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CTuckerNWIL 
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 Posted: 12 Feb 2011 at 4:15pm |
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Brian, looks like they would do some good. My experience with those kind of chains was with a different tread design. The tires had a flatter angle for the tread and the chains went all the way down between the lugs so no part of the chain contacted the ground.
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Leon B MO
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Location: Old Monroe, Mo
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Posted: 12 Feb 2011 at 4:20pm |
These chains were made for 14.9 x 28 tires but I cut the length to fit the 12.4's and before next winter I'll cut the width down to fit the 12.4's better. I made them out of chain stock from Lowes. 
The gauge wheels came off my belly mower( I don't think I'll need them on there for awhile). I can ajust the height so I can go from carrying the plow on the gravel to scrapping the concrete on the road. Those work much better than the skids, they would dig into the gravel and on the next pass the gravel would be in the pushed snow.  To take it off all I need to do is pull the two pins. This is the first year I used this blade on a CA, it was on a 53 WD last year. I will have chains on the inner tires next year and more weights or a blade on the back. This last snow we had was hard to judge by because of the inch of ice underneath and the sleet mixed in. The plow is 7'6", just wide enough to clear the dauls when the plow is set in the middle angle position. for one or two snows a year, it would not be worth all the effort to put this together. But I had the time and the plow so what the heck.
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Uncle always said "Fill the back of the shovel and the front will take care of itself".
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 12 Feb 2011 at 4:26pm |
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on the chains, maybe two corresponding straps coupld be pinched together and linked, then on to the next two and pinch them together.. so you get a bunch of X patterns similar to Leon... also leon, i would be interested in how tall is the front blade, and is it 1/4 inch thick or more? Im wondering about the weight on front and counter weight needed.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Leon B MO
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Posted: 12 Feb 2011 at 4:39pm |
The plow itself is only 1/8 steel and guessing 20" tall, it's not that heavy. Two guys could load the whole thing on a truck.
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Uncle always said "Fill the back of the shovel and the front will take care of itself".
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swit
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Posted: 12 Feb 2011 at 5:45pm |
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I push with a front blade on my B this last storm i really had to work it hard 12in of snow with 4ft drifts i have a very long drive once i get thru it were good to go that first pass was tough I have very aggressive chains on it the type with the twisted links plus about 600 pouunds of weights if it wasnt for the drifts i walk right thru no problems ive pushed as much as 14in im not saying it was easy but that B just gets it done my brother even committed how well it does for alittle tractor of course i flipped him off for calling it little
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 12 Feb 2011 at 10:36pm |
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if i build a frame, im wondering if i can run a couple 4 inch channles under the axle and attach to the blade, or wopuld it be better to go over the wheels and make more of a loader frame that can lift the blade up a couple feet higher. ??
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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swit
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Posted: 13 Feb 2011 at 5:29am |
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steve my frame goes under back to front I get about 10in of lift for the most part it hasnt been a problem when i go into these huge drifts to back blade some of the snow out i do wish i could get more height.i guess the bottom line it just takes me longer.but plowing generally im not in a hurry i enjoy being out side
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Bill Long
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Posted: 13 Feb 2011 at 8:43pm |
In Maryland - last year was the exception - we usually don't get an awful lot of snow. Twelve inches in Maryland at one time is a lot and usually that melts before another snow falls. With that in mind the B was an excellent snow plowing tractor. We mounted a myers front mounted blade on them - there were steel beams that braced the front hitch running all the way back to the drawbar. Lift was made by a cable from the rear tool bar to the front running. An excellent arrangement. Worked very well. Usually we had loaded rear and if rather new loaded front tires. Usually - unless it was very heavy snow - there was not a need for chains. In fact we sold very few sets of chains for B's.
Stay with the plow in the front. By not running over the snow first it is not packed down and harder to move. Also, on your first plow furrow especially on long roads make your push rather wide so there will be room to push any additional snow. Also, it is hard to look at an implement on the rear.
Suggestions above are great for other parts of the country where there are more frequent and deeper snows.
Good Luck!
Bill Long
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