There is a "hack" (on the tube) for plowing gravel driveways without scraping up all the gravel. Black plastic pipe bolted to the bottom of the blade. It's round so it should slide over the gravel where the blade would cut into the driveway. Just a thought. Dave
That works ok on flat ground. But it leaves to much that just turns to ice on any kind of hill. Best thing to do is make your piles so that they aren’t in the yard and you put the gravel back on the drive when it thaws.
We just pack the first snow storm and then plow after that because we have snow on the ground from the beginning of November till the end of March. I plowed yesterday and will probably have to do it again in a few days.
Paul clean the front on the snow plow, and give it a good paint job. The snow will slide right off. Once you get the hydraulics plumbed you will really like it. Great video.
So I watch all of your videos most are great, but this one I think you need to think about a redo. Here is why you should have used the chain on top and let the bottom pivot like it did on the truck. That is how mine is setup and it floats well. Your setup you will have to move the controls a lot to keep ground contact. It also would let it jump if you hung a curb. If you hang your it is likely to tweak the loader frame. I would consider reworking to to let it pivot and use the a chain on the top, so it can float. I have bent a load frame, huge pain to get it back right.
We live in Canada where I am driving on snow for 5 to 6 months a year, but now I have a local farmer clear the 1km private road and driveway. I love when we get a good dump of snow, a long walk with the dogs, a warm fire in the living room, hot coffee and a nice quiet day. One year we got 4m (13 feet) of snow, which was a bit much, the kids were climbing up the snow drifts and stepping on to the roof. Good memories.
Enjoy it. We never really see much in the UK these days. Not in the Midlands anyway. Used to get full on drifts some years. Now we get sleet/slush at best.
I'm so gealous you guys get actual weather. You show us glorious sunshine in summer and you get snow in winter. In the UK it's essentially cloud/mist/rain and greyness for most of the year with just a few weeks of sun (and heavy rain storms) in the summer.
Well done, that is some fine fabrication work. It's also really great to see you using all your storage space keeping the projects inside. Don't get wiped out by the snow Paul, we need you intact. A really big thank you for editing out the grinding and cutting noises, it is so appreciated. I know its a fabrication channel, but the machine noises are overwhelming sometimes. Great job guys!!
I plowed snow for numerous years when I lived in Fairbanks Alaska. Just me, my 1975 Chevy truck with a 9' plow, it was like therapy. Was always happy to see snow in the forecast. My route took about 14 hours. Moved to Washington State, now I have to walk behind my snowblower, can't justify a truck and plow in the development. 🌨🌨🌨
Sometimes things like that can be the best thing for the mind, and to just get away from everything and have fun at the same time as doing something good for yourself and the people around you!
Fab rats your channel make my soul happy you guys are always doing something fun and exciting to watch ever since I found your channel I've been hooked
I've done this exact thing a few times. I'm not one to critique. When I do them. I find for me it's better to hinge the plow frame at the base run a stinger at the top with a chain down to the frame. That'll allow the blade to float
I did this with a roughly 6' meyers plow about 10 years ago, it has been one of the best tractor/loader upgrades ever. Didn't have the prebuilt QD's though, I might have to look them up.
Works great. I have to say I prefer being in my pickup with the heater, radio and a cup of coffee, but it saved you finding a pump to nail it to one of those square bodies you have around.
11 years ago I found an old 84 square body with a nice Fisher plow for $3,000. The only maintenance I’ve done is oil changes, an alternator belt and a front axle u joint. I used it yesterday and will be using it again in a few days.
Same here. Much nicer to sit inside with coffee, heat and defrost when plowing snow. On my 1960's PowerWagon that they called the Beast the radio was more of a visual accessory that you could only hear when the engine was off since the big block V8 and factory straight through exhaust would drown out any radio (available back then) or conversation for that matter. I would have just left the plow factory and mounted the standard snow plow spring latches on the John Deer quick connects so I'd have the option to hook that up to what looks like a standard Western Plow Frame on any pickup truck and use the chain to suspend it. That way it pivots on the pins and floats as it should lowering the chance of flipping the blade on the overloads. Personally I prefer the heavier duty and more adjustable Fisher design with just the scraping edge that flips back to the fold over Western design that flips the whole blade flat when it overloads. Had to rescue too many with the Western plows who overloaded the blade and in a heartbeat ended up high centered on the snow load left when the blade flipped over and the front wheels of the truck ran up and over the banking. On a lot like Pauls though a Butterfly plow blade might be the best of both worlds due to its ability to turn into a standard V, straight/L/R angled, reverse V, right angle or left angle plow. Get a hard facing rod to treat 6 to 12 inches along the bottom of the scraper from each edge towards the center of the blade before it starts to wear and it will last a lot longer. Then every now and then just touch it up before any substantial wear occurs and life is good. Best!
