ebinmaine 63,153 #76 Posted December 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, giddyap said: plowing snow Just keep in mind that every pound you put behind the rear wheels you're going to lose a proportionally smaller amount off of your steering tires Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #77 Posted December 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, Handy Don said: I agree with the concern about the the upper bar being attached to the tractor by relatively thin sheet metal. Take a look at how Lowell designed the hitch he sells at wheelhorsepartsandmore.com He uses a combination of the axle housing section of the transaxle and the drawbar hitch. He makes sure the weight is distributed--onto the axle castings using the bolt on clamps, and onto that lower hitch by welding the support arms going to the drawbar pin directly to the 2" receiver hitch tube. Another idea is a thread that showed a member who bolted an extension to his plow frame and put weights on that extension--again, putting the load onto the axle casing portions of the transaxle. No doubt what you have in your latest image can work. The question is how much weight will you want it to support? Absolutely! Can't get better than that! So I'm not sure what we are doing here... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
giddyap 1,568 #78 Posted December 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, DennisThornton said: I'm not sure what we are doing here... When my original contribution flopped the community helped fix it. We can move on 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #79 Posted December 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, giddyap said: When my original contribution flopped the community helped fix it. We can move on Oh! I'm watching a rerun but I didn't see the first showing? Then I'm so glad because I didn't think this was going to end well! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,217 #80 Posted December 23, 2020 8 hours ago, ebinmaine said: @Lee1977 maybe? Not me. I don't have a snow plow. I did build a grader blade. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #81 Posted December 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Lee1977 said: Not me. I don't have a snow plow. I did build a grader blade. That grader blade have pictures on this forum? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 10,608 #82 Posted December 23, 2020 2 hours ago, giddyap said: I think this will support enough weight to help plowing snow An extension to the plow frame would be a fulcrum and lever (I think) Yes, a plow frame extension forms a lever--it's pivoting around the axle attach point and trying to lift the plow! An extension would have to be strong enough to hold the weights. The axle attach point is supporting the plow frame, the extension, and the extra weight. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,217 #83 Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, DennisThornton said: That grader blade have pictures on this forum? Yes but I have no ideal where it's in some one else's tread. The frame is 2" channel with a short piece of 4" channel at the pivot. The pivot pin is a 7/8" Ford pickup king pin. the blade is a 5 ft. grader blade I cut down to 4 ft. It weighs around 80 #. Edited December 24, 2020 by Lee1977 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbear853 58 #84 Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/23/2020 at 9:29 AM, Handy Don said: Yes, a plow frame extension forms a lever--it's pivoting around the axle attach point and trying to lift the plow! An extension would have to be strong enough to hold the weights. The axle attach point is supporting the plow frame, the extension, and the extra weight. Back in 1981 I bought a well used but running 701 at a flea market for $75. I mowed with it, but come winter I looked for a plow. I found a short WH plow, it mounted to the tractor under the engine, not rear axle. Maybe it was meant for something else, but I mounted it, even got it to lift. 42" wide blade, if one had traction, if a heavy snow, it would even lift the front wheels because of where it mounted, the rear of the frame turned upwards towards the frame. Later, in 1991 I sold the tractor after getting my C-85, so I cut the curved ears off the plow and extended straight back to under the rear axle with 1x2 channel, "X" braced it, got it to lift too but man is it heavy. I added a transport bar that hooks into front "tach-a-matic" hookup. I made my axle brackets of 3/8" steel, for plow frame eyes I used steel tube with rubber shock absorber bushings in them, I use 1/2" bolts with a clip pin to secure each side. I built a table of sorts that would attach under it and the table extended out behind the tractor, a couple cinder blocks or old rusty Ford cylinder heads weighted it as a great counterbalance ... and it sure helped lifting the plow! I need to dig it out and clean it up & throw it on? After I bought a snow blower in the early '00s I think, I never used it again. Got 4 sets tire chains and extra wet filled rears ready to go too. One big snow in March, 1993, I plowed out several neighbors, my driveway, and the state roadway for near 1/4 mile. That 8hp K did OK in 2 hi, but with the 16 repower it plowed the roadway going down hill in 3 hi & come up the hill in 2 high, rolling the snow to my right. Was a lot of fun now that I write about it. Last time I used the plow, my neighbor that shares my drive complained about scratches ... and since we share drives, I bought the blower on a sale. That neighbor moved. Wish I had kept the 701 even if just covered up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 63,153 #85 Posted December 29, 2020 46 minutes ago, tbear853 said: Back in 1981 I bought a well used but running 701 at a flea market for $75. I mowed with it, but come winter I looked for a plow. I found a short WH plow, it mounted to the tractor under the engine, not rear axle. Maybe it was meant for something else, but I mounted it, even got it to lift. 42" wide blade, if one had traction, if a heavy snow, it would even lift the front wheels because of where it mounted, the rear of the frame turned upwards towards the frame. Later, in 1991 I sold the tractor after getting my C-85, so I cut the curved ears off the plow and extended straight back to under the rear axle with 1x2 channel, "X" braced it, got it to lift too but man is it heavy. I added a transport bar that hooks into front "tach-a-matic" hookup. I made my axle brackets of 3/8" steel, for plow frame eyes I used steel tube with rubber shock absorber bushings in them, I use 1/2" bolts with a clip pin to secure each side. I built a table of sorts that would attach under it and the table extended out behind the tractor, a couple cinder blocks or old rusty Ford cylinder heads weighted it as a great counterbalance ... and it sure helped lifting the plow! I need to dig it out and clean it up & throw it on? After I bought a snow blower in the early '00s I think, I never used it again. Got 4 sets tire chains and extra wet filled rears ready to go too. One big snow in March, 1993, I plowed out several neighbors, my driveway, and the state roadway for near 1/4 mile. That 8hp K did OK in 2 hi, but with the 16 repower it plowed the roadway going down hill in 3 hi & come up the hill in 2 high, rolling the snow to my right. Was a lot of fun now that I write about it. Last time I used the plow, my neighbor that shares my drive complained about scratches ... and since we share drives, I bought the blower on a sale. That neighbor moved. Wish I had kept the 701 even if just covered up. Love to see pics of that set-up!! Neighbor said something like that to me they'd be shoveling all on their own or supplying half the funds for an insured pro. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
