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I bought a 3-point hitch style snowplow a few weeks ago and have adapted it to fit the front of my b-II.
What I brought home.
I figured I needed some type of shock absorption so I adapted some leaf-springs, you can see how I bent them in this thread;
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120826
You can see in the following pic how I mounted the leafs to the plow to allow for leaf movement;
After a lot of head scratching and a few false starts, this is what I came up with;
I figured to use a 2500 lb atv winch to supply power to move the arm which moves linkages to raise the plow. It works with hand power as it is right now but I want to be able to sit in the cab and work it.
I built this out of scavenged metal, the plow I paid C$250.00, and bits and pieces I had on hand. I did use about C$50 dollars worth of drill bits on the springs All the welding was done with a lincoln weld-pac 100 with .035 flux-core
Some pics;
I ground out a 45 degree relief for welding
Started to weld. The goober looking weld is not mine.
Tried vertical up, It's ok but I can use more practice.
Ground out the goober weld prior to re-welding;
Here are a couple of pics of me cleaning up after a previous tenants' sand blasting residue;
Right after I took those pics the plow decided to take a rest; I forgot to pin the contraption to the truck receiver....ooops :-[ But that did lead me to think about how I was going to lift it back up to re-install it. I had a bitch of a time getting it in the first time. So I have a spare wheeled trailer jack with a 2" stinger welded to it, I'll weld a short receiver to the plow bracketry to install a removable jack.
I also have to make something so the springs don't separate.
I'll have to get some close up pics to show how I ran the winch cable. The plow rotates 360 degrees so I came up with using a ball with a large chain link trapped under the ball before I welded it on. I ground two flat spots on the base so I could slip the link on before welding it to the front of the blade. Unfortunately I got ahead of myself and welded the ball on before slipping on the chain link. DOPE! So I cut a diagonal on the link, opened it enough to slip over the ball, squeezed it ,then welded it back shut.
It seems to be working good enough for what I would use it for but I will have to upgrade the springs in my b-II. I'm going to see if I can find air-shocks for the front first though, as I don't want to $fix$ this truck, I have another in much better shape to sink money into. You can see it in the background of a previous pic.
Total cost ~C$300.00 and 15 hours so far.
Richard
What I brought home.
I figured I needed some type of shock absorption so I adapted some leaf-springs, you can see how I bent them in this thread;
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120826
You can see in the following pic how I mounted the leafs to the plow to allow for leaf movement;
After a lot of head scratching and a few false starts, this is what I came up with;
I figured to use a 2500 lb atv winch to supply power to move the arm which moves linkages to raise the plow. It works with hand power as it is right now but I want to be able to sit in the cab and work it.
I built this out of scavenged metal, the plow I paid C$250.00, and bits and pieces I had on hand. I did use about C$50 dollars worth of drill bits on the springs All the welding was done with a lincoln weld-pac 100 with .035 flux-core
Some pics;
I ground out a 45 degree relief for welding
Started to weld. The goober looking weld is not mine.
Tried vertical up, It's ok but I can use more practice.
Ground out the goober weld prior to re-welding;
Here are a couple of pics of me cleaning up after a previous tenants' sand blasting residue;
Right after I took those pics the plow decided to take a rest; I forgot to pin the contraption to the truck receiver....ooops :-[ But that did lead me to think about how I was going to lift it back up to re-install it. I had a bitch of a time getting it in the first time. So I have a spare wheeled trailer jack with a 2" stinger welded to it, I'll weld a short receiver to the plow bracketry to install a removable jack.
I also have to make something so the springs don't separate.
I'll have to get some close up pics to show how I ran the winch cable. The plow rotates 360 degrees so I came up with using a ball with a large chain link trapped under the ball before I welded it on. I ground two flat spots on the base so I could slip the link on before welding it to the front of the blade. Unfortunately I got ahead of myself and welded the ball on before slipping on the chain link. DOPE! So I cut a diagonal on the link, opened it enough to slip over the ball, squeezed it ,then welded it back shut.
It seems to be working good enough for what I would use it for but I will have to upgrade the springs in my b-II. I'm going to see if I can find air-shocks for the front first though, as I don't want to $fix$ this truck, I have another in much better shape to sink money into. You can see it in the background of a previous pic.
Total cost ~C$300.00 and 15 hours so far.
Richard