Front plow is a great addition. I used to install wings on mine, the angle of the wings, when installed allowed more efficient clean up while still allowing you to use the blade at an angle.
I know y'all probably aren't fans but dang that snow was gorgeous. Living where we never see that makes me really want to visit when it's going to look like that some time.
It looks pretty until the salt and sand trucks run by making things all brown, gray and nasty. Then the mud if you get hit by a mid winter Indian Summer causing ice water to get below the frost layer and kill that years and perhaps a few more years fruit crop if it gets down to the roots. Best!
I have converted one for a skid steer . Using the shoes on the plow helps with the gravel we just roll the plow back when needed and can still scrape the concrete clean
I have wanted to do that on our tractor for a while... but i was going to put the lift bracket as close to the angle pivot as the geometry of the angle would allow... it would bring the blade closer to the tractor, make it easier to lift and allow for bracing to the front and rear.
Snow plows are handy and pretty awesome. We lived 1/4 mile from the main road in the mountains of NC when I was a teenager. Every year we plowed the road numerous times, and every spring we had to add new gravel. So, Paul, be prepared to haul in some new stone when spring arrives.
Cheap works good, similar setup in my past, we filled a 30 gallon drum full of waste concrete and in plow season we chained it laying on its side to the top of the box scraper, way better traction
Best purchase I made for my John Deere tractor was snow chains, it goes everywhere now and I don’t have to fire up the wrecker anymore to pull myself out lol. Love your guys channel. From (Troys Off-road Towing and Recovery@ RUclips). Keep up the creative work guys.
You sould put a piece of rubber sandwiched in between the cutting edge and leave it about 2 inches and it works great for plowing, and it doesn’t make so much noise. It will not damage your concrete.
Great video and thanks for the reminder i need to sharpen my grader blade an maybe some new inserts to hold the 3 adjustment parts as it sometimes has a mind of its own
Nice job. on the plow. Only thing different I'd have done is made the plow float. Hinge the bottom connection and use chains. Makes a difference on a loader unless you are running it in float mode. Otherwise you dig too much gravel.
LIke I said in my original post, Unless he is running in float mode. I ran a setup very similar. But even in float mode the issue with it being rigid is that you are constantly having to adjust the tilt of the blade(bucket) according to ground conditions. Where as if it is hinged, it will do a much better job without gouging in. Been there, done that. Great reuse of a blade and still MUCH MUCH better than that box blade. Personally, I use a bucket on the front and a snow blower on the 3-point, but we get much more snow that I'm sure Paul gets.
I live in Cape Breton Nova Scotia Canada and in the last week or so we got hit with 200 cm's of snow in two storms. 150 cm's the first time and 50 cm's the second time a few days later. That's 6 and a half feet of snow. We are still buried here. Great video as always love the channel.
We use strips of that radial rubber old mining belt and sandwich it between the blade and plow. It takes a bit to wear it down but it’s easier on cement and the wet snow we get here I utah it squeegees really nice. If you do it only allow 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to hang free. It’s awesome for four wheeler snow plows to because when you hit the lips on a sidewalk it will give a little. Better than going over the handle bars.
Great video!! Anything that make something better is always a great idea! Looks like you just saved yourself a bunch of hours in the cold when moving snow!! Great job!!
I'm SOOOO glad I don't live in the snow!!! Was stationed in Brunswick, Maine for a year and a half. Snow and ice caused me to wreck my beautiful little '69 912. Black ice - 35 miles per hour - slid sideways into a 4 foot diameter oak tree - right behind the drivers side C pillar - bent the car in half! One day got up early to shovel about three inches of snow off the driveway - I had OD duty that day. Just as I got through, the city snow plow came through and piled up a three foot high by 5 foot wide pile at the entrance to my driveway, Thank you very much, NOT!!! Now it doesn't snow very much here in South West, GEORGIA, thank you so very much more!!
I’ll bet! My Boss, farm, just got a Case 920 and it is an absolute hoot in the snow! I can bury a pickup with one load! He did ask I not do that again 😅😂🤣🙏❤️😎🤙🛻💨
Been Plowing snow for 20 years. Missed the "fun" part. No sleep and everybody hating on you even though you're the one helping them out. My guess is you have not plowed snow.
@@Utubegofukurself ITs fun for the first 2 times and then it is not fun. Long days no sleep and not to mention the toll on your body from the back and forth and hitting the piles of snow.
