Backblade/Snowplow pipe question

hadley

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So I am using an 8' backblade to push snow this year instead of the lighter duty 6' I have used in the past. I had a piece of 2" schedule 40 laying around so I slit it with the circular saw and beat it on the bottom of the blade from one end. Was a really tight fit. Lasted a couple plowings and was a noticeable improvement in the fact that it did not catch near the gravel and did not scalp the yard. The problem was it only lasted a couple uses till it broke all jagged one day while I was plowing when it was only about 10 deg F. My dad put a piece of 1.5" on his and it also broke, however it was about 32 deg F when his broke. Does anybody have any experience with these, and if so did you have the same problem? Any recomendations?
 
Use steel pipe. Weld some tabs on it to match it up to the bolt holes on your blade.
 
(quoted from post at 12:37:55 01/08/18) So I am using an 8' backblade to push snow this year instead of the lighter duty 6' I have used in the past. I had a piece of 2" schedule 40 laying around so I slit it with the circular saw and beat it on the bottom of the blade from one end. Was a really tight fit. Lasted a couple plowings and was a noticeable improvement in the fact that it did not catch near the gravel and did not scalp the yard. The problem was it only lasted a couple uses till it broke all jagged one day while I was plowing when it was only about 10 deg F. My dad put a piece of 1.5" on his and it also broke, however it was about 32 deg F when his broke. Does anybody have any experience with these, and if so did you have the same problem? Any recomendations?

I'm using grey, plastic heavy (sch. 80?) electrical conduit on my front loader bucket and my 3-point blade. I back-drag with the bucket and run the blade backwards with no problem with the conduit getting loose, so far any way. It was installed with a hand sledge and the fit is very tight as it was slit a 1/4 or 5/16 inch on the table saw; I started it at one end and drove it on like you did. I don't know how long it will last or stay on but if we don't get more snow than we have lately it will be years!
 
I bolted a piece off 2" black pipe on mine and works pretty good even when moving dirt.
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I assume schedule 40 is plastic--I put my "gravel guard" on last year made out of steel pipe and was surprised when I put the bucket on a couple of weeks ago how much it had worn on the bottom. They must really catch hell running on crushed limestone rock for we didn't get that much snow last year. I think your plastic would work better in the Summer time because it wouldn't as brittle when it is 80 degrees as it does when it is 30. [just joking] Good Luck---Tee
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Brittleness from the cold is kind of what I was leaning toward myself. Guess I will have to get a piece of black pipe.
 
I used a scrap piece of 1 1/2" galv. pipe for my Western plow. No pavement here; just lawn and dirt/grass driveway. Cut a slit in the pipe and hammered it on, then welded a few mounting tabs to it. Been using the same piece for several years. No "gravel" here, so it's lasting really well.
 
I don't think 10 degrees is cold enough to make much difference, was the pipe made in china? In N MN when it gets below -30F
the loggers notice things break easier.
 
I welded some mounting tabs onto steel pipe for a friends rear blade, to keep it from turning up turf when it snows and the ground is not frozen. The bolt holes were aligned with the cutting edge bolts. We don't have that problem this year, but any early or late snows, it works very well. We thought about PVC and decided to use steel for the reason you describe.
 

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