Guys with a L4060 or similar what are you using for a snow blade?

[Kubotafun]

Thinking about getting a blade but the landpride ones seem pretty expensive

What are you guys using

Thanks

 

[jimh406]

I have a 84 inch for my L2501HST. It's the RB2684 Rear Blade model. It requires a wrench to offset the blade which I don't like. Mine was about $1200 if I remember right. For the thickness, it's pretty good, but like I said, the offset is more work that I'd really want.

I use mine for snow and some dirt/gravel on the edge of the community road. I've also use it to level in my yard at times.

 

[chim]

Front or rear?

Front - 8' blade from a pickup and using the third function line for swing. Search for "underslung snow plow".

Rear - almost any three-point blade. I recently bought a used rear blade I'm refurbing.

 

[OntheRidge]

84" hydraulic angle snow plow from WR Long, with poly edge. About 3k a few years ago. Tractor handles it well, but it will push the {8000 lb} tractor around in heavier snow.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Define “pretty expensive”.

I have a Homestead Box Blade and like it.

I thought it was “priced competitively”

So judging from my BB construction, they seem to make pretty good stuff and they have a “military discount” (if thats applicable.)

 

[McMXi]

The term "snow blade" as used by Land Pride is a specific description for a front mounted blade. Box blades and rear blades are not snow blades even though many use them as such.

I've had a Land Pride STB1596 for more than five years and wouldn't be without it. It has hydraulic angle that I run via the 3rd function as well as a trip feature, and the loader functions handle the rest. It's an expensive implement for sure, but after five winters with many more to go the cost fades into distant memory. Buy once, cry once and I'd absolutely buy this snow blade again.

I will need to flip the cutting edge this spring. After five years it's starting to wear at the outer edges.

Land Pride

www.landpride.com

 

[Kubotafun]

Define “pretty expensive”.

I have a Homestead Box Blade and like it.

I thought it was “priced competitively”

So judging from my BB construction, they seem to make pretty good stuff and they have a “military discount” (if thats applicable.)

Without telling me the model the dealer said 3500 seems high to me

 

[Kubotafun]

Front or rear?

Front - 8' blade from a pickup and using the third function line for swing. Search for "underslung snow plow".

Rear - almost any three-point blade. I recently bought a used rear blade I'm refurbing.

Front but I have considered rear

 

[chim]

If you DIY something I'd be sure to design it so it can be used with a chain so it can float with just the weight of the blade. A method of applying additional pressure has come in handy at times for really packed snow. another is to have an easily repeatable method of making the A-arm level so when the blade is rotated side-to-side the cutting edge contacts the roadway evenly. If the A-arm isn't level and the blade is turned , only one end of the blade will be on the roadway.



https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30688

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/snow-removal/403739-ssqa-front-blade.html

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/401291-snow-plow-build-finished-underslung.html

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/408923-setback-underslung-ssqa-snow-plow.html

 

[OntheRidge]

Totally agree with Homestead quality, their similar blade is around 3200.

 

[JonM]

i wouldnt do a blade. problem with them is once you angle it you can only use about a third of the width.

snow pusher works much better. be sure to get a back drag with it if you go that way

 

[chim]

i wouldnt do a blade. problem with them is once you angle it you can only use about a third of the width.

snow pusher works much better. be sure to get a back drag with it if you go that way

Not sure how you calculated it, but at 30° swing (common for a plow) a 96" blade still covers 78" unless I calculated wrong. To have 1/3 the coverage the blade would have be angled to around 80°.

Different attachments work better in different applications. None are the best at everything. I routinely backdrag away from the garage doors with an 8' snow blade.

 

[McMXi]

Not sure how you calculated it, but at 30° swing (common for a plow) a 96" blade still covers 78" unless I calculated wrong. To have 1/3 the coverage the blade would have be angled to around 80°.

Mine is 96" wide and angles 30° either direction. 96 in. x (cos 30°) = 83 in. which is still almost 7ft.

Snow pushers are great tools, but there's a reason that HLA makes some models with hydraulic angle. I think that an HLA snow pusher with hydraulic angle would be the ultimate front mounted snow tool. Not every situation allows for the snow to be pushed straight ahead. I've used an hydraulic angle snow blade for 5 years, maybe more, and it works incredibly well for me. If I want to push the snow straight ahead I can, but I can also push it over the edge of the driveway or off to the side by angling the blade, which a typical snow pusher can't do.

I've thought about making side plates for my snow blade so that it acts like an hydraulic angle snow pusher.