Convert 7 ft straight scraper blade to angle type

I will offer my insights from personal experience. You didn't say what kind of tractor you would be using for this but if it is a 2 wheel drive machine I will offer you a caution. Experience taught me that the front end of a 2 wheel drive tractor (Ford 681 in my case) is far too light to push much snow to the side; the tractor front end goes in the opposite direction as you want the snow to go. By riding the brake you can sort of make it go straight if the snow isn't too heavy. It will depend a lot on how much snow you have to deal with. Angle plows work fine on pickup trucks with 3/4 of the weight on the front drive wheels, but with very light, non-driving wheels it is a different ball game. As a matter of fact I just went thru the process of adapting a 7 1/2 ft blade from a pickup to my Ford 4000; I didn't even consider retaining the angle feature. It's only my 2 cents worth but I would hate to see you put a lot of effort into this and be disappointed.

Bill

The blade I angled was a Ford Dearborn 6 ft dozer blade (can't remember the model). It came with the 681 when it was new. I moved it to the 4000SU this summer. I use the original 6 ft blade for moving dirt and stone. The 7 1/2 ft blade I just mounted is for snow. I modified the blade so it mounts to the original, unmodifed plow frame.

My experience with the angle front blade was that it worked OK out in the open but when you get against the piles at the sides of the driveway, trying to keep them pushed back so as not to let the driveway get too narrow, that was where the sliding front end gave me all the trouble.

The rear blade works so much better angled beacuse of all the weight on the rear. It is best to have a rear blade with the offset feature so you can reach out far beyond the tire tread width.

Any way you do it is fun, just some tricks speed things up a little.

Happy plowing!