New-to-Me 1845C -- questions, etc

[thepumpguysc]

Nice job & quick thinkin..
I was wondering, why did u leave the bolt so long?? Does it hit/operate a switch.?
If not, change out the bolt & double nut it to keep it in-place.
& when ur plowin'.. ALWAYS push the snow to the NORTH.. we like our temps down here in the 60's during the winter months.. Lol

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

You mean my bolt with the linch pin? I didn't have any battery left in my cutoff saw, lol. And it was 1am.

Pushing this week's snow south, sorry. My first winter with a plow and a steer, so the kids are getting a gigantic snow pile for forts and sledding in the yard. 5400 sf of driveway and a stiff wind here, so it will be a mountainous heap. #CoolDad

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

Ready to work. The aux hydro pedal works perfectly. Bled the $350 snow plow (+$200 of lines, cross-over and fittings), put some PTFE shoes on the plow pads, and everything works nice n easy.

Bought a new block heater since one I had was dead. But just needed to replace the cord. The female contacts in the business end of the cord were rotted.

Love this machine! ♥️

Even made enough room for the truck & steer in the barn. Bring on the snow.

 

[phil314]

It's hard to tell from the pic, but your one hydraulic line might be a little short. Be careful.
Remember as you raise the arms up (like to push snow over the top of a bank), you'll have to tilt down to keep the plow level.
Or if you get stuck and tilt the plow down and use it to push yourself free.
That will take up a lot of slack in the lines. I had this problem when I ran my lines over the top of the quick attach back plate.

Here's a pic of my setup now. I ran the line through the back plate down low at the pivot point.
Now as I tilt the plow up/down, the length of hose needed stays the same. No risk of pulling a hose apart (again).

 

[kshansen]

Dmoneyallstar,
How about you haul that 1845C over to me?
I Checked the weather forecast for Toledo and they are predicting all of 3 to 6 inches.

Near me in Syracuse they are saying 13 to 19! We could meet some where in Erie PA and I'd swap your 1845C for one of my walk-behind Ariens snow blowers!

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

Dmoneyallstar,
How about you haul that 1845C over to me?
I Checked the weather forecast for Toledo and they are predicting all of 3 to 6 inches.

Near me in Syracuse they are saying 13 to 19! We could meet some where in Erie PA and I'd swap your 1845C for one of my walk-behind Ariens snow blowers!

I'm 20min east of Toledo and we got 8-9". Nothing out here but fields, so the stiff NE wind off the lake made some 3-4' drifts. Was over 20mph from Noon yesterday to 6am this morning. Given it's only decently snowed 3 times in the last 1.5 winters, we needed some! Snowmobiles and snowplows were getting too cheap, lol.

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

It's hard to tell from the pic, but your one hydraulic line might be a little short. Be careful.
Remember as you raise the arms up (like to push snow over the top of a bank), you'll have to tilt down to keep the plow level.
Or if you get stuck and tilt the plow down and use it to push yourself free.
That will take up a lot of slack in the lines. I had this problem when I ran my lines over the top of the quick attach back plate.

Here's a pic of my setup now. I ran the line through the back plate down low at the pivot point.
Now as I tilt the plow up/down, the length of hose needed stays the same. No risk of pulling a hose apart (again).

Must be an illusion in the pic. Lines are plenty long. The aux connection is on the boom. I had the plow 8-10' in the air toppling snow-piles with no issues or concerns. But appreciate the input, nevertheless. =)

 

[phil314]

Must be an illusion in the pic. Lines are plenty long. The aux connection is on the boom. I had the plow 8-10' in the air toppling snow-piles with no issues or concerns. But appreciate the input, nevertheless. =)

No sense having to learn the hard way, like I did.
Glad it's working well for you.

 

[kshansen]

I'm 20min east of Toledo and we got 8-9".

In that case you can probably use that 1845C with the plow! I'll just have to deal with our 10 to 12 inches with my walk behind blowers!

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

Got to use the plow setup a couple of times with great success. Hadn't had time to get the steel cutting edge apart and install a rubber edge. But I ended up just using steel shims on the plow feet to get about 3/16"-to-1/4" clearance and it cleans the driveway nicely. As soon as much snow builds up in front of the plow, it acts like a squeegee and cleans the surface smooth. I've got a 1/2" thick block of solid PTFE bolted to the bottom of the feet, so the plow doesn't leave any kind of marks at all on my seal-coated asphalt. Can't get much slicker than PTFE.

Had one small oil drip on a NPT fitting, but that's all. All good.

Also the new cord on the block heater has been a God-send. She gets warm quickly. Need to get the battery blanket on tonight with record low-temps coming.

