Anybody ever made a push blade for a Farmall H?

here is another one from the photo album

I am planning to make one of these I thought of using the top link on a 3 point hick for the supports on the rear and welding them sow they wont sway from side to side I'm note shire if it will work or note right now but good luck with your project Rod MI

I saw this in the implement photos on this site. It is bolted to a JD, but you could make a similar unit for your H. Nice thing is it isn't complicated and you can buy a fairly good truck blade cheap. This also gives you variable angle.

I simply put an 8' length of channel iron on edge and set the ends of the loader arms inside it, then welded some brackets to the channel iron that would let me slide a pin through the brackets and the holes in the ends of the loader arms. Then I stood a large piece of heavy metal (about 3/16" thick) up in front of the channel iron and tacked it into place. After that, I tipped the assembly back about 4" at the top and proceeded to build two V-shaped (actually more like an upside-down letter A) frames that went between the loader arms and the back of the blade.

I ran a piece of chain around the cross-member between the loader arms and through a big eye-bolt that went to the top of the blade to keep it from tipping forward when I hit stuff with the bottom of the blade.

This monster was built in about a half day, and is 8' wide and about 40" tall. It's heavy, not pretty, and has taken an incredible amount of abuse since I built it in 1976. It might be a little much to hang on the front of an H. I'd suggest trying to build it in a V-shape if you're going to be opening long sections of driveway. I've toyed with making another one in a V-shape, but never have. Fluid in the tires and extra wheel weights are a help also.

When mine is on the SM and it's rolling at top speed in 4th gear, it will move a really surprising amount of snow. I dug our place out after the big blizzard in January of '78 with that combination. A few times I've even plowed the 1.5 miles to the state highway so the neigbors and I could get to work.

Once you've used it, you'll wonder how you could ever get along without it, and if you wear enough clothes to stay warm, it can be alot of fun!

Build it tougher than you think it needs to be, put some weight on the back of the H, and it will surprise you!

When the '78 blizzard came through here (I live about 14 miles N of Indy) the SM was equipped with the loader and blade, but in a barn with only one door large enough to exit. There was a drift on the East side of that barn (where the door was) that went to the top of the 14' overhead door, and stretched out about 100 yards into a field. After spending half a day getting the door open, I started the tractor, and let it warm up for about a half hour. It had a heat-houser on it, so it was warm clear through. I put it in 4 gear, and had about a 30' running start with the blade about 3" off the floor. When I hit that bank, there was an eerie silence as the tractor and I were buried in the snow.

The tractor was still running, so I dug myself out enough to climb off and get back into the barn to look at the situation. It wasn't pretty.

I spent about 2 hours digging that tractor loose enough to back it into the barn and try again. On the third or fourth try, I actually broke out to where I could turn around.

When the county finally opened the road, a neighbor with a JD 3020 and a rear blade teamed up with me to open some driveways.

You won't have the momentum with an H that I have with the SM, but you will have a pretty good snow mover!