Crossing A Horse With A Moose?

[ebinmaine 67,562]

Just now, ri702bill said:

Look at Don's version - right down the middle. Plenty of room to cleanly mount a bearing. Yours may be an issue - wider plate, mount front to back???

Yeah I can see that. Good point. Doesn't matter yet because I haven't made the plate so I can just as easily make one that's longer. Good catch on that.

 

 

[Handy Don 12,233]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Here's the plow stabilizer I'm going to be using

Seriously, gentlemen (and I am, of course, using that term loosely )?! 

I used a piece of a worn plow edge and cobalt bits to drill it (hard stuff) and a 9/16” galvanized bolt. For the amount of use even a norther like @ebinmaine will give a plow, and assuming the bracket is 3/16 to ¼” thick, those parts will last a lifetime.

No need to gild the lily here, IMHO.

 

Also, Bill’s point is important, with the offset. that down rod is gonna be mighty close to hitting the plow frame rail.

[ebinmaine 67,562]

2 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Also, Bill’s point is important, with the offset. that down rod is gonna be mighty close to hitting the plow frame rail

 

Absolutely correct.

I don't remember the logic involved because I'm not the designer. It was put that way on purpose.

[Handy Don 12,233]

2 hours ago, ri702bill said:

Look at Don's version - right down the middle. Plenty of room to cleanly mount a bearing. Yours may be an issue - wider plate, mount front to back???

Making sure to give credit, I shamelessly copied @Ed Kennell’s design. My contribution was the washers on the outside of the Attach-a-Matic for constraining the sideways motion instead of relying on the “locking” arms on the inside. BTW, to be sure of snug fit, I used a spare Attach-a-Matic as a jig when I tacked the washers to the cross shaft.

[Ed Kennell 38,200]

Here's G II Don.     I added the front weight bracket to both of mine.

 

  

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,562]

4 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Here's G II Don.     I added the front weight bracket to both of mine. 

 

  

 

 

 

Interesting setup Ed. I was thinking about putting a generator right where your weight is. 

[ri702bill 8,327]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

because I'm not the designer.

Back in the day, I would refer to that as the "Father of the Ba$tard child" ALWAYS got a response....