Did a little plow repair

[hedhunter9]

Had to do a little repair on one of our snowplows ! The front nose pivot area completely broke out of the frame ! It was an early model that had too thin metal in this area. I beefed it up with heavier plate.. And of course it always happens at 3 am when its a blizzard out !!
Bob

 

[Buckgnarly]

Man, that looks awful weak, OEM I mean. What brand and size?

 

[A_Pmech]

That looks like it ought to work. It'll probably crack again right at the edge of the repair plate due to the large section change. Time will tell, keep an eye on it!

When I ran a snow plow on the highways, I always paid close attention to the plow frame. Bouncing down the road on a carbide blade for mile after mile makes cracks start in very unusual places.

 

[sberry]

I bet it works much better with thicker material, it worked for a while as it was.

 

[plow]

Somebody call me?

 

[hedhunter9]

Man, that looks awful weak, OEM I mean. What brand and size?

It is a SnowDogg MD75. This one was the first year they came out with them,
It had a very thin plate.

We got a 2nd one about a year later and it had twice as thick a plate, more gussets in other areas and never had a problem with it.
Bob

 

[bw77]

What rod did you use?

 

[sberry]

He didn't.

 

[hedhunter9]

What rod did you use?

Sberry is correct.
Didnt use rod.
Wire welder. Hobart. .030 HF Wire.

Bob

 

[hedhunter9]

That looks like it ought to work. It'll probably crack again right at the edge of the repair plate due to the large section change. Time will tell, keep an eye on it!"

You cant see it, but there are gussets up under that area. so it shouldnt break there.

Bob