SSQA plow

[adirondackmtnman]

I'd like to know the answer too! Maybe others will chime in!

Maybe it doesn't make a difference because the plow is on the ground, but when lifting, seems like the weight would extend the curl cylinders...maybe on a tractor with quick disconnects, it may isolate that circuit so it won't move, but mine is connected directly. I would for sure like to hear from someone who has done it.

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[FatTire]

I don't know anyone using the curl circuit to run an angle cylinder, but maybe someone on TBN does with a diverter valve? I believe most people use either a 3rd function remote or one of the rear remotes. When plowing I use the curl function to make slight adjustments to the plow attack angle, and for moving snow up big piles.

 

[adirondackmtnman]

I don't know anyone using the curl circuit to run an angle cylinder, but maybe someone on TBN does with a diverter valve? I believe most people use either a 3rd function remote or one of the rear remotes. When plowing I use the curl function to make slight adjustments to the plow attack angle, and for moving snow up big piles.

That was my thought exactly...

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[chuck172]

I do have rear remotes I can use, I honestly thought I have heard of others using the loader curl circuit. Maybe I'm just confused.

 

[mpham]

On mine I set the bucket to the angle I need then disconnect the lines and use them for the angle function. It works fine. Didn't need to move bucket at all last year after first set.

 

[Farmer495]

I'll state I don't think loader arms are meant for side angle stress. I'd get a decent snow bucket or pusher before I put an angle blade on a loader. Friend ran an angle blade for many years on a loader in place of bucket. Very careful operator, loader was bought new and never abused with low hours and only "personal" use plowing. he actually broke one of the loader pins clear of the mounts from the side strain.

 

[Deerherd]

I'll state I don't think loader arms are meant for side angle stress. I'd get a decent snow bucket or pusher before I put an angle blade on a loader. Friend ran an angle blade for many years on a loader in place of bucket. Very careful operator, loader was bought new and never abused with low hours and only "personal" use plowing. he actually broke one of the loader pins clear of the mounts from the side strain.

I have plowed for years with different plows and never damaged anything and have yet to see a loader that was damaged. Anybody who can come up with bonafide damage caused by snow plowing I would really like to see it. There have been various threads on TBN looking for just this thing. It's always "I knew somebody"' but never seems first hand.

On my last two set-ups, both were diverter valves on the curl function. There is no flopping around and you still have the use of the curl function. Both had trip protection and cross-over relief valves so chance of damage has been nil. This was my last set-up on my Kioti:



This is my current set-up on my LS.

 

[Fallon]

If you unplug the quick disconnects for a cylinder it stays put. That's actually the best test to see if you have a valve or cylinder problem. Unless the seals on your cylinder are shot, it won't move at all. The QDs seal shut & the fluid I'm the cylinders & hoses stop the cylinders from moving, the same as being hooked to a valve.

Unless you don't have quick disconnects on your hoses & have to undo the hoses with a wrench or something.

 

[chuck172]

So in my case, if I go with a ssqa plow setup, should I just use the loader curl circuit, or run new lines from my unused rear remote valve and leave the loader intact? Of course tapping into the loader would be much simpler and inexpensive.

 

[Fallon]

So in my case, if I go with a ssqa plow setup, should I just use the loader curl circuit, or run new lines from my unused rear remote valve and leave the loader intact? Of course tapping into the loader would be much simpler and inexpensive.

Both would work. Curl would be handy hitching & unhitching, but you can easily hook curl back up before or after that.