DIY snow plow

[PoorManQ45]

The tail lights are fine. They're better then blacked out stockers....

LOL

[MinisterofDOOM]

So I tried the plow today. I pulled it around and everything seemed fine. The design held up but it doesnt like slush. It didnt do much to the slush. We are supposed to get a lot of snow Thursday so I will try again.

It didn't do much to the slush because you've got the weight on the wrong end. You need the weight concentrated on the bow, otherwise it'll just climb up on top of the snow. As long as the point has weight, the trailing edges will be fine. Move the cinder blocks to the bow. Stack them on top of each other and concentrate the weight right on the point. Or find a better weight source. Like lead. Or mercury.

You should probably double the length of chain, too...that'll minimize the effect of the height difference between the anchor points and also help combat climbing/floating.

And lastly:Why does the blade cover everything BUT the point? The point is the most crucial part. Reattach the blades so they meet at the point. That's probably half the reason for your slush-floating right there. It'll work even better if you give the point some rake (lean it back).

Once that's done, it should work a lot better.

you could have just bought this

A Trailblazer? Yeah, that'd probably help. 4.2 Vortec FTW.

[PoorManQ45]

Does anyone else see a thread coming in the summer time titled, "For some reason my driveway needs to be resurfaced"

When he gets this think close to right it is going to gouge the heck out of the driveway. It'll be an awesome site and sound

[Dire91]

^ I hate resurfacing the drive way so much, s***'s a b****

[numbnuts240]

that thing he built won't ruin the surface of the driveway any more than regular wear and tear/weather. as long as it was paved properly without any ridges, it should be fine.

[Bubba1]

The tail lights are fine. They're better then blacked out stockers....

LOL

Ah, so you're coming out of the closet too?

[PoorManQ45]

LOL. Nah, they're just an upgrade from the danagerous blackouts that he had before.

I prefer stock though.

Numbnuts: When he gets the weight close to right he is going to get the edge at a downward angle by mistake. This will cause the blade to scrape the hell out of the asphalt.

[numbnuts240]

asphalt is a lot more forgiving than concrete. when the plows do their final runs, there are sparks flying around, and there's a lot more downward force going on there than he's go with that thing. his few passes with that setup, even with the weight at the point, isn't going to do much to harm his driveway.

[Pwnin O'Brien]

Nala, what is with that massive tail pipe stickin out from under your car? Did you pull that off an F650 or something?

[S13_love]

[Jesda]

Jesus christ.

[Jesda]

asphalt is a lot more forgiving than concrete. when the plows do their final runs, there are sparks flying around, and there's a lot more downward force going on there than he's go with that thing. his few passes with that setup, even with the weight at the point, isn't going to do much to harm his driveway.

Suburban driveways often use soft blacktop with a tar-like sealant on top (a BAD place to set a jack stand). He might put some ugly dings and marks in it, but it won't be ruined.

[naladude911]

custom magnaflow exhaust. magnaflow muffler, resonator delete. Sounds really deep like my dad's tahoe.

[krash]

Suburban driveways often use soft blacktop with a tar-like sealant on top (a BAD place to set a jack stand). He might put some ugly dings and marks in it, but it won't be ruined.

This man, this liker of turtles, speaks the truth. I was changing the brakes on my friends Civic as it was sinking into the ground...

[PoorManQ45]

custom magnaflow exhaust. magnaflow muffler, resonator delete. Sounds really deep like my dad's tahoe.

Wow, if this is a real catback there may be hope for Nala!!!

What did that cost and who did the work?

[Pwnin O'Brien]

custom magnaflow exhaust. magnaflow muffler, resonator delete. Sounds really deep like my dad's tahoe.

I know, but why did you pick the largest tip you could find? That's barely acceptable on a 6.7L Cummins diesel let alone a 3.5L QX4.

Anyhow, post up a vid in the Pathfinder/QX4 forum so I can hear it with a resonator delete. How much interior drone are you getting?

[Red coupe]

you should pull the plow from lower, it looks like the eye hooks that the chain attached too are on top. because your hitch will always be higher than the plow, the chain will be pulling at an upward angle probably trying to lift the front and allowing some snow/slush under the nose of your plow defeating the whole purpose.

If he moves the hooks lower with the same size chain he will increase the angle from the ground and it will get pulled up even more.

[Tyler]

thats true, sorry for the bad advice nala, i guess i need to do more research on building home depot pull behind snowplows. my bad.

[wa-chiss]

your problem too nala, is that the chains are lifting the front of the plow off the ground a little. Or at least lessening the force applied by gravity.

[naladude911]

Your theory may seem right, but in reality its not. i checked the plow and its not getting pulled up. I actually shortened the chains so that when I go down my steep driveway the plow wont go under the car. Also, muffler was $100, and install was $175. I have a lot more acceleration, and very some interior drone up to 65 mph. That interior drone is very nice tho, sounds very deep and makes it sound like im driving a sports car rather then an SUV

[krash]

Sorry about my skeptisism, as I told you, I was looking at it the wrong way fail on my part.

What would be neat is if you could incorporate some gas trunk struts or something into the design so that the plow would have minimal up and down movement for little things but it will move up/down if it is forced to. This also stops it from going under the car

[naladude911]

im also thinking of adding some wheels on the back, idk how to make them collapse tho when the plow moves forward, so i can reverse with the plow.

[krash]

put them on a hinge that opens away from the car. When you move foreward the hinge wil close and the wheels will collapse. I don't know how to get it open again though.

[naladude911]

i thought about that, but i think the wheels will still be in collapsed form when i move back.

[Red coupe]

Your theory may seem right, but in reality its not. i checked the plow and its not getting pulled up.

Even after the thread about your homework assignment on tension in cables you STILL don't get it?In reality it IS. If there is tension in the chain, it is pulling along the chain. Just like in your homework their is a force on the car, and a force on the plow, both pulling away from the objects in the direction of the chain.

This means that their is a force of the tension in the cable multiplied by the sine of the angle formed with the ground pulling the plow upwards.This does not mean that that force is equal or greater then the weight of your plow, but it does mean its canceling part of the weight of the plow.You f***ing fail way to hard at even basic physics to tell anyone they are not right.

[Ajax]

So after all of this, I think your original idea was better, just poorly executed.Pull behind = FailScience>NalaThough I'm looking forward to the next NE snowstorm so I can see the aftermath pics.

[numbnuts240]

Though I'm looking forward to the next NE snowstorm so I can see the aftermath pics.

he should be getting plenty of snow this weekend.

[naladude911]

yea we have 6 inches on the ground. Or should i say had 6 inches on our driveway but it got all plowed away. No not by the guy down the street but by my plow. It works REALLY REALLY WELL. Il take pics tomorrow.

[Nismo ZJ]

Get your mom to take a video of it in action.

[naladude911]

I will. Its so much fun lol