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snow plow in January

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Roger in St.Lou

12-19-2004 12:03:06




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Okay OT's. How do I convert my 5 foot blade on my 2N. It has a fixed center bolt that has 2 bolts on either side to change the angle. In the winter when I need to change the angle while plowing snow on the drive I have to stop, break out the persuader bars to remove the 2 bolts and then replace them. I have to use them due to the amout of excess play in the connection. It is too cold in January to mess with the angle change but I know that it would help getting the snow off the road. Also I need to change angle left to right due to the road runs downhill about 150 feet.Drive is 600 feet to county road. I want to devise some quick change unit that I can work with in the cold of winter. Any ideas would help.

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Leroy

12-23-2004 07:05:58




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 Re: snow plow in January in reply to Roger in St.Louis, 12-19-2004 12:03:06  
If it is a Dearborn or the Ferguson Grey Version (same blade) it should be a 6' blade and not 5'. Also there is one piviot pin that just sets in the hole with the adjustment holeat the back of the blade that slides into a yoke(bottom part is the frame with a plate that goes over the top) on this it is also just anouther pin that justs sets in the hole. you will have about 3-4" movement at the end of the blade as this is the way they were made at the factory and it should take just about 30 seconds to change the angle. Just got mine on yesterday morning and yesterday and over night got more smow than it will handle so will have to get a blower in when it stops drifting enough that the 1000+' lane can be opened

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bcPA

12-20-2004 00:07:30




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 Re: snow plow in January in reply to Roger in St.Louis, 12-19-2004 12:03:06  
I would recommend you get a 7 ft wide 3 point grader blade for the rear. They will pile snow up 4 ft or more and add weight to the rear when you pick it up and when you go to pull away from the piled snow your tires will be going foreward and they will have better traction than while in reverse. Also a 3 point blade is much easier and quicker to install than a front blade. Also to change the angle is a quick easy step. If your front blade is powered by something other than your three point arms you could have and use both a front blade and rear blade on at the same time if you want. I gave up using my front blade because the rear blade works so much better and easier. The only draw back to the rear blade is the sore neck you may develope from turning around to watch it.

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RayP(MI)

12-20-2004 09:40:20




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 Re: snow plow in January in reply to bcPA, 12-20-2004 00:07:30  
A rear blade is a poor excuse for a snowplow. If you're plowing any depth of snow, it will pile up in front of the blade, and swamp the rear of the tractor, plus you're running in unplowed snow, which will lead to traction problems, as well as steering problems. Don't even ask about turning the blade around and pushing backwards, what a pain-in-the-neck. (Ask how I know!)



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Hermit

12-19-2004 19:30:37




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 Re: snow plow in January in reply to Roger in St.Louis, 12-19-2004 12:03:06  
If your tractor has hydraulics, have you thought about putting a cylinder on one end of the blade to allow it to angle both ways.



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Rod in Smiths Falls, ON,

12-19-2004 13:38:58




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 Re: snow plow in January in reply to Roger in St.Louis, 12-19-2004 12:03:06  
Can't you just drop a couple of drawbar pins in instead of the bolts?



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roger williams

12-19-2004 15:48:04




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 Re: snow plow in January in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 12-19-2004 13:38:58  
Thought about that and even tried it but there is too much slop between the pins. It seems that the two bolts tighen up the extra play in the sliding plates. I guess the only way to do this is to weld a plate to the bottom rotating plate and bend it over the top (fixed) plate and drop a hole and pin in there.



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Brian in NY

12-21-2004 12:33:36




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 Re: snow plow in January in reply to roger williams, 12-19-2004 15:48:04  
How much play is there? I don't think a little bit is going to hurt anything...once you get the weight of the snow against the blade should be in good shape....Doesn't really need to be completely solid.



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paul

12-19-2004 23:41:49




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 Re: snow plow in January in reply to roger williams, 12-19-2004 15:48:04  
I'm not exactly familiar with your model, but it sounds like the piviot pin and/or pin bushings are badly worn, allowing the blade & it's stem to slop around. Your bolts must be clamping things together firmly.

Probably not much you can do unless you replace the main pivot shaft/ bushings.

Some have a support bracket(s) like you prepose making to help take the pressure off the main shaft, so that could work, but you might want to inspect the shaft itself....

Most blades just use a hitch pin through the hole, a couple second deal to change angles.

--->Paul

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