@@UtubegofukurselfNot professionally, just my 300 foot driveway in Canada. The way things are going here, we don't get much snow anymore so there may not be much of a future for plowing. Raining in January and February in the Prairies.
Anyone that says plowing is fun has never done it for a couple days straight. Just to keep the warehouse lot cleared so your amazon package isn't late.
That's a great improvement for you guys. You put it to the test with that wet heavy snow and didn't break anything. Now you can send Hunter to plow driveways and make his payroll back for you 😂😂. Great job guys and Michelle can make it to work now. Best part was seeing the tow truck back to work and running awesome 👍.
The best gravel friendly blade squegee I ever used was simply made out of old bias ply tire tread. Cut sidewalls off and split tire. It should give you a 6-8" wide strip 6 feet long. sandwich this between the front of blade and a continuous piece of 4"x1/4" flat stock on front of blade with about 2" hanging below the blade. This adds enough flex so the rubber wont dig but its strong enough to work snow. Also can get 2 uses out of tire by flipping it when worn down. Drill and bolt together sandwich every 8-10 inches and you are golden!
Sitting back after a work Saterday watching you guy's all bundled up while I'm enjoying 76degree sunshine here in EL Paso Tx havin a cup o coffee and a cigarette on my porch! 😁 wishin I was there instead!👍
All that fun and some scenery too.Yay ! The snow covered truck drifting into the drive made me wonder which son, then I recovered from 'Duh' and recalled the Dakota colors would show in snow. ;) . Like the new plowing set-up. Sheet metal screws for ice traction?
Good job on the plow guys! I did the same thing to my tractor last year but I do have the d diverter valve! It does work great. Something I did that Really helps with the plow digging is I took a pipe the length of the plow and cut a slot down it and fit it over the cutting edge and I welded mine on but you can build brackets to take it off if you wanted
Did the exact same thing but with a mini skid earlier this winter. Took and old 8' truck plow, fabbed it up to a mini skid-tach mount and got some hydraulic lines made. Thing works like a charm!
My folks live on the east side of the mountains in Washington. They get tons of snow. They also live 1000' above town in Chelan and have a super long steep driveway. They have a tractor for plowing but mostly use their 4wd quads with a plow on it as it is quicker. Food for thought. Very cool though.
Take a piece of 1' or 3/4 " pipe, Cut a slot along it's length. . Weld that on the cutting edge Add some Tractor weights to the Plow and Yer golden to not scraping up the Gravel. I'n Wisconsin Winters I Pack the 1st few Snow falls to create a base, makes for easy plowing. My plow for my new Tractor will be Frame mounted and just use the Loader to lift it. I do not want any side loading of the Loader when pushing heavy snow to the side. (my Tractor is larger than Yours). Paint the Blade to a super smooth finish and a coat of DRY silicone and You can get a nice Curl of snow... And Chains on the Front for steering.. Thanks Guys...
Yeah moving snow with that bucket is like shoveling a load of manure out the truck with a garden trowel, that will be even more efficient when you sort the hydraulics out👍👍 Edit spelling
Keep practicing, a big storm just rolled thru So.Calif and headed your way.. Rained like 4 cows peeing on the same flat rock.. Snow in the mountains...
I always tried to have the snow equipment ready around thanksgiving so it was ready when the snow came never ever wanted to do it on a snowy day but I had people relying on me to get their lots plowed!!! And then every now and then had something break that needed fixing during a storm and was always a nightmare if I didn’t have the particular part in stock and made me get behind in getting the jobs done!!!
Huge improvement. I had a 1957 Farmall tractor with the blade on the back for our cabin and it sucked . Dragging snow works but not good . Now use a side by side works great and it’s a lot more fun . Thanks for sharing
I think now you’ve got a good working snow plow and it will be easy to deal with large amounts of snow it won’t snow. I’ve got a snowblower I’ve never had to use. 😂
Get the hydraulics working and put some wings on and you really be happy. That little bit of a "cup" on the ends really hold a lot more snow, making cleanup much easier.
From what I’ve seen with that John Deere Tractor, you need to trade that in on a Skidsteer. Think how much more power you would have Paul, plus you could be inside a warm cab when your moving snow. You guys are still my go to RUclips channel. Keep up the good work.
Add 45 degree wings. You can control the snow and wind row from spillage. Don’t hack the bucket either. You’re just not using a big enough one. Drive till buckets full then go dump it exactly where you want it. Somewhere it properly drains
I used the older version of that tractor and never tore up the gravel. I let the bucket on the front float on the ground and almost flat but a very slight forward tilt to it. Let her float so it conforms to the ground.
