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I'm kinda stealing the idea from a company that actually makes these for small trucks and vans and sells them for about $1400. So far I've only spent $200.
It's a hitch mounted fixed snow plow/pusher. There's 2 parts, the frame and the plow.
The two upright tubes are for the plow to move up and down freely to adjust to driveways and such. Raising it up all the way allows transport.
1/8" aluminum cuts down on weight, and looks sexy.
The steel frame for the plow, weighs no more than 50lbs(lifted it over my head and I can't do that with a 60lb bag of concrete), all 1/8" steel. My guess is when it's done the whole thing will when less than 130lbs.
In the back ground you can see the hitch part all welded and painted. I might ad a 3rd upright for strength.
I'm also cutting and shaping the sides to cut weight and to stream line the design.
Another idea was to incorporate the winch in a pulley system to raise and lower the plow to assist when I'm doing work myself.
You're also probably thinking how will it stay down since real plows have weight, my front receiver is tilted downwards at a small angle, about 10 degrees, this will make it hard to the plow to be lifted by snow, but the small steel roller wheels will help it lift up. Unlike a real plow, this doesn't scrap the ground, it floats about 1/4"+ above the road thanks to the wheels, which prevent me from catching a bump and destroying everything on the front.
It's a hitch mounted fixed snow plow/pusher. There's 2 parts, the frame and the plow.
The two upright tubes are for the plow to move up and down freely to adjust to driveways and such. Raising it up all the way allows transport.
1/8" aluminum cuts down on weight, and looks sexy.
The steel frame for the plow, weighs no more than 50lbs(lifted it over my head and I can't do that with a 60lb bag of concrete), all 1/8" steel. My guess is when it's done the whole thing will when less than 130lbs.
In the back ground you can see the hitch part all welded and painted. I might ad a 3rd upright for strength.
I'm also cutting and shaping the sides to cut weight and to stream line the design.
Another idea was to incorporate the winch in a pulley system to raise and lower the plow to assist when I'm doing work myself.
You're also probably thinking how will it stay down since real plows have weight, my front receiver is tilted downwards at a small angle, about 10 degrees, this will make it hard to the plow to be lifted by snow, but the small steel roller wheels will help it lift up. Unlike a real plow, this doesn't scrap the ground, it floats about 1/4"+ above the road thanks to the wheels, which prevent me from catching a bump and destroying everything on the front.
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