Ryan_M's 1949 CJ3A

[Ryan_M]

Cool set up.� But wait, I thought you had a little tank for the snow removal duties.

Tim

So what's the issue with a little redundancy??

[Quebec Jeep]

Cool set up.� But wait, I thought you had a little tank for the snow removal duties.

Tim

So what's the issue with a little redundancy??

The tank is for the little boy to play....the other is for the wife to do the right job!

[Jeff_M]

That plow will probably lift much faster when you rev the engine up a bit.� Which is why a standard shift is nice when using an engine-driven hydraulic pump.� When you come into a snowbank, you step on the clutch and race up the motor to lift the blade quickly as you're shifting into reverse.� That's "old school" plowing.

[BMIC]

My experience with a plow on a 48 CJ2A years ago was that angle plowing was virtually useless because of the weight of the jeep.
Now Ryan, you of the "Willys Hotline", there must be a rusting Willy's snowblower attachment sitting in some back yard up here. This is Maine, moving snow is is what we do for 11 months of the year. A snowblower on a jeep is the way to go...

[Ryan_M]

[media]https://youtu.be/eqaiR0gLEvY[/media]

[Quebec Jeep]

Thank Ryan for posting it. I'm taking a lot of note for when i iwill install mine.

[Ryan_M]

So it was barely enough to justify but to keep it from icing over I hit the road with the plow...and it works. I wonder if Walck's offers quantity discounts on clutches? I have a feeling I'll be changing them as frequently as the engine oil.

[media]https://youtu.be/9jIgmmkzHl8[/media]

[Kirkski]

What fun seemingly, man I'm really liking the video presentations. Alternating views and so forth, that's it I'm ordering mine this week!!

[Ryan_M]

What fun seemingly, man I'm really liking the video presentations. Alternating views and so forth, that's it I'm ordering mine this week!!

If you do order one, draw a big black line through your