Adjustable skid shoe for snow blade

[Curtis]

I'm going to be plowing my long gravel drive and a couple of neighbor's concrete drives this winter. Has anybody fabricated or have any ideas for an adjustable skid shoe that doesn't require a wrench to change the height?

[Bill Hudson]

This is one Ricky Racer completed.


Here is the link to how he modified his blade:
http://www.farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=48334&p=400726&hilit=snowplow#p400726

Bill

[Curtis]

Thanks Bill, I'll contact Ricky and ask him where he got those skids.

[torchred89]

Thanks Bill, I'll contact Ricky and ask him where he got those skids.

I want to know too!

[PoconoCub]

Thanks Bill, I'll contact Ricky and ask him where he got those skids.

I want to know too!

[Clip]

Here are a few but will require a little bit of fabrication/welding.

http://www.amazon.com/WARN-69073-Plow-S ... B000OV9JP2



http://www.amazon.com/WARN-69212-Replac ... B000OV4LZ0



And one meant for ATVs that might be a direct bolt-on, bottom of page:

http://www.kgmotorcycletires.com/eagle_ ... _plows.htm

[Bigdog]

Ricky fabricated those skids himself.

[Bill Hudson]

Thanks Bill, I'll contact Ricky and ask him where he got those skids.

I'm willing to bet Rick fabricated the mounting bracket. The bracket mounts in the same holes as the standard shoes mounted. As for the skids, Rick will let you know.

Bill

Boy, the Bigdog is fast.

[Barnyard]

Boy, the Bigdog is fast.

He sure hasn't lost any speed during his absence.

[ricky racer]

Here you go....


viewtopic.php?f=1&t=48116&hilit=+old+girl

[Curtis]

Thanks Ricky, I like your design and methodology. Is that 3/8" you used?

[Curtis]

I just looked at your picture again, maybe more like 1/2"?

[Curtis]

Just finished the adjustable skid, a little different twist than Ricky's. I'm using nuts for spacers, two nuts on the bottom for my gravel drive, or I put the nuts on the top, for storage, to do the neighbor's concrete drive. The skid is 3" diameter by 3/8 thick and the rod is 6" long by 3/4"

[ricky racer]

Very well done Curtis! Let us know how they work out. I ended up plowing snow without any skids. I found that no shoes worked the best for me. I have two driveways at my place, one a long gravel dive that goes back to my barn and a shorter concrete drive that goes to my attached 2 car garage. Once the ground is frozen I don't have any real issues on the gravel drive but I'm careful about the height I set the blade at. I push a lot of snow living in Michigan on the down wind side of Lake Michigan where we get lake effect snow.

[Bus Driver]

Back to Ricky Racer's original design and the drilling of adjustment holes, the holes might be able to be spaced slightly closer together if the adjacent holes were drilled at right angles to each other. Since his shoes are circular, the shaft can be rotated for hole alignment. Hope this idea was clearly expressed.