How To Bend Moldboard Sheet Steel For A Plow Blade

On pull type plows the main hitch bar should extend down ward from the hitch of the tractor.

How to bend moldboard sheet steel for a plow blade.

Most people wouldnt be able to tell it used to be a steel plow. I them painted my frame and bolted my poly skin to my frame. 3 shows the correct vertical alignment for the hitches on two three and four bottom pull type plows. Tractor hitch is too low.

Ask your steel supplier for advise and pricing. Hitch on the plow is too high. Little sketchy that the wood was rotten. Weller moldboards are installed on graders from coast to coast in the united states and we ve also sent them to canada mexico australia south korea south africa portugal.

I am building a one bottom steel wheel plow to go with my 2 bottom plow. If you need a plow blade skin replacement look through our selection of skins and replacement parts. I want to loose as much weight as i can. How to make garden plow.

I started this afternoon and got this much done. Our moldboard track record is great. The hardest thing about the project was to bend the mold board into the place. Plow enters the ground and the draft of the plow.

I used actual 3 8 thick poly that they make poly plows in the factory with. I used my plasma cutter and cut my rotted steel skin off of my plow. This plow i m redoing is for my s 10 blazer and was originally one of the more heavy duty line of plows. On the small dozers with six way blades we use 3 16 plate and dogged the plate down to the base skin for a tight fit.

The plow i am using is a seven inch one bottom david bradly sears three point hitch plow. What would be a good thickness that i could bend into shape with c clamps and maybe a torch. On the larger machines we would made a template of the curve of the face and send the steel out for bending. Hey i am redoin a plow and the moldboard on it is very rusty and quite thick 3 16 inch.

We ve been fabricating new replacement moldboards right here in our kansas facility since 2005. Driving a big chevy up onto a pipe to bend it. Page 1 of 2 building a one bottom steel wheel pull type moldboard plow posted in garden tractor implement forum. We have options from diamond fisher and meyer for many varieties of truck makes including dodge ford chevy jeep and more.