Cheap Combine Snowplow

Cheap Combine Snowplow COMBINES Conversions 28-1-25 A New York farmer came up with an inexpensive snowplow by mounting the 10-ft. wide wing off a state highway truck plow on front of an old New Holland 975 combine. Stephen Childs, of Bliss, made the conversion last summer. "It's big and heavy and walks right through deep snow," he says. Bliss bought the plow wing from a neighbor who had been using it on front of his tractor. He modified the brackets already made by that farmer to fit the combine's feederhouse brackets. "It was a cheap way to get a snowplow," says Childs. "We live east of Lake Erie where we get a lot of lake-effect snow, so we use it a lot. I paid $50 for the wing. I bought the combine for $200 from another neighboring farmer who I had worked for in the past. I had operated the combine many times so I knew it would be a good fit. I had to replace the wheels and also gave the engine a tune-up. One thing I don't like is that the wing mounts solidly to the feederhouse mounting brackets, so if I catch it on a rock it won't give. I may remount the wing so that it's spring mounted. I also plan to mount a flatbed on back of the combine. "I had been using a Case-IH 255 4-WD tractor equipped with a 3-pt. mounted, 5-ft. blade. It's a lot nicer to have the blade in front of me and to ride in a nice cab." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stephen Childs, 6207 Horton Rd., Bliss, N.Y. 14024 (ph 585 322-7615 or 585 786-2251).

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