I put this question on the urethane post... perhaps it was the wrong place to ask.
I just swapped out three V plows with the urethane edge/catcher kits for Boss V blades. Two of the plows went out the other night with our first snow fall. Niether plow came back with the snow catchers?
I'd like to know why they ripped off. The lower bolt on the cathers both sheared off while the upper bolt was still in tact and on the one catcher, still holding onto a piece of urethane. The bolts were the original OEM bolts - grade 5 I believe. The catchers I just bought to replace them come with grade 8 bolts.
Does the urethane edge give a little thus causing more exposure to the catcher causing it to rip off? The replacement OEM type catcher which is a rubber type compound seems a little more flexible and thinner than the urethane catchers. Could it be that the U cather does not flex enough?
When you reuse a bolt, does it get weakened from the impact wrench? Did I weaken the bolt? In retrospect would new hardware have prevented this?
If it was one truck I'd scratch my head and wonder what the operator hit. This was on two different trucks, two drivers, one commercial and one residential route. Both on the same night. I tend then to think it's the equipment not the operator.
I still have the third plow with the urethane catcher that we did not use and I'd like to do something if at all possible to keep this from happening to that truck. When trying to drill out and remove the bolts from the center pin we broke off two easy outs. I replaced the center pins since they are only about $25.00 each. Easier than drilling/retapping for the moment. Rather not have to do this on the third truck if I can avoid not loosing the catcher.
I just swapped out three V plows with the urethane edge/catcher kits for Boss V blades. Two of the plows went out the other night with our first snow fall. Niether plow came back with the snow catchers?
I'd like to know why they ripped off. The lower bolt on the cathers both sheared off while the upper bolt was still in tact and on the one catcher, still holding onto a piece of urethane. The bolts were the original OEM bolts - grade 5 I believe. The catchers I just bought to replace them come with grade 8 bolts.
Does the urethane edge give a little thus causing more exposure to the catcher causing it to rip off? The replacement OEM type catcher which is a rubber type compound seems a little more flexible and thinner than the urethane catchers. Could it be that the U cather does not flex enough?
When you reuse a bolt, does it get weakened from the impact wrench? Did I weaken the bolt? In retrospect would new hardware have prevented this?
If it was one truck I'd scratch my head and wonder what the operator hit. This was on two different trucks, two drivers, one commercial and one residential route. Both on the same night. I tend then to think it's the equipment not the operator.
I still have the third plow with the urethane catcher that we did not use and I'd like to do something if at all possible to keep this from happening to that truck. When trying to drill out and remove the bolts from the center pin we broke off two easy outs. I replaced the center pins since they are only about $25.00 each. Easier than drilling/retapping for the moment. Rather not have to do this on the third truck if I can avoid not loosing the catcher.
I drilled into the cutting edge on both sides of the blade. Then i bolted a 1 1/2" piece of rubber on both sides of the cutting edge, it touched in the center but was 2 pieces. Then, I took another piece of stiff rubber and measured for when the plow was in V position and bolted it to the rubber on either side so it would flex the correct way when in straigh, V or scoop. This worked very good! Well, it did untill i had to replace the cutting edge at the end of the season and then didn't put it back on because i figured I'd have the center shoe that would work great. So, we'll see how it goes when we get snow next week!!!:cash Jon