Picked up a Mac-Lander 12k GVWR equipment trailer to replace my 7k car hauler. Sooooo much nicer & safer using the right trailer for the job. I don't haul the 1845c around too often, but now i can do it with confidence. Pretty sure I was about 1k overweight with the car hauler, lol.

 

[phil314]

Sounds like it's working well.

Just curious about the cold weather starting.
Do you park outside?
Do you have ether start?
What temp do you start using the block heater?

I always though mine took more cranking than it should in colder weather.
But I've got nothing to compare too.

 

[btodd230]

Got to use the plow setup a couple of times with great success. Hadn't had time to get the steel cutting edge apart and install a rubber edge. But I ended up just using steel shims on the plow feet to get about 3/16"-to-1/4" clearance and it cleans the driveway nicely. As soon as much snow builds up in front of the plow, it acts like a squeegee and cleans the surface smooth. I've got a 1/2" thick block of solid PTFE bolted to the bottom of the feet, so the plow doesn't leave any kind of marks at all on my seal-coated asphalt. Can't get much slicker than PTFE.

Had one small oil drip on a NPT fitting, but that's all. All good.

Also the new cord on the block heater has been a God-send. She gets warm quickly. Need to get the battery blanket on tonight with record low-temps coming.

Picked up a Mac-Lander 12k GVWR equipment trailer to replace my 7k car hauler. Sooooo much nicer & safer using the right trailer for the job. I don't haul the 1845c around too often, but now i can do it with confidence. Pretty sure I was about 1k overweight with the car hauler, lol.

Got to use the plow setup a couple of times with great success. Hadn't had time to get the steel cutting edge apart and install a rubber edge. But I ended up just using steel shims on the plow feet to get about 3/16"-to-1/4" clearance and it cleans the driveway nicely. As soon as much snow builds up in front of the plow, it acts like a squeegee and cleans the surface smooth. I've got a 1/2" thick block of solid PTFE bolted to the bottom of the feet, so the plow doesn't leave any kind of marks at all on my seal-coated asphalt. Can't get much slicker than PTFE.

Had one small oil drip on a NPT fitting, but that's all. All good.

Also the new cord on the block heater has been a God-send. She gets warm quickly. Need to get the battery blanket on tonight with record low-temps coming.

Picked up a Mac-Lander 12k GVWR equipment trailer to replace my 7k car hauler. Sooooo much nicer & safer using the right trailer for the job. I don't haul the 1845c around too often, but now i can do it with confidence. Pretty sure I was about 1k overweight with the car hauler, lol.

 

[btodd230]

Do you have any pictures you could post of the blade setup you are using..

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

Sounds like it's working well.

Just curious about the cold weather starting.
Do you park outside?
Do you have ether start?
What temp do you start using the block heater?

I always though mine took more cranking than it should in colder weather.
But I've got nothing to compare too.

Parked inside a pole barn.
I do have ether-start, but only use when I really need to.
Usually when it's freezing or colder, doesn't take much time to get it warm.
I also keep the battery on a trickle-charger.

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

Do you have any pictures you could post of the blade setup you are using..

It's a Meyer 7'6" plow with a quick-attach plate & braces. I bought it like that used, but the prev owner had welded a pair of tubes to keep the plow straight -- no angle cylinders. I added a pair of new 12" angle cylinders, added a cross-over relief, plumbed it up, and obviously cut the tube-stays off.

 

[btodd230]

Nice work thanks for the photos.

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

No prob.

- The cross-over is "Prince DRV-2HH Double Relief Valve, Differential Poppet, Cast Iron, 3000 psi, 30 gpm", cost me $78 on Amazon.
- Meyer plow with HD quick-attach mount was $350 for sale locally
- Angle cylinders are 1-1/2 x 10" (16-1/4" to 26-1/4" length with 5/8" pin) and were $60/ea on Amazon
- Lines and fittings for ~$175 from local Farm&Home store
- The trailer jack feet w/ pins were $10/ea from local Farm&Home store
- Blocks of PTFE were $0 scrap I had from a prev project
= just under $750 for the whole setup.


Keywords: skid steer snow plow attachment, DIY quick attach snow plow

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

And a short vid of the plow & aux hydraulics working...

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

Next question....

Aux hydraulics. I'm running a 50" tiller on the front. Pressing the pedal gives me slow power. But when I move the left drive hand lever "up" a tad (just short of a boom-up signal) I get full power.

Is this normal? Or is there something amiss in my flow control?

 

[Dmoneyallstar]

May have answered my own question....my old man read the sight gage on the hydraulic reservoir wrong. It was a mere 15-qt low after purging the old fluid and adding new -- that's all, LOL. There was a smudge on the sight glass and he thought it was actually showing fluid. Sump is 42-qt. Good times!!