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Making a perfect snow pusher
"Ignoramus29783" wrote in message ... I have not seen a snow pusher that would actually work well. They are too small and not too strongly made. Probably the Chinese have not seen much snow and do not know what is a good snow pusher. My driveway is almost 24 feet wide. I want to make a pusher that can retain enough snow (without it falling off the sides or top) so that I can clear a full swath of the snow from one side to another without me having to go over and re-push the snow that fell to the sides and over the top. Due to the width of the driveway, the pusher would not be too wide or else I won't be able to push it. I was thinking about size such as 20" wide or so. I have some stainless sheet, I believe 14 gauge, as well as plasma cutter etc so I can make any flat shapes. I wanted to know if anyone tried to make snow pushers here. Also, is there some easy welding rod for stainless. i yes, believe me a snow pusher has been on my list of things to do for a few years now. been looking at them on-line to get an idea. i have a compact kubota tractor. i scrounged a ATV snow plow my brother was throwing away a that was given to him as a gift, i wanted to weld 1/4" plates to both sides but i think it's too small and i wanted to design something that would be quickly detachable. the quick detach design you see (kinda forks over a loader bucket) i don't like, it puts the pusher out WAY too far for my little tractor. puts too much side load on the mechanism. i want to be able to quickly remove the bucket and put the pusher on and take it off. oh, are you talking a manual pusher? sorry, didn't read your post all the way through. there's a new thing out with a big wheel, have you seen that? i don't know if they work well though. http://www.wovel.com/ i was thinking about building one of those using a old bicycle wheel. |
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