Plow and Lift kit

I'm just a little curious. I'm running SOA and I've fabbed up a custom plow frame. The standard cj plow frame is not too accomadating for lifts. I cant be the only one running a lifted cj with a plow on it.

What did you other guys do for a plow frame? Mine has worked out well, but i made it out of steel that was too small, and i welded it in instead of bolting.

My biggest problem is that with the frame being non removable, it destroys my trail performance because it rides beneath the axle. So as my jeep articulates, this stupid fram gets driven into the ground.


I'm gonna take the lessons I Learned, and rebuild the frame this summer with some 3/16" or or 1/4" angle iron like i should have originally. I'm gonna cut out the old frame, make some new crossmembers that bolt in for mounting points and try again.

I'll post some pice of my current mount as soon as it drys out around here, but untill then, what is everybody else running?

Ideally i'd get a second plow vehicle and get rid of this plow set up in its entirety, but thats not really an option, yet.

 

i just finshed fabbing up my undercarriage for my jeep which has a 2 inch lift. i took a stock undercarriage and added to it to get it where i needed it to be. i can take some pics this weekend if interested.

 

I'd be interested to see pics. I'm pretty sure that my design just needs a little tweaking and some thicker steel to be a really sturdy mount. Actually its held up well considering i've used smaller than ideal angle iron.

I'm really just curious as to what everyone else is doing. This is more of an interest thread than a "need ideas" thread.
Thanks,
-Dante

 

Mine just attach to the bottom of the axle. This way it travels with the axle. It always has the same ground clearance.

One of the added benifits is that it folows the contour of the road better.

I also added air shocks to take the load off the springs.


This is for a 7' Meyer Plow by the way. Been working great for the last 11 years.
I'm running 2-1/2" lift with a 1/2" schackle lift and 33" tyres

This might not work to well with a SOA unless you weld on mounting points and run some type of anti-wrap bar to the frame.

 

Boyink, I like the idea of the cbr shock to push the plow down a bit, I find even with the heavy plow, i still need a little extra downforce from time to time. I gotta give you credit, you certaintly were original with that setup.

John, I originally thouhg about making a mount like that, it seems to be the way all the county gov't GMC topkick tucks mount their plows. I was worried about warping the springs.

Also, your pics make me wonder how my shicks ended up in fron of the axle between the tie rod and the axel tube without being at any wierd angle.:? I know i put them there, but now i'm questioning wether or not they were behind the axel before i lifted it. I didnt move the top mounts for the soa. Ok i'm done hijacking my own thread.

This is getting pretty interesting tough.
Thanks,
-Dante

 

i never liked the idea of hanging the undercarriage on the leaf springs. that is what western snowplows did for the setups they made for the cj's. i perfer the meyer setup which attached to the frame at 4 points - 2 in front of the front axle, and 2 behind the front axle. i'm sure the western style works well and it has the benefit of not interfering with lifts, but the meyer setup appears to be so much stronger to me and i believe it disburses a hard hit to the frame more evenly than a hard hit would with the western setup. but i can't speak from experience on the western setup.

 

I put my mounts way up tight to the bumper. Also attached right to the bumper. I added the support going to the back after a trial run proved the original bumper (3X4 stock) was not strong enough to hold up to the rigors of plowing. I initially only braced it from the top side. So now I have bracing top and bottom. Very solid. My lights don't bounce around like most. This year I added the drop brackets to the plow frame. I dropped the rear of my plow 5 inches or so to level out the plow frame. Keeps it from digging in too bad. As you can see in the pics my mounts don't hang any lower than my shackles and my plow frame now sits almost level.

I would offer to get pictures of the plow frame, but it is now buried in the 2 feet of fresh snow we got in the last couple days. That wouldn't be bad except to get at it I have to move a car and my enclosed snowmobile trailer.