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I grew up in central Wisconsin and we had a 9N along with a driveway that was about 200 yards long. My granddad made a rear plow that looked like a large barn door out of 2 inch lumber. It was about 6 feet wide, 4 feet high. The drawbar from the lift arms bolted to the middle of it, and a couple vertical mounted angles above that provided a hole for the top link. We wound up bolting a discarded grader blade on the bottom for wear. We didn't have chains on the tractor tires. This worked fine for occaisional snow up to maybe 8 inches or so deep per snowfall. For blizzards we sometimes waited for the county. Later I made one of these rigs up in Minnesota, and found that with a MF50 and chains, it could keep up with most storms. However, an 8 hp, 2 stage snowblower was a more efficient solution, and damn near as fast. Also, you want at least one rear stabilizer arm in place on the lift arms with any kind of plow if it's to be used backing up. As far as plowing, we used a single 16 inch plow with the 9N. Other people in the area would use 2-14's and seem to get along, but that is starting to push things with a tractor that size. Also, if you've got rocks, it's a little easier to cope with them with a single bottom rather than a double bottom.
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