I would probably run it through my bandsaw.

Bottom line, it wasn't a huge problem using the utility knife.

jmfox · Dec 10, 2007

Has anybody found a good source for nylon strips? I guess some of the other polymers and plastics may be good as well, if they are tough enough and cheap enough. You would think there would be a good surplus source.

jmf

texbaylea · Dec 10, 2007

Since I live in the "sunny" south I don't have your needs but a suggestion from the time we had a breeding kennel. I cut down truck flaps to make the dog doors as the longest lasting material I could find. A band saw was the perfect tool for the job. It cut cleanly and quickly. For the thick stuff you would probably want a 3/4" blade, 4-6 teeth per inch.

Vernon

SkunkWerX · Dec 15, 2007

This reply is meant only to tie together 2 threads.

if you are curious about the fabrication of the snow plow blade on the Kubota BX2350, you can visit this thread to see how it got started:
Kubota BX2350 Front Snow Plow Project

novi408 · Sep 2, 2008

SkunkWerX,
Do you have the seller's name on ebay where you bought the rubber strip? The link you had posted last year is no longer valid and I didn't have any success doing a search on ebay.

Thanks.

KevPH1 · Sep 3, 2008

novi408 said:
SkunkWerX,
Do you have the seller's name on ebay where you bought the rubber strip? The link you had posted last year is no longer valid and I didn't have any success doing a search on ebay.

Thanks.

I can't help you with the email address. Have you thought about flat drive belting? TSC sells belting by the foot.