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Built a snowplow for the Sammy on the cheap

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Built a snowplow for the Sammy on the cheap
« on: December 02, 2011, 06:35:39 PM »
 We had quite a good snowfall here and I was getting stuck in my driveway with my Jetta.  I went out in my scap pile and found two old towbars and a 45 gallon drum.   I wanted to do it as cheap as possible.   I took the hitches of both tow bars, I had to narrow the one 3" to fit on the outside of my pushbar.  It mounts to the Sammy with 2 3/4" bolts so it can pivot up.  They were already on the towbar and are drilled for cotterpins.   I cut the old drum into two 24" long sections from the top to bottom.   The plow ends up being 69" wide.  I welded 4 sections of 3x1/8 flat iron on the back side of the barrel sections to stiffen it up a bit and then an angle iron over it all to strengthen it up more.   On the top I welded on a thin wall 1" square tube, I will cover it with an angle iron later to cover up the rough edge of the drum sections.   On the bottom I used a 3" X 3/16" agle iron and a 2" 1/4" flat iron on the front for the cutting edge.   I welded the one towbar to the blade and then connected the two towbars together and gussetted it with a plate underneath.    The tube I welded on for the lift arm is too thin and bend just past it's gusset so I will pick up some heavier tube and replace it.   My winch and a snatch block lift the plow up and down.  I tried it out last night in some super heavy wet snow and nothing other than the lift tube bent so it was a success.   It works great.   I have a couple angle irons tacked on to hold the blade but I bought some springs so I can make the blade able to pivot forward if I snag something with it.




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Re: Built a snowplow for the Sammy on the cheap
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 06:07:33 AM »
Clever and well done! That is recycling at it's finest. You " scrap " pile seems to have some rewally good scrap!
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