Hammerhead 817 #1 Posted January 31, 2015 My old A90 Special doesn't quite run as good as I would like with that old Briggs motor on it, so I got to thinking about what modern tractor I could mount a snow blade on. I got a nice 310-8 Speed from a member (Callen) a few years ago, so I figured I would try to mount a snow blade on it to see if it would work. I had to move several other tractors to get to the machine. They were frozen to the ground so that made it harder to move them out of the way! Once I moved a few tractors out of the way, I put a battery in the 310-8 Speeder and it fired right up! I parked it in front of the garage and started to mount the blade on it. It didn't take very long since WH made a great set up to make it easy. I pulled the lift handle up to see what would happen and the plow A frame hit on the front axle so the lift handle lock wouldn't click into place. I readjusted the center mount to another hole and tried it again. This time it worked as it should so I think I got lucky on that! So phase one is complete! The back tires were the stock turf tires and I know they wouldn't do anything in the snow from past experiences. So I checked the parts pile and I didn't have a good set of 8X12 bar lug tires that would work. But I did have several pairs of 6X12 bar lugs, so I decided to put a set of dual rear wheels on this bad boy! I jacked up the tractor and removed the old wheels and installed the first set of bar lugs. It looked kind of cool with the skinny meats on it and then I mounted the 2nd set of 6X12 tires on it and it looked really cool! I decided since it looked so good that I may as well clean up the entire machine! I even cleaned up the rusty hub caps that were on it and now it looks killer! I fired it up and went to find some snow to push around. There wasn't much left around since I took care of it with the A90, but I managed to push a little bit here and there. It worked well and it looked even better! So now I have 2 snow pushers ready for action! Bring on the 6 to 10 inches! That is what she said! Lol! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slammer302 2,156 #2 Posted January 31, 2015 Looks good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pollack Pete 2,273 #3 Posted January 31, 2015 Nice.Now ya gotta paint that plow so it looks as good as the rest of the tractor.Love the duallies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 23,139 #4 Posted January 31, 2015 Looks good! No weights? So if AG tires (which are directional) work great forward but not so great backwards I wonder if having the outside rear wheels flipped to the opposite side would give you great forward and reverse traction ? Mike........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rustyoldjunk 127 #5 Posted January 31, 2015 The tractor looks great Hammerhead ! Sparky I think ag tires bite well going backwards,they just don't clean out well.They are self cleaning going forward. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
