V plow on 2WD tractor

Peat · Mar 9, 2012

The boys at the coffee shop and I have agreed to disagree on this subject and we never got any considerable snow this year for me to prove them wrong.
I mounted an 8' v plow on a dengleman hitch in front of my 120HP tractor with loaded 20.8x38's and chains tipping the scales at 16,000 pounds.
This plow is about 5.5 feet high and I intended to use it when we had the drifting snow and things really got deep.
Well my buddies say it was a waste of money and won't be able to push itself out of it's own way and I should mount it on a FWD tractor.
What do you guys think?

Anonymous-0 · Mar 9, 2012

I mounted 2 gravely walk behind plows, in a v formation, and put it on a lift frame, on My D-10 Allis. Plows to beat all he!!. I wish I had it a little wider, because when you make a sharp turn, the rear wheels hit plowed snow ridge. Also if icy, chains are mandatory. I mounted a 3 point blower, on back, mostly use it for weight.

onefarmer · Mar 9, 2012

While FWD would be better I don't see why it wouldn't work. Add tire chains and it would be better than the FWD with out chains on ice.

Mike M · Mar 9, 2012

For sure a 4x4 is always better to have,but all the county and city dump trucks around here with plows are still only RWD.

Handyman · Mar 9, 2012

I have seen pics of 8n fords with V plows pushing snow so I would think a larger tractor should be able to do the same.

James Williams · Mar 9, 2012

How did we ever feed and do farm work and even push snow when we never owned a FWD,and a old Farmall M was the largest tractor around

jimmy

RayP(MI) · Mar 9, 2012

You may have a bit of trouble with front wheels sliding when you try to steer. Since it is a V plow, it should track fairly straight most of the time. Where I see a problem is a one directional plow, trying to push snow to one side. With that much weight and chains on the rears, probably traction won't be a major problem. A touch of the brake from time to time may be necessary to keep steering control. I'd sure give it a healthy try before I give up on it based on your buddies' unknowledgable advice. A lot of farmers have plowed a lot of snow with 2wd tractors!

A pickup truck plow in 2wd is another matter. I've tried that a few times, when I forgot to shift it in, and it doesn't work worth a darn!

sd pete · Mar 9, 2012

An old neighbor had a v plow on a 1850 Ollie. He used it to open up hay fields to get semi"s in. It worked great.

Brian Dan · Mar 9, 2012

My dad back in the 1940s had a v plow mounted on a Farmall M. He also had a wing on it made out of wood. My dad said it worked real good. He had no loader at that time so that that had to work.
If you can put a push plade on a pickup truck that wieghs 6000 lbs I think your 16000 lbs tractor will work just fine.
Brian

chevytaHOE5674 · Mar 9, 2012

With enough weight in the rear you can move some snow. FWD is better but sometimes you have to use what ya got.

As for the county trucks pushing snow. The ones around here with the large front plows that clear the drifts and deep accumulations, always have the 10 yard dump box full of sand. So that is a lot more weight then that tractor. Around here they also use Oshkosh FWD trucks and road graders when the snow gets deep....

davediehl@hotmail.com · Mar 9, 2012

Works perfect! No steering problems, 75 inches wide. I can break snow over the top and it keeps on going.

gtractorfan · Mar 9, 2012

There's a wide variety in compaction with snow drifts. After the blizzard of '78 we had 6 foot drifts packed so hard you could drive a tractor up over them! Our county tried to use a road grader with a v plow on the front on our road, could not push through. What did do the job was a big IH with a rear mounted snowblower.

rustred · Mar 9, 2012

what do i think? ... their just coffee shop story tellers. with chains you will push just as much as a fwd.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 9, 2012

Farmer I worked for kept a long drive way open with an 8N Ford with a v plow on it.

Harold H · Mar 9, 2012

V plows were mounted on tractors for mny years before FWD tractors were common and usually got the job done. You should be fine with two wheel drive.

Harold H

old · Mar 9, 2012

I have and have used a 8.5 foot V plow that mounts to the loader on my Ford 841 for well over a decade and have yet to have much if any problems with the system. It is only about 2.5 foot tall but here in Missouri that is enough to do the job. I do keep a back blade with a lot of weight on the blade and the tires are filled with fluid and most years I do not put the chains one

S2710 · Mar 9, 2012

Peat tell your buddies to line up at 100 feet apart in the snow and you will plow the road. After they brush off all the snow that you dump on them with your 2 wheel drive tractor with a V plow they can buy you coffee for the next year.

Bob

gene bender · Mar 9, 2012

it will work just fine charge them plenty when you plow out thie drive

paul · Mar 9, 2012

Your buddies would be kinda right 'here' around me in the windswept prairies of southern MN, where the snow lipes up deeper and deeper, and the wind packs it hard. And the snow comes in November & doesn't leave until March, just piles higher.

But then, 'here' the Vee plow is useless after the 2nd snowfall, the mounds along the sides of the road would be too high, and drifted in level full. No one used a plow except highway dept with heavy trucks or graders, and some parking lot pushers with pickups and some speed to move the snow around. The rest of us use snow blowers.

I'm sure for you wherever you are, it's a different deal and it will work fine on a 2wd tractor for modest amounts of snow that melt away between snowfalls.

--->Paul

5020s rock · Mar 9, 2012

the coffee shop bunch is 2 groups. 1. they are smart enuff to mess with your head. or pansy wannabes.

Janicholson · Mar 9, 2012

You win.
350U international 8foot 2/3right -1/3left off center V plow 3 feet tall. Chains rears filled with one set of weights. No stopping it, and no issue in 14 to 16 inch snow. Fifth TA and direct through 6 inches. Jim

Goose · Mar 9, 2012

I have a Vee plow that replaces the bucket on the loader on my H Farmall by pulling three pins. With no ballast in the tires, but chains and wheel weights, that old gal will go through a lot of snow.

(Actually, I haven't used it for maybe ten years. I also have an old Chevy 4X4 with a plow on it, and a warm pickup cab is more comfortable.)

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