Love the project, but a note of caution. If you end up hitting something with an angle blade on a loader you have a good chance of bending the boom, a better design is a 'Snow Pusher'.
In South Carolina, when it snows, I drive my truck up and down the driveway in the morning, and by the afternoon, the wheel tracks have thawed and melted. Only occasionally does it get cold enough for long enough that it would freeze back into ice.
Nice job on the blade I use to build stuff like this at Deere dealership lots of units we would run hyd lines to the bucket curl spool to pivot the blade work very good!
Building the plow was great! We live on a farm in Montana. My husband jimmy rigged a plow for our tractor but not as nice as yours. I didn’t realize you got so much snow! We enjoy watching Paul and the gang working and having fun together!! I especially like Michelle’s “What that part”! I’m learning along with her. ❤ Keep up the great and fun content!
That's pretty cool Paul. Necessity is the mother of invention. Nice work guys!! Always great to see y'all come up with some great ideas that can be put into action for a low cost!! 😎👍'Murica!!
I have about the same yearly amount of snow you do (western CO) and just use a 7' rear landscape blade to plow. Easy, fast and it lives on the tractor all the time anyway. I just offset it 45 deg and plow the road up and back once.
If youre ever in Wisconsin and you want some felt to cover equipment up with ill give you as much as you want. It's not water proof but it does help keep the snow off at least
That looks identical to the western plow on my old f350. I cut the hydraulics off and lift it with my winch. Removed the rams and turn the blade by hand with a pin like a huge atv plow. I need to put a pipe on the bottom of the blade so I don’t plow up stones since I’m picking up more and more people with stone driveways. And yes i love not having hydraulic problems in winter time
They came with a center pivot at the mount for uneven ground , but the front has enough slop it'll work. It won't fall apart that's for sure. Good job.
There is a "hack" (on the tube) for plowing gravel driveways without scraping up all the gravel. Black plastic pipe bolted to the bottom of the blade. It's round so it should slide over the gravel where the blade would cut into the driveway. Just a thought. Dave
its his driveway. He didnt make the video has a "How To". unfollow the channel and go back to your hole ,Troll !
That works ok on flat ground. But it leaves to much that just turns to ice on any kind of hill. Best thing to do is make your piles so that they aren’t in the yard and you put the gravel back on the drive when it thaws.
We just pack the first snow storm and then plow after that because we have snow on the ground from the beginning of November till the end of March. I plowed yesterday and will probably have to do it again in a few days.
Replacing the missing foot would help too
The pipe idea works my farmer friend showed me that years ago he had a metal pipe tho
I’ve been watching your channel since the first Tacoma Rollover video. Your videos just make life better. Thanks for the awesome content!
Paul clean the front on the snow plow, and give it a good paint job. The snow will slide right off. Once you get the hydraulics plumbed you will really like it. Great video.
Paint? That might ruin the Rat Rod look.
Just on the face of the blade. I know they don’t want to tarnish their image. But the snow will roll off the plow and not just push the way it is now.
just apply car wax to it. save the rat rod look and the snow won't stick to the wax.
So I watch all of your videos most are great, but this one I think you need to think about a redo. Here is why you should have used the chain on top and let the bottom pivot like it did on the truck. That is how mine is setup and it floats well. Your setup you will have to move the controls a lot to keep ground contact. It also would let it jump if you hung a curb. If you hang your it is likely to tweak the loader frame. I would consider reworking to to let it pivot and use the a chain on the top, so it can float. I have bent a load frame, huge pain to get it back right.
We live in Canada where I am driving on snow for 5 to 6 months a year, but now I have a local farmer clear the 1km private road and driveway.
I love when we get a good dump of snow, a long walk with the dogs, a warm fire in the living room, hot coffee and a nice quiet day. One year we got 4m (13 feet) of snow, which was a bit much, the kids were climbing up the snow drifts and stepping on to the roof. Good memories.
Enjoy it. We never really see much in the UK these days. Not in the Midlands anyway. Used to get full on drifts some years. Now we get sleet/slush at best.
I'm so gealous you guys get actual weather. You show us glorious sunshine in summer and you get snow in winter. In the UK it's essentially cloud/mist/rain and greyness for most of the year with just a few weeks of sun (and heavy rain storms) in the summer.
Well done, that is some fine fabrication work. It's also really great to see you using all your storage space keeping the projects inside. Don't get wiped out by the snow Paul, we need you intact.
A really big thank you for editing out the grinding and cutting noises, it is so appreciated. I know its a fabrication channel, but the machine noises are overwhelming sometimes. Great job guys!!
