"V" plow blade?

[wminmi 0]

anybody here ever make their own "V" plow blade? Been tinkering with the idea of building one using a couple of old blades, was just curious if anybody else has tried this?

[MPH 12]

Think it be real neat to have but seems it would only be good for the first pass through. Couse, if you made it like these fancy pickup plows that you can change from V plow to regular blade or invererted V for moving snow in a straight line, then you'd have a masterpiece.

[wminmi 0]

very good point....hmmmm, something else to think about

[MarksA-C 93]

I would look at some of those fancy ones that can be a V-plow and then change it to a standard flat plow. But, iw will be a cool plow either way.8D

[callwill 1]

I think it is a great idea if you dont have a blade you can angle from the seat.

[Gary 101]

That style of a plow could be useful, especially if it pivots in the center. Maybe I'm old, or maybe it's because I'm from Ohio, but we used to call that style of plow, an "A", plow.

[ka9bxg 3]

Are you talking about a potatoe plow I have a couple around here.I never did try any of them but I guess they would work ok with enough traction. Bob

[dav 2]

used to plow sidewalks with an old Bombadier tractor back in the 70s. the V blade would push plenty of snow because the tractor had tons of horsepower and traction. but snow would roll back from the windrows under the tracks, making a somewhat messy walkway. i think with tires, even with chains on them, the snow that comes around the edges of the blade might creat a traction problem. maybe if the blade is wide enough to keep snow from getting under the tires it would work alright still, it sounds like an interesting project.

[ridgerunner 3]

I wanted to make one for the old Big-Ten this winter but as far as I got was getting the hinge for the center pivot. You know how that goes. A friend has a Boss V-blade and back box-blade on his truck and I have just a standard straigt blade on mine. He can plow in less than half the time that I can and with a cleaner look. The biggest advantage is you can V the blade forward and "scoop" any snow that spilled off from an earlyer pass, thus creating a very clean parkinglot or driveway. -Paul

[wminmi 0]

really good input there fellas :) I hadn't thought about the snow falling back behind the plowblade....hmmmmm.....i wonder if it was made wider than the tractor tires if that would keep roll-off snow from getting under the wheels? What made me think of the idea to build one was, when i was a kid going to elementary school i can remember the city owned a tracked vehicle (bombadier maybe) that had a "V" plow, and they would do all the sidewalks in town during the winter. Now-a-days, nobody does anything for the younger school kids, and i thought maybe i could attempt to help out :D Paul: you mentioned a hinge of some sort....any chance you have a picture or drawing of it?

[msiebern 0]

Can't remember exactly where I got these pictures from, but found them in my archives. The hitch appears to be simplicity/ac and the plow was built by Lantz, but it might give you some ideas.

[MarksA-C 93]

That thing is so nicely done! It looks factory.

[wminmi 0]

EXCELLENT!! thanx Mike!

[D-17_Dave 12]

The snow from the windrows falling back behind the blades comes from not enough speed to roll the snow over the wing properly and get it away from where you just plowed. Notice the height of the V-plow in the pic above, it has a different angle and is taller on the ends for a little extra pitch.

[shanhamm 0]

That would be nice to have for sidewalks!;)

[MPH 12]

Might work to avoid the roll back problem by putting wings on top the blade that were say maybe a foot longer, thus rolling the top of the berm back farther.

[wminmi 0]

good idea on the "wings".....they would push the tops of the berms back, and should eliminate roll-back :D

[tec2484 1]

Here you go http://saginaw.craigslist.org/grd/300258939.html

[TomSchmit 55]

Look closely at the photo taken from the tractor side. The blades appear to have much less curve than I see on my regular plow blade. The blade is angled so that the bottom edge is almost (but not quite!) perpendicular to the ground. I think this design helps to minimize the roll back, although I am sure there is some with loose, powdery snow. I am going to try to build one using pieces of 55 gallon steel drums. I found some drums that are slightly tapered (wider at the top) and I think they will work nicely! Tom

[stevenj 4]

The blade that is in the craigslist add looks like the back side of the blades has the pattern of raised treadplate steel. It looks like it is homemade.