I'm thinking about turning a front snow plow into a rear scraper blade. It has a bolt on thick steal 'cutting' blade on the bottom, about 2 inches by 1/2, but its rounded over.
I'm still pretty new to tractors and implements, so i'm not real clear if rear blade for scraping or cutting actually has a sharp *beveled* edge or not. Is just a squared off piece of heavy steel enough to scrape a dirt drive or should i go a head and but some sort of edge on the blade.
If so, should the bevel be on the top of the blade *toward the rear of the tractor when pulled from behind* or the bottom. ALso what angle of a bevel? If there a preferred angle of attack with the blade? I'm just clue less and need some info before i get froggy and jump on the thing with a torch and welder and mock it something that won't work.
I've been searching online for a close up of a new cutting edge with no luck :banghead3
So i figured the fine folks here might have some insite.
ttt
Jay
I'm still pretty new to tractors and implements, so i'm not real clear if rear blade for scraping or cutting actually has a sharp *beveled* edge or not. Is just a squared off piece of heavy steel enough to scrape a dirt drive or should i go a head and but some sort of edge on the blade.
If so, should the bevel be on the top of the blade *toward the rear of the tractor when pulled from behind* or the bottom. ALso what angle of a bevel? If there a preferred angle of attack with the blade? I'm just clue less and need some info before i get froggy and jump on the thing with a torch and welder and mock it something that won't work.
I've been searching online for a close up of a new cutting edge with no luck :banghead3
So i figured the fine folks here might have some insite.
ttt
Jay
