Rear snow blade skid shoes?

Anonymous-0 · Nov 13, 2011

I've got and older rear blade (3 pt blade), Ford I believe and I'm trying to find some kind of skid shoes I can mount on it to keep the gravel out of the ditch.

Can not find much on internet that will work.

Any one know of where a guy can get a pair?

Ken-Pa · Nov 14, 2011

Find a set of shoes off a Meyers or Western snow plow . Then alter the up rite part to fit your plow . I've done that for a guy .HTH ! God bless

Kirk-NJ · Nov 14, 2011

I agree with Ken that they are hard to come by when not already connected to a blade. Probably best to fab your own. The meyers shoes are round so you could made a bracket with a pipe that attaches to the blade then slide it over the meyers shoes then use the washers or pin system for adjustment. Prior owner of one of my snowplows used engine valves instead of pins. Farmerized looking but it works.

Kirk

TheOldHokie · Nov 14, 2011

(quoted from post at 00:34:23 11/14/11) I've got and older rear blade (3 pt blade), Ford I believe and I'm trying to find some kind of skid shoes I can mount on it to keep the gravel out of the ditch.

Can not find much on internet that will work.

Any one know of where a guy can get a pair?

I jsut saw shoes on the shelf at TSC two days ago. Weld on a piece of pipe and you are good to go.

TOH

Charles Krammin · Nov 14, 2011

I looked at 2 different kinds at TSC yesterday, in the "snowplow disply". The most common the skids are like disc like 5" disc blades, with a 7/8 th shaft with stacks of washers, for adjustable depth, and a snap pin, You would have to weld, or bolt a mounting plate on the blade to accomadate the above.
The other kind were like a 2" slay that follow the contour of the ground. I would not recommend this as you might want to scrape the other way and they would dig in,
Having used ta back blade, I would recommend the first paragraph, as you may want to use the blade in the summer on dirt, and you could easily remove or adjust depth. http://www.external_link/vehicle-maintenance-accessories/vehicle-snow-removal-equipment/buyers-snowplow-shoe-assembly-western-1099133

Charles Krammin SW MI

carpetfarmer · Nov 14, 2011

We had a snow plow that was given to us on our old farm truck. It didn"t have any shoes on it, so dad took an old leaf spring and cut the ends off of it about 6" long or so then used the rolled end as the leading edge. Worked like a champ and it was all stuff we had laying around.

William Fissell · Nov 14, 2011

I agree with going with TSC- that's what I did.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 14, 2011

Called the local plow dealer in Rapid City, SD and had my wife pick up a pair of heavy duty skid shoes. I thought they were $56 per pair, WRONG that's &56 each.

I'll have a friend weld on a pipe to mount them in the back corners of the blade.

The brand was "Sno Way".

Thanks for the imput gentlr men.

skips8n · Nov 14, 2011

When I sold my old loader I saved the rear mounting brackets. I later bolted them to my scraper blade to hold the round shoes from TSC. Works like a charm!

Ron-MO · Nov 14, 2011

Maybe they need to drop the S from the name, and call them "No Way" with that price

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John T in VA · Nov 14, 2011

Split a piece of 2 1/2 or 2" galvanized pipe from end to end, weld two tabs w/holes to line up with 2 of the blade bolts. Remove the bolts, slip the pipe over the blade and replace the bolts. This covers the entire blade and keeps it from diging in if there is a high center crown.

Johh T

Wayne Fleury · Nov 15, 2011

I use a set of sway bar mounting brackets. Have to oblong the holes about 1/4". Gives me about 3 -4 years of use. I plow about 4 gravel driveways a year in S.E. Michigan. Cheap and easy to remove to plow the 6 other driveways I plow.

blueridgefarm · Jan 24, 2016

Are the sway bar mounting brackets from a Ford 8N? If not, which tractor? Thanks.

Abbby · Jan 24, 2016

The only real solution I have found for this is the pack down method. First few snow falls you just pack it down with your car or truck. You can pack 8-10" of snow down to 1-2". Get a nice solid frozen base. After that I just use the blade without any skid plates. I have tried many different skids plates and all end up peeling off some gravel and throwing in the yard. get a good base and all stays put. Disclaimer is that if the first snow fall is a doozy packing requires 4 x 4 pickup which I have.

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