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Post by mostheman on Jan 27, 2011 14:23:56 GMT -4
I do plan to go over it once the season's done... cut off un-needed brackets, paint, possibly re-skin the front, or just cover with puck board.... and yeah, might change that setup. I think you'll find that this type of setup is no good for hard packed or frozen piles of snow... it just trips, and rides on top. You gotta get out and get 'er dun toot suite. Can't wait to see Aiden on 6 phone books with blocks on the pedals plowing the driveway! As far as re skinning the front the plows on our loaders are all skinned with either HDPE or UHMW it wears well, won't rust. It will lighten up the assembly if your finding it too heavy as well. Like this You can drop the mounting points on the back of the plow it self to lay back the angle as Scott said, that will allow it to cut better and keep the mount on the jeep up off the ground some. On our pickups the mount is only about 10" to a foot off the ground just to give you a starting point.
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Post by MudMagnet on Jan 28, 2011 17:05:05 GMT -4
did it break yet ;D j/k
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Post by Big G on Jan 28, 2011 21:53:31 GMT -4
LOL, she's plenty beef. If you hadn't noticed I like overkill I figgure worst case, the bolt holes in the frame oblong.
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Post by Hawkes on Jan 28, 2011 22:02:10 GMT -4
Pretty cheap solution G for what you'll get out of it. If I didn't have the 4 wheeler I would have done that years ago with the parts Jeepster.
I've been damn lucky at the apt in Sackville, one tenant had a boyfriend that plowed, then my neighbor had one for awhile, now another tenants brother does it. Pretty lucky. We used to all get together and shovel it.
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Post by 90bronco on Jan 29, 2011 8:05:53 GMT -4
It can be pretty cheap , i built a home made plow for my parts truck from a used 250 gal oil drum and use a 1500lb winch to lift it . Works very good for costing me about $25 bucks and a couple trade offs . Truck only cost me $400 bucks with new tires and i sold them,that was 3 years ago .....i had to spend 13 bucks this fall though and put a starter solenoid on it . It's light enough i can pick it up and carry it when i take it off . sorry for the hijack :-0
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Post by Big G on Jan 29, 2011 9:32:13 GMT -4
No worries. LOL Yeah, I`ve got about $500 into this... pretty good considering you couldn`t even buy a snowblower for that.
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Post by Big G on Jan 29, 2011 9:35:02 GMT -4
If I didn't have the 4 wheeler I would have done that years ago with the parts Jeepster. You might wanna consider doing it anyway... it`d be much faster, and it`s nice being in a warm dry cab.
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Post by justajeep on Jan 29, 2011 11:43:15 GMT -4
If I didn't have the 4 wheeler I would have done that years ago with the parts Jeepster. You might wanna consider doing it anyway... it`d be much faster, and it`s nice being in a warm dry cab. Plowing with the Grand is nice, climate control and leather seats!
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Post by 90bronco on Jan 29, 2011 11:44:13 GMT -4
It is nice when i look over at my neighbor snow blowing with his big parka on an me just having a sweater on and sneakers .
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Post by Creepy on Jan 29, 2011 20:39:24 GMT -4
LOL, she's plenty beef. If you hadn't noticed I like overkill I figure worst case, the bolt holes in the frame oblong. I hadn't commented earlier, wanted to see if you could get a few miles on 'er....but here is what I was thinking - the frame mounts at 10-12" of length are not sufficient for the leverage exerted by the plow bracket hanging down 18-24" or whatever it is. There should be more support going rearward. The big thick side plates and thick rectangular crossmember are plenty beef, for side to side deflection and lifting purposes, but the force of plowing going rearwards is not well enough supported by the short horizontal length of the frame mounts and smallish bolts. i figure the bolts will shear at some point, the brackets will flip back and take out the sway bar, and you will run over the plow gear. There should be a triangle from the bottom of the side plates going up to the frame around the coil to take the force of plowing.
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Post by The Garagemahal on Jan 29, 2011 20:43:55 GMT -4
LOL, she's plenty beef. If you hadn't noticed I like overkill I figure worst case, the bolt holes in the frame oblong. I hadn't commented earlier, wanted to see if you could get a few miles on 'er....but here is what I was thinking - the frame mounts at 10-12" of length are not sufficient for the leverage exerted by the plow bracket hanging down 18-24" or whatever it is. There should be more support going rearward. The big thick side plates and thick rectangular crossmember are plenty beef, for side to side deflection and lifting purposes, but the force of plowing going rearwards is not well enough supported by the short horizontal length of the frame mounts and smallish bolts. i figure the bolts will shear at some point, the brackets will flip back and take out the sway bar, and you will run over the plow gear. There should be a triangle from the bottom of the side plates going up to the frame around the coil to take the force of plowing. I know what you are saying . Most plow frames have the frame brackets , going back the frame , same as your XJ bumper brackets
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Post by 90bronco on Jan 29, 2011 20:49:21 GMT -4
if you ever looked at the snow bear mounts ..... his is way stronger ,granted his plow is heavier too .
I can't see him hurting that mount unless he tries ramming frozen snow banks. If you saw my mounts that lasted a couple years now g's are built like a D.O.T. plow .
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Post by Big G on Jan 29, 2011 21:00:00 GMT -4
I hadn't commented earlier, wanted to see if you could get a few miles on 'er....but here is what I was thinking - the frame mounts at 10-12" of length are not sufficient for the leverage exerted by the plow bracket hanging down 18-24" or whatever it is. There should be more support going rearward. So when you thought it would fail you didn't say anything, but now that's it's worked for a while you want to tell me it's not going to work. LOL
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Post by 90bronco on Jan 29, 2011 21:03:29 GMT -4
I hadn't commented earlier, wanted to see if you could get a few miles on 'er....but here is what I was thinking - the frame mounts at 10-12" of length are not sufficient for the leverage exerted by the plow bracket hanging down 18-24" or whatever it is. There should be more support going rearward. So when you thought it would fail you didn't say anything, but now that's it's worked for a while you want to tell me it's not going to work. LOL hehehe
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Post by Big G on Jan 29, 2011 21:43:59 GMT -4
Seriously I'll have a look. I know it wouldn't be as effective as a brace, but I was thinking about a piece of angle clamped to the bottom of the frame, then welded to the mount's plate. That way the rotaional force would be pushing on the bottom of the frame instead of all being on the bolt heads.
Clear as mud? LOL
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