560 snow plow frame

I have a plow on an old '78 Chevy 4-wheeler. I don't even bother to put plates and insurance on it anymore, I just use it off-road on the farm to plow snow, cut firewood, etc. Saves my other pickup(s). I have a professionally built vee plow that replaces the bucket on the loader on my H, and I think I've used it once in the last ten years.

I realize Wardner couldn't do it that way. he has some other items in his way. I like his front end mounting, go with that 100%. Just don't clamp any part of your blade to front axle.

This is a 660. The plow is an older Fisher formerly used on my F-350. I used the Fisher pump and valves as well.

I swung the 660 drawbar around similar to a Cub pulling land plows or running a grader blade. Four bolts (two would be adequate) attach the front of frame to bolster. Two bolts attach the frame to the inverted drawbar. If you want your frame to attach to the axles. you will have to use a M or H (or later) drawbar if your 560 is a Farmall. If it is an International, just do as I did.

I have more pics.

If I were putting a blade on any tractor 300, 350, etc. or larger these truck plows are the way to go in my opinion. I looked at them before I built the plow for my 130, just too much front end load for small tractors.

The Fisher pump was engineered for the plow. I think it flows three gallons per minute. The IH pump flows five times as much.

At the time, I was determined not to spend alot of money. On the whole project, I only bought one hydraulic fitting and shortened two hoses. A few sticks of 7018 too.

I wanted to conserve the IH valves. The tractor has a 560 fast hitch and a set of remotes. Although I have a bunch of IH valves, I didn't want the hassle of adding a third valve and trying to locate a lever. Ya, I could have used the remotes but we are back to a high flow thru a Fisher valve with 3/8" ports.

Everything works well and I wouldn't change anything except blade length which is currently eight feet. The plow frame is easy on/easy off in under ten minutes.

I'd like to get an 11' blade and add chains. A weather break would be nice.

It would be something like the forage harvester hydraulic spout direction I bought from New Holland, specifically designed for the 890 harvester 1,000 rpm pto only, thus in 75 one knew it was going to be 100 hp tractor or better. It had a 2" cylinder, spout was everywhere but in the wagon, plus it was so vicious when it was activated. I swear one could have used it for fly fishing. I put the 4" fast hitch cylinder from my 560 on there and the thing worked beautiful. Even the ram end was correct.

I'll bet I got more snow than you. We are up to around two feet. Three storms in a week.

Did somebody recently post how well a Cub plows snow? This has been 'break your Cub' type accumulation.

We are knee-deep snow out in the open. I had equipment put away and the yard ready, but mentally I wasn't ready for this yet!

The tractor is a Farmall. It has an F-11 loader with small bucket on it. I know the bigger buckets can be had out west, but I've never seen an F-11 in this neck of the woods. I considered slipping off the bucket and mounting the plow to the bucket pins, but am worried plowing will create too much twisting stress on the loader arms. The loader is in pretty good shape for an F-11, but it was slightly tweaked on both sides before I got it, where the lifting cylinders attach (same place you see many F-11's with gobs of welding).

Thanks for all the ideas!
Sam.