How To Bend Moldboard Sheet Steel For A Plow Blade

Page 1 of 2 building a one bottom steel wheel pull type moldboard plow posted in garden tractor implement forum.

How to bend moldboard sheet steel for a plow blade. Driving a big chevy up onto a pipe to bend it. On pull type plows the main hitch bar should extend down ward from the hitch of the tractor. We have options from diamond fisher and meyer for many varieties of truck makes including dodge ford chevy jeep and more. Hitch on the plow is too high.

Plow enters the ground and the draft of the plow. What would be a good thickness that i could bend into shape with c clamps and maybe a torch. This plow i m redoing is for my s 10 blazer and was originally one of the more heavy duty line of plows. I them painted my frame and bolted my poly skin to my frame.

Weller moldboards are installed on graders from coast to coast in the united states and we ve also sent them to canada mexico australia south korea south africa portugal. Little sketchy that the wood was rotten. 3 shows the correct vertical alignment for the hitches on two three and four bottom pull type plows. On the larger machines we would made a template of the curve of the face and send the steel out for bending.

I started this afternoon and got this much done. Hey i am redoin a plow and the moldboard on it is very rusty and quite thick 3 16 inch. Most people wouldnt be able to tell it used to be a steel plow. We ve been fabricating new replacement moldboards right here in our kansas facility since 2005.

How to make garden plow. I want to loose as much weight as i can. Ask your steel supplier for advise and pricing. I used actual 3 8 thick poly that they make poly plows in the factory with.

I used my plasma cutter and cut my rotted steel skin off of my plow. The plow i am using is a seven inch one bottom david bradly sears three point hitch plow. If you need a plow blade skin replacement look through our selection of skins and replacement parts. Whether you need a metal weld on skin replacement or a trip edge base replacement we have many parts to choose from.

The hardest thing about the project was to bend the mold board into the place. Our moldboard track record is great. My idea is to build a pull type frame with a pull rope. You still have to dog the plates in but it isn t so much work.