Homemade Tractor - Installing blade power angling

[galegregory97comcast]

biger

[xmodriver]

great plow, you could rent to the city to plow the side streets , if JOE Fontana would let it in his budget lolol ,, A london joke folks

[Jodbronson]

i'm in the middle building a snow plow for my MTD, wish i can add the cylinders :( Too expensive! Good job!

[Rdrake1413]

Nice

[benjaminwayneb]

Thanks; the blade has adjustable skid plates. They are only 2 1/2 X 3 inches square made out of 5/8 thick plate. I have some pictures posted of the tractor and blade on photobucket. Search " homemade 4x4 tractor" to find my album.

[maximum1978]

That's actually a Snowbear snowplow

[benjaminwayneb]

@maximum1978 No it's not a Snowbear snowplow, it's homemade.

[GamelsmurfXXX]

@benjaminwayneb -Hi i can say great work at ure tracktor, an heads up on the plowe is it missing skid plate on its back so u can set plowe hight so it does not where down the blade.Sry 4my bad Englich im from Sweden.

[RustyCarnahan]

Are you using the former power steering pump as your source for hydraulic power?

[benjaminwayneb]

@RustyCarnahan I'm using a belt driven hydraulic pump to operate the blade and a power steering pump for the steering.

[RustyCarnahan]

@benjaminwayneb That makes sense. That way you don't need to have a priority valve in there. Good idea!

[Starzandstrps]

Totally awesome, not expecting to see this under "home made tractors". Reminds me of a baby log skidder. Anyways I was wondering if you could give me some more info on the blade you built. That things looks like you bought it from western! I really want one for my tractor, but it would cost $3000 alone to buy that blade setup from western.

[benjaminwayneb]

@Starzandstrps I have some pictures posted on photobucket that show some more blade detail. Just search "homemade tractor" and checkout my album. The blade was made mostly from used steel that I already had or from a scrap yard. The 1/8th. inch sheet steel for the blade was sheared and stamped every 1/2 inch to obtain the curve at a metal supply and machine shop.

[07ketnec]

some good engineering in that! but I'd like to ask what are you using for your lift on the plow? I see a vertical ram and some sort of black rod. Most use chains, but is that just a steel rod?

[benjaminwayneb]

@07ketnec The tractor is setup to use a chain or the steel bar that you see. I am using a steel bar to allow for down pressure, this works well when back dragging or when removing packed snow. Blade float is achieved by having a control valve with a float position.

[benjaminwayneb]

The tractor is setup to use a chain or the steel bar that you see. I use the steel bar to allow for down pressure when back dragging or when trying to remove packed snow. Blade float is achieved by using a control valve with a float position.

[iOWNaFERGUSON]

How long did it take to build it?

[benjaminwayneb]

@iOWNaFERGUSON  Building the tractor took most of the spare time of one winter.

[carnivore10]

This is something else! this looks awesome!

[Searsnut11]

wow, that is quite the machine. How much did it cost to build it?

[benjaminwayneb]

The tractor cost about $3000.00 to build.

[chrstphrharp]

absolutly sweet,

[alexpoz09]

whats that tractor made from 5/5

[J1I9M7M4Y]

I am very impressed of your tractor. But i have seen all of your vids a 1000 times now. I need more videos!! :)

[tobbenb]

Very nice work.

[cars05man1]

Very beautiful welds on the plow and I would love to have a tractor like that with the 20:1 low range gear you have I bet that thing will push some serious snow.

[CDNBadass]

Good job with the plow man. Cant wait to see the videos this winter. Did you get much use out of this in the summer? and I seee there still arent any mud videos of it LOL :P