ebinmaine 75,450 #26 Posted yesterday at 06:22 PM 14 hours ago, Joe BenHayon said: Anybody have a weight for the factory plow assembly? The 42" plow blade alone is about 30 lbs. I'd figure the frame around the same. Add springs and hardware. Maybe 70 lbs...? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe BenHayon 83 #27 Posted yesterday at 07:20 PM 6 hours ago, peter lena said: @ebinmaine think that plow strength / weight alone , will overpower / that entire set up , if it ever gets used , numerous other failures will show themselves . running an original horse plow for many years , only thing that wares out is the , lower blade scraping strip set up . keeping blade slick , really helps snow slide off , unloading it easily . would bet that front axel set up is not going to last long , spindles / bearings etc, that plow weight / strength , will eat that horse , pete Pete, The 42" mower deck weighs almost 2x this plow... And my Horse has the cast iron front axle. Heavy duty stuff in my experience.. All the pivot points are greasable though, While I don't have any problems handling 100lb equipment, is there an easier way to wrestle the mower deck in and out from under the tractor? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe BenHayon 83 #28 Posted yesterday at 07:26 PM 13 hours ago, kpinnc said: Looks good so far. What's the offset at the rear for? Just figuring out getting the mount centered on the axle. Those brackets are 4x1/4". I had shortened the one leg to make some adjustment, but I will have to cut some more to get it centered and looking right. Then I will weld in a single piece of 3)4" rod to hold the spacing and mount the frame to. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 9,547 #30 Posted 22 hours ago @Joe BenHayon 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe BenHayon 83 #31 Posted 16 hours ago It works! 😄 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe BenHayon 83 #32 Posted 16 hours ago I have a couple more pictures of the frame hooked up and front view showing the blade up. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 75,450 #33 Posted 10 hours ago Very cool! Couple hints. To set "max up", jack the plow up TO the front axle and adjust/ replace the middle linkage to hold it tight there. When the plow blade is let off the jack it'll settle away from the axle and give you max available ground clearance. IF you want occasional down pressure, you can make a solid link to go from the proper hole 🕳 in the center rock shaft, to the plow. PAINT THAT POOR MISERABLE BLADE. Will you be adding a front center stabilizer? How's your weights & chains situation? 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe BenHayon 83 #34 Posted 7 hours ago 3 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Will you be adding a front center stabilizer? How's your weights & chains situation? Got a week til next snow, so see how it handles then. But, it's damn solid as it is. No weights or chains. Was thinking of getting another set of wheels and putting on tractor tires. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe BenHayon 83 #35 Posted 7 hours ago 3 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Very cool! PAINT THAT POOR MISERABLE BLADE. Probably come late spring when I can work on it outside. 😁 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 75,450 #36 Posted 6 hours ago 10 minutes ago, Joe BenHayon said: No weights or chains. Was thinking of getting another set of wheels and putting on tractor tires. On ice or frozen snow, chains will be the answer. If you have an asphalt driveway then you might be able to get away with a lot more than we can up here. AG tires might be slightly more useful than mostly flat turf but any rubber on any Frozen surface is going to be a challenge. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe BenHayon 83 #37 Posted 6 hours ago 35 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: On ice or frozen snow, chains will be the answer. If you have an asphalt driveway then you might be able to get away with a lot more than we can up here. AG tires might be slightly more useful than mostly flat turf but any rubber on any Frozen surface is going to be a challenge. We do get our share of snow (Mostly) here in the Rockies of western Colorado. 😁😁 My drive is concrete and gravel. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 75,450 #38 Posted 5 hours ago 10 minutes ago, Joe BenHayon said: We do get our share of snow (Mostly) here in the Rockies of western Colorado. 😁😁 My drive is concrete and gravel. My old ball and chain and I are located in the White Mountains of Western Maine. The area which we clear the snow has been carefully constructed modified and adjusted over the years to make it more user friendly for smaller equipment. We only have a few feet of elevation change. But it's just steep enough that we really need to pay close attention to how we set things up. Our whole area in which we plow is gravel or crushed stone with fine dust. Our experience shows us a couple different ways to set up tractors. You could see them on our YouTube channels. IMHO you will want to make that tractor as heavy as possible by using whatever means necessary, to hold the back end down. If you don't want the concrete in the driveway to get scratched up then it would be best to avoid metal chains. There are rubber chains available.. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe BenHayon 83 #39 Posted 3 hours ago Traction improvers are easy enough.... Extra weight will require more fabrication of a holder on the back end.... 🤔🤔🤔 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
