snow plow shoes/pucks

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I decided to start a new thread so as not to distract from rgm's original thought lines.</p>


rgm wrote (in thread New Owner)</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"I also need to re-fab the shoes on the curtis plow to keep the scraper
bar out of gravel. It looks like the scraper bar istaller than the
shoes were designed for. I was thinking of a larger 'puck' and longer
shaft."</p>


First of all, welcome to the fold. Everything that has been posted in your thread is true - you will get more help and ideas than anywhere else, and also some joshing.</p>


I bought a RTV 1100 with Blizzard plow this summer, and am waiting for the first snowfall here in northern NY. I have a crusher run driveway (stones mostly less than 1") and I'd like to set the shoe height to plow as low as possible and still not push the rocks around. I also plow the paved shoulder of the highway in front of the house, so I want a compromise in shoe height. does anyone have experience and suggestions with how high the plow should be above a concrete floor when the shoes are sitting on the floor, for this situation? </p>


Thanks, Doug</p>
 
I set my western plow on my pickup about 3/4 inches above the garage floor and still peel a little stone at times. a heavy wet snow will roll some off no matter where it is set. also the amount of crown in your road affects it some. Bill B.</p>
 
Let me throw something out for consideration.</p>


First, the plow probably needs down pressure so if your plow doesn't have it, you probably don't need to read on.</p>


I took the wear-bar off my tractor blade and replaced it with a strip of 1" thick rubber from a cow pad. This allowed the whole strip to run against the ground. My objective was to keep the wear bar from scratching the concrete as well as snagging on the joints and breaking the concrete.</p>


It "seemed" like it wanted to work but with a light blade and no down pressure on the 3-point hitch, it would lift up a bit. If your plow has down pressure, it may work nicely on scraping down to the stone but not picking it up.</p>


If you have any old cow mats laying around, it may be worth considering.</p>
 
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