Snow Plow Wings

[ricky racer]

One issue that I contend with while plowing snow with my 54A Leveling & Grader Blade is snow that dribbles off of the leading edge of the blade while it is angled. When I fabricated my power angle I made it so that when it is angled in either direction the pin holes, where the manual pin is dropped when angling, align so the angle is the same as what was originally designed. Probably 85% of the snow being pushed flows off of the trailing edge as it should but the remaining 15% dribbles off the leading edge requiring multiple passes to do a good job of cleaning the driveways.

I'm considering fabricating angled wings for the blade. Has anyone done that before? They are used on snow plows for pickup trucks and I'm thinking they might be just the ticket to reduce the amount of passes I have to make while cleaning the driveways. Thoughts??

[cub.bub]

Rick, I bought a horse stall mat that is 1" thick and 4'x6' , I cut it to extend beyond the blade 4" on both ends.
I have only used my new angle/ rubber blade twice so far and seems to work fine. I have a 300 foot concrete drive and was concerned about the metal edge, rubber is a little more forgiving, but still strong enough to plow the lane to the barn.
But the weather you're getting you'll be making a lot of passes any way!
Just cold as heck down here, no more snow today!
Bruce.

[havoc1482]

If you're like me and only angle it one way when passing down a driveway\ect then fab something to attach via the carriage bolts. I have a Super A with a top extension on my blade so I have more bolt holes, but food for thought I guess.



Altough, ricky, don't you have welded bottom skids instead of the old bolted on feet?

Let me know if you come up with anything. I have this same problem with my Super A 1A-60 and being similar, I could use the ideas

[Curtis]

I have the same problem when using the blade in the mid mount for grading my gravel drive, I would like to recover gravel from the edge, but some always "dribbles" out. Today I plowed my drive and four others and experienced the same problem your having, perhaps there could be a solution for both scenarios.

[Bigdog]

Ricky - that issue has always bugged me but I didn't plow off a large enough area to make it worth bothering with. I'm sure you could fabricate something similar to what is used on commercial units to reduce or eliminate the problem. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

[Clip]

On our 57, I wanted to keep the skids with about 1-1/2 inch between the drive and the bottom of the blade, but also needed to get that last bit of snow. I called the rubber belt company in town and got a (length of blade)" x 4" tall x 1/4" thick, stiff piece of rubber and bolted it between the replaceable blade edge and blade.

I'd be tempted to get some 1-1/2" angle iron and make a few relief cuts to allow it to match the curve of the blade, bolt to the backside so it gives a flange to attach to, then go from there.

[havoc1482]

Okay, so I know this is unorthodox, but I can't draw and I can't put visuals into words well. This is what I was thinking: A piece of iron that fits the curve of the blade with a flat piece welded\attached perpendicular that comes forward alongside the front of the plow. Bolt it through the carriage bolt holes from the back.

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

I can't find it, but there has been a picture of one on here before, about 2 years back I think. It stuck in my mind, because while I have never worried about the spill over plowing snow, it is a nuisance piling up gravel along the edge of the grass when grading. Plowing snow I can just make an extra pass and get rid of it. Remember, it will need to be pointed straight ahead when the blade is angled, so rather than 90 degrees from the face of the blade it will be something on the order of 115 to 120 degrees.

[havoc1482]

You're right John, this is why I could never be an engineer haha. Could always put hinges with stops on it so the angle can be varied.

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

You're right John, this is why I could never be an engineer haha. Could always put hinges with stops on it so the angle can be varied.

Me either, I am a technician. the guy that took care of the stuff after engineers were gone. Getting the angle shouldn't be too hard, set the blade to the angle you plan to use it, and make the wing to be parallel to the line of travel of the wheels.

[bythepond88]

One downside I can see is that if you put a "wing" on each side, the wing on the "downhill" side is going to interfere with the snow flowing off the blade. Not sure if it will be enough to be a problem, but something to think about.

[UK-Cub]

I read your posts on snow ploughing (as well as all the other topics) with interest on a daily basis.

Thank goodness for the Gulf Stream or is it the North Atlantic Drift(?) anyway here in the north of England, 54 deg north, it was 10C/50F today - 5 weeks to the shortest day and haven't even seen the gritters out yet this winter.

David

[havoc1482]

One downside I can see is that if you put a "wing" on each side, the wing on the "downhill" side is going to interfere with the snow flowing off the blade. Not sure if it will be enough to be a problem, but something to think about.

Thats why you make them individually removable or as I suggested if you have adjustable hinges on the wings you can fold the downhill one back. If you are doing a driveway and shuttling snow off to the side you don't actually have to change the angle.

[Urbish]

You could get really crazy and hinge the wings and attach linkages to them so their orientation to the plane of the blade would change as the blade is angled. See my attached (crummy) sketch. Maybe someone on here with more free time than me can try something like this:

[Smokeycub]

Well Ricky, I think it's great idea. I would use a set of angled "wings" as opposed to boxed off ends.

Getting the angle shouldn't be too hard, set the blade to the angle you plan to use it, and make the wing to be parallel to the line of travel of the wheels.

...or at least close to it. That way the rearward wing would be no worse than perpendicular to the line of travel when angled and snow should easily roll off. You could scoop the snow to some degree as well when not angled. I'm making a set of angled wings for a Meyers 7 1/2' plow that will (hopefully) be easy to remove and look nicer than the ones Meyers sell.