I plowed snow for numerous years when I lived in Fairbanks Alaska. Just me, my 1975 Chevy truck with a 9' plow, it was like therapy. Was always happy to see snow in the forecast. My route took about 14 hours. Moved to Washington State, now I have to walk behind my snowblower, can't justify a truck and plow in the development. 🌨🌨🌨
God bless you and everyone else who plows their local residents and adjacent roads.
What part of Washington? I was born in Chehalis and graduated highschool in Ketchikan Alaska
Live near Lynden. We still get snow blowing out of the Frasier River Canyon, but nothing like Fairbanks.
Sometimes things like that can be the best thing for the mind, and to just get away from everything and have fun at the same time as doing something good for yourself and the people around you!
@@joeym2675absolutely
Fab rats your channel make my soul happy you guys are always doing something fun and exciting to watch ever since I found your channel I've been hooked
Nice mid-winter project to finish the same day you started. Michelle will be proud!
I've done this exact thing a few times. I'm not one to critique. When I do them. I find for me it's better to hinge the plow frame at the base run a stinger at the top with a chain down to the frame. That'll allow the blade to float
I did this with a roughly 6' meyers plow about 10 years ago, it has been one of the best tractor/loader upgrades ever. Didn't have the prebuilt QD's though, I might have to look them up.
Works great. I have to say I prefer being in my pickup with the heater, radio and a cup of coffee, but it saved you finding a pump to nail it to one of those square bodies you have around.
11 years ago I found an old 84 square body with a nice Fisher plow for $3,000. The only maintenance I’ve done is oil changes, an alternator belt and a front axle u joint. I used it yesterday and will be using it again in a few days.
Power steering pump will work on a truck snowplow, that's all my old square body had for years.
Same here. Much nicer to sit inside with coffee, heat and defrost when plowing snow. On my 1960's PowerWagon that they called the Beast the radio was more of a visual accessory that you could only hear when the engine was off since the big block V8 and factory straight through exhaust would drown out any radio (available back then) or conversation for that matter.
I would have just left the plow factory and mounted the standard snow plow spring latches on the John Deer quick connects so I'd have the option to hook that up to what looks like a standard Western Plow Frame on any pickup truck and use the chain to suspend it. That way it pivots on the pins and floats as it should lowering the chance of flipping the blade on the overloads. Personally I prefer the heavier duty and more adjustable Fisher design with just the scraping edge that flips back to the fold over Western design that flips the whole blade flat when it overloads. Had to rescue too many with the Western plows who overloaded the blade and in a heartbeat ended up high centered on the snow load left when the blade flipped over and the front wheels of the truck ran up and over the banking. On a lot like Pauls though a Butterfly plow blade might be the best of both worlds due to its ability to turn into a standard V, straight/L/R angled, reverse V, right angle or left angle plow.
Get a hard facing rod to treat 6 to 12 inches along the bottom of the scraper from each edge towards the center of the blade before it starts to wear and it will last a lot longer. Then every now and then just touch it up before any substantial wear occurs and life is good.
Best!
Always a great video when Shawn and Hunter are together sometimes messing with each other, that goes for all three of you! 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Amazing.......of all the toys and equipment you have in your archives, not a plow truck to be found!🤣🤣 I always like seeing the old junk repurposed!
Plowing snow is great! A perfect way to turn your brain off and just relax and enjoy!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Front plow is a great addition. I used to install wings on mine, the angle of the wings, when installed allowed more efficient clean up while still allowing you to use the blade at an angle.
I know y'all probably aren't fans but dang that snow was gorgeous. Living where we never see that makes me really want to visit when it's going to look like that some time.
You should try Homer Alaska in January,, should be more snow than you know what to do with😁
Trust me snow isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Snow is cold and wet.
It looks pretty until the salt and sand trucks run by making things all brown, gray and nasty. Then the mud if you get hit by a mid winter Indian Summer causing ice water to get below the frost layer and kill that years and perhaps a few more years fruit crop if it gets down to the roots.
Best!
“Visit” is the key word.
I have converted one for a skid steer . Using the shoes on the plow helps with the gravel we just roll the plow back when needed and can still scrape the concrete clean
I have wanted to do that on our tractor for a while... but i was going to put the lift bracket as close to the angle pivot as the geometry of the angle would allow... it would bring the blade closer to the tractor, make it easier to lift and allow for bracing to the front and rear.
Pretty slick. Gotta' have good access when the white stuff gets thick.
That was one of your quickest and biggest bang for your buck refab yet I think. That blade moves a lot of snow really good.
Yep, the awning needs to be extended. The awning you first installed is working great!
Thank you Paul and crew for the adventure ! Usually we get a lot of snow here in Kansas but the last few years we haven't gotten much snow !
Snow plows are handy and pretty awesome. We lived 1/4 mile from the main road in the mountains of NC when I was a teenager. Every year we plowed the road numerous times, and every spring we had to add new gravel. So, Paul, be prepared to haul in some new stone when spring arrives.
Cheap works good, similar setup in my past, we filled a 30 gallon drum full of waste concrete and in plow season we chained it laying on its side to the top of the box scraper, way better traction
Best purchase I made for my John Deere tractor was snow chains, it goes everywhere now and I don’t have to fire up the wrecker anymore to pull myself out lol. Love your guys channel. From (Troys Off-road Towing and Recovery@ RUclips). Keep up the creative work guys.
Watching that sure is pretty and puts a winter smile on my face. Also make me glad I live in AZ where all we have to shovel is sunshine. =)
You sould put a piece of rubber sandwiched in between the cutting edge and leave it about 2 inches and it works great for plowing, and it doesn’t make so much noise. It will not damage your concrete.
Great video and thanks for the reminder i need to sharpen my grader blade an maybe some new inserts to hold the 3 adjustment parts as it sometimes has a mind of its own
Nice job. on the plow. Only thing different I'd have done is made the plow float. Hinge the bottom connection and use chains. Makes a difference on a loader unless you are running it in float mode. Otherwise you dig too much gravel.
Saved me some typing. Maybe his hyd controls will have a float function?
Those tractors have a float position on the hydraulics of the loader
@@Muledeere Good to know.
@@Muledeereyeah what he said.....
LIke I said in my original post, Unless he is running in float mode. I ran a setup very similar. But even in float mode the issue with it being rigid is that you are constantly having to adjust the tilt of the blade(bucket) according to ground conditions. Where as if it is hinged, it will do a much better job without gouging in.
Been there, done that.
Great reuse of a blade and still MUCH MUCH better than that box blade. Personally, I use a bucket on the front and a snow blower on the 3-point, but we get much more snow that I'm sure Paul gets.
I live in Cape Breton Nova Scotia Canada and in the last week or so we got hit with 200 cm's of snow in two storms. 150 cm's the first time and 50 cm's the second time a few days later. That's 6 and a half feet of snow. We are still buried here. Great video as always love the channel.
We use strips of that radial rubber old mining belt and sandwich it between the blade and plow. It takes a bit to wear it down but it’s easier on cement and the wet snow we get here I utah it squeegees really nice. If you do it only allow 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to hang free. It’s awesome for four wheeler snow plows to because when you hit the lips on a sidewalk it will give a little. Better than going over the handle bars.
Great video!! Anything that make something better is always a great idea! Looks like you just saved yourself a bunch of hours in the cold when moving snow!! Great job!!
Fab Rats makin' scrap around the shop work like it should! "Use it up, wear it out, make it do OR do without!"
I'm SOOOO glad I don't live in the snow!!! Was stationed in Brunswick, Maine for a year and a half. Snow and ice caused me to wreck my beautiful little '69 912. Black ice - 35 miles per hour - slid sideways into a 4 foot diameter oak tree - right behind the drivers side C pillar - bent the car in half! One day got up early to shovel about three inches of snow off the driveway - I had OD duty that day. Just as I got through, the city snow plow came through and piled up a three foot high by 5 foot wide pile at the entrance to my driveway, Thank you very much, NOT!!! Now it doesn't snow very much here in South West, GEORGIA, thank you so very much more!!
I grew up in the snow belt in Ontario Canada, you just described the 1st 50 yrs of my life.
I live in Brunswick, Maine.
Yes You too may know snow and cold.@@roncarguy72
Here in Washington State, I provide the neighborhood kids with a snow pile to sled on. This year we have not had enough snow.
Good Evening Gentlemen , it is 5:42 pm on the 24th here in AZ and I hope you are having a fantastic weekend Sirs ! 😊
I had a dirt pile and Tonka Trucks. I cupped my hands making a plow to push dirt. Paul has big boy toys. I think he loves it.
Well a little bit of ingenuity goes a long way. Good thing you kept that old plow around.
Plowing snow is fun, you just need more of it to really enjoy it. My old 455 with loader was ideal to move large amounts of snow. Embrace Winter!
I’ll bet! My Boss, farm, just got a Case 920 and it is an absolute hoot in the snow! I can bury a pickup with one load! He did ask I not do that again 😅😂🤣🙏❤️😎🤙🛻💨
Been Plowing snow for 20 years. Missed the "fun" part. No sleep and everybody hating on you even though you're the one helping them out. My guess is you have not plowed snow.
@@Utubegofukurself ITs fun for the first 2 times and then it is not fun. Long days no sleep and not to mention the toll on your body from the back and forth and hitting the piles of snow.
@@UtubegofukurselfNot professionally, just my 300 foot driveway in Canada. The way things are going here, we don't get much snow anymore so there may not be much of a future for plowing. Raining in January and February in the Prairies.
Anyone that says plowing is fun has never done it for a couple days straight. Just to keep the warehouse lot cleared so your amazon package isn't late.
One day project that makes life easier, adding to the winter arsenal for the Utah snow season! Catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊
That's a great improvement for you guys. You put it to the test with that wet heavy snow and didn't break anything. Now you can send Hunter to plow driveways and make his payroll back for you 😂😂. Great job guys and Michelle can make it to work now. Best part was seeing the tow truck back to work and running awesome 👍.
The best gravel friendly blade squegee I ever used was simply made out of old bias ply tire tread. Cut sidewalls off and split tire. It should give you a 6-8" wide strip 6 feet long. sandwich this between the front of blade and a continuous piece of 4"x1/4" flat stock on front of blade with about 2" hanging below the blade. This adds enough flex so the rubber wont dig but its strong enough to work snow. Also can get 2 uses out of tire by flipping it when worn down. Drill and bolt together sandwich every 8-10 inches and you are golden!
Re-purposing is good. Enjoyed the metalwork.
Awesome! you took my advice. Thanks editor. 👍👍👍
Great job making something useful out of what you had available!
Well done!
Done did this for a customer of mine. It worked great for his use
Another project perfectly completed, it is so cool to be able to build or adapt things to work as you want to. Hats off to the "Fab Rat's ".
Thank you for the shout back, if I'm ever able to get out that way I surely want to stop in.
🙂 I hope you recieved the measuring tape last Saturday 🙂
Nice job there making an old plow into a much more efficient snow removal mechanism. Thanks for the video. Michelle, we are missing you.
Love the lifted 60s Ford pickup please give us a tour of that sometime
Nice work mounting. The plow to the tractor looks great.
Sitting back after a work Saterday watching you guy's all bundled up while I'm enjoying 76degree sunshine here in EL Paso Tx havin a cup o coffee and a cigarette on my porch! 😁 wishin I was there instead!👍
out of all the tools you have, I am most jealous of the crane hoist!
I built one for my Kubota out of the exact same old Western plow. Once you get the hydraulics hooked up you'll love it.
Looks like Shauns Dad has class. Beautiful classic Ford in the driveway!
That's a cool piece of equipment you made there Paul that will keep the yard clear for you.
Great job guys. Thank you 😊
All that fun and some scenery too.Yay ! The snow covered truck drifting into the drive made me wonder which son, then I recovered from 'Duh' and recalled the Dakota colors would show in snow. ;) . Like the new plowing set-up. Sheet metal screws for ice traction?
Good job on the plow guys! I did the same thing to my tractor last year but I do have the d diverter valve! It does work great. Something I did that Really helps with the plow digging is I took a pipe the length of the plow and cut a slot down it and fit it over the cutting edge and I welded mine on but you can build brackets to take it off if you wanted
11:35 Cutting edge technology at Fab Rats right there. 😉
Did the exact same thing but with a mini skid earlier this winter. Took and old 8' truck plow, fabbed it up to a mini skid-tach mount and got some hydraulic lines made. Thing works like a charm!
Nice snow blade you got there. Great job
My folks live on the east side of the mountains in Washington. They get tons of snow. They also live 1000' above town in Chelan and have a super long steep driveway. They have a tractor for plowing but mostly use their 4wd quads with a plow on it as it is quicker. Food for thought. Very cool though.
Awesome remanufured plow for the tractor! Job well done! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Take a piece of 1' or 3/4 " pipe, Cut a slot along it's length. . Weld that on the cutting edge
Add some Tractor weights to the Plow and Yer golden to not scraping up the Gravel.
I'n Wisconsin Winters I Pack the 1st few Snow falls to create a base, makes for easy plowing.
My plow for my new Tractor will be Frame mounted and just use the Loader to lift it. I do not want any side loading of the Loader when pushing heavy snow to the side. (my Tractor is larger than Yours).
Paint the Blade to a super smooth finish and a coat of DRY silicone and You can get a nice Curl of snow...
And Chains on the Front for steering..
Thanks Guys...
Get you a quick hitch for the rear of the tractor. You'll love it.
Love all the recycling/re purposing Paul, a great snow plow...!
Don’t forget a crossover relief valve on those angle cylinders and make sure the trip hinge is free.
You had more snow there than we had all winter. We have had rain the last two storms!
Snow glorious snow I live in Ontario Canada we got snow more than we got summer most years this winter wasn’t to bad
You guys have the most beautiful scenery. Reminds me of when I was a kid and visited my family in Beaver for Christmas...
Yeah moving snow with that bucket is like shoveling a load of manure out the truck with a garden trowel, that will be even more efficient when you sort the hydraulics out👍👍
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Keep practicing, a big storm just rolled thru So.Calif and headed your way.. Rained like 4 cows peeing on the same flat rock.. Snow in the mountains...
Looks like it pushed the wet stuff around well. Doesn't get any harder than that. Thank you for your time.
I always tried to have the snow equipment ready around thanksgiving so it was ready when the snow came never ever wanted to do it on a snowy day but I had people relying on me to get their lots plowed!!! And then every now and then had something break that needed fixing during a storm and was always a nightmare if I didn’t have the particular part in stock and made me get behind in getting the jobs done!!!
Huge improvement. I had a 1957 Farmall tractor with the blade on the back for our cabin and it sucked . Dragging snow works but not good . Now use a side by side works great and it’s a lot more fun . Thanks for sharing
I think now you’ve got a good working snow plow and it will be easy to deal with large amounts of snow it won’t snow. I’ve got a snowblower I’ve never had to use. 😂
I have a snow thrower with like 10 hours on it. About 2hours per winter since I bought it lol.
Get the hydraulics working and put some wings on and you really be happy. That little bit of a "cup" on the ends really hold a lot more snow, making cleanup much easier.
From what I’ve seen with that John Deere Tractor, you need to trade that in on a Skidsteer. Think how much more power you would have Paul, plus you could be inside a warm cab when your moving snow. You guys are still my go to RUclips channel. Keep up the good work.
Add 45 degree wings. You can control the snow and wind row from spillage. Don’t hack the bucket either. You’re just not using a big enough one. Drive till buckets full then go dump it exactly where you want it. Somewhere it properly drains
I used the older version of that tractor and never tore up the gravel. I let the bucket on the front float on the ground and almost flat but a very slight forward tilt to it. Let her float so it conforms to the ground.
I like how you guys recycle and reuse and repurpose so many things that other folks would just throw away or junk out!
Love the project, but a note of caution. If you end up hitting something with an angle blade on a loader you have a good chance of bending the boom, a better design is a 'Snow Pusher'.
Nice snow blade 21:47 adaption on that tractor.
In South Carolina, when it snows, I drive my truck up and down the driveway in the morning, and by the afternoon, the wheel tracks have thawed and melted. Only occasionally does it get cold enough for long enough that it would freeze back into ice.
Nice job on the blade I use to build stuff like this at Deere dealership lots of units we would run hyd lines to the bucket curl spool to pivot the blade work very good!
Building the plow was great! We live on a farm in Montana. My husband jimmy rigged a plow for our tractor but not as nice as yours. I didn’t realize you got so much snow!
We enjoy watching Paul and the gang working and having fun together!! I especially like Michelle’s “What that part”! I’m learning along with her. ❤ Keep up the great and fun content!
Tech tip, use your leaf blower to clear the snow off of your tractor and other stuff
That was a good-looking 4x4 Ford you have.
That's pretty cool Paul. Necessity is the mother of invention. Nice work guys!! Always great to see y'all come up with some great ideas that can be put into action for a low cost!! 😎👍'Murica!!
I have about the same yearly amount of snow you do (western CO) and just use a 7' rear landscape blade to plow. Easy, fast and it lives on the tractor all the time anyway. I just offset it 45 deg and plow the road up and back once.
Yes Paul and crew got the snow plow mounted and working!
If youre ever in Wisconsin and you want some felt to cover equipment up with ill give you as much as you want. It's not water proof but it does help keep the snow off at least
This is on my to do list. I need to make a plow for my tele-handler so I can plow snow on my job-site.
That looks identical to the western plow on my old f350. I cut the hydraulics off and lift it with my winch. Removed the rams and turn the blade by hand with a pin like a huge atv plow. I need to put a pipe on the bottom of the blade so I don’t plow up stones since I’m picking up more and more people with stone driveways. And yes i love not having hydraulic problems in winter time
They came with a center pivot at the mount for uneven ground , but the front has enough slop it'll work. It won't fall apart that's for sure. Good job.
Well Done!
Paul, you should make a high light real of building the wrecker from start to finish..