How To Bend Moldboard Sheet Steel For A Plow Blade

On the larger machines we would made a template of the curve of the face and send the steel out for bending.

How to bend moldboard sheet steel for a plow blade.

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. Page 1 of 2 building a one bottom steel wheel pull type moldboard plow posted in garden tractor implement forum. Most people wouldnt be able to tell it used to be a steel plow.

Our moldboard track record is great. How to make garden plow. Plow enters the ground and the draft of the plow. I want to loose as much weight as i can.

Whether you need a metal weld on skin replacement or a trip edge base replacement we have many parts to choose from. Little sketchy that the wood was rotten. Tractor hitch is too low. I used actual 3 8 thick poly that they make poly plows in the factory with.

On pull type plows the main hitch bar should extend down ward from the hitch of the tractor. The hardest thing about the project was to bend the mold board into the place. I used my plasma cutter and cut my rotted steel skin off of my plow. I them painted my frame and bolted my poly skin to my frame.

Hitch on the plow is too high. 3 shows the correct vertical alignment for the hitches on two three and four bottom pull type plows. The plow i am using is a seven inch one bottom david bradly sears three point hitch plow. Ask your steel supplier for advise and pricing.

We ve been fabricating new replacement moldboards right here in our kansas facility since 2005. We have options from diamond fisher and meyer for many varieties of truck makes including dodge ford chevy jeep and more. Hey i am redoin a plow and the moldboard on it is very rusty and quite thick 3 16 inch. If you need a plow blade skin replacement look through our selection of skins and replacement parts.

You still have to dog the plates in but it isn t so much work. My idea is to build a pull type frame with a pull rope. I started this afternoon and got this much done. What would be a good thickness that i could bend into shape with c clamps and maybe a torch.