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JR.Frye

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SNOW PLOW PADS ON A FREEMAN END LOADER BUCKET

Ha guy’s I am thinking about making some snow plow pads on my End loader bucket:
This is what I have and what I would like to do so tell me if you think it is a good idea or just another pipe dream:
In my shop I have may be 150- ¼’’x 3’’ shim stock washer’s with a 3/8ths or ½’’ hole in them: I want to drill a hole in the front corners of my bucket the same size as the shim stock washers and stack 1 or 2 on the bottom of each corner and nut them down with a
Grade #8 bolt and lock nut, this will work like skid plates on a truck snow plow and it wont dig up my yard.
Now the question is will this work or is it another pipe dream. TALK TO ME
MANY THANKS:
JR.Frye
 
Very simple way to make what your wanting is to cut a slit in a piece of say 2 or 3 inch pipe and then slip that on the bucket and drill and bolt it on. Works very good and is almost as cheap as dirt. See you didn't ask enough question when you had me on the phone LOL
 
If you are going to at least try, why not use the actual skid shoes from a snow plow. Go to any place that services or sells snow-plows and I am sure they will give you them free or at least cheap. Nobody uses them anymore and there are plenty lying around. If you were close you could come over here and pick up at least a dozen for free.
 

GEEEEE now you tell me: Whats up with that.
Many thanks; Im in the dog house all ready from the BOSS, my tore out the starter in her farmal cub, so Im thinking if I dont tare up the yard I might get out of the dog house before spring.
Ya think:
JR.Frye
 
I may not be picturing it correctly but I don't think it will work like you think. I have tried a couple different things but in the end I bought two plow pads from Fleet Farm ($18.00 each) and torched a hole on each side of the bucket. I also used a piece of pipe and some washers to keep it in place and at the right height. This worked well on my H Farmall with a trip bucket and no down pressure. You will still tear up a little yard when it is not frozen but I kept some of the gravel on the yard.
 
maybe you outta rig up an indicator on your loader that says when your bucket is level. if you use your bucket level you would be surprised what they will float over, a level bucket is going to do just as good as a 3" round pad, actually better since it isn't going to leave 3" tracks everywhere. I get what you are trying to do, and its a good idea, but I think if you must pursue that way you need to come up with pads that have much more surface area, since you are worried about unfrozen ground.
 
Take a piece of 1-1/2" diameter pipe, or such that you have at hand, cut a slot in the pipe, the whole length of the loader bucket, of sufficient thickness, to make it a tight fit to the cutting edge. When pushing snow, this will let the bucket follow the ground without digging in. If you want to make it secure, weld a couple of bolt on brackets, at the bucket corners.
 
If you drill a hole and use 1 or 2 of the shims and bolt them with a grade 8 bolt the bolt head or the nut will be the part rubinng on the ground first and will wear out.
Just my thinking
Ryan
 
JR,

If you search for a post by me "Rick Kr" maybe a week or two ago, you can see the pipe I rigged up for my blade. Would be pretty similar for a loader bucket.

If you cant find the post/picture I repost it. It was an idea Old gave me 3 years ago and I just got around to building it this winter. Works slick.

Rick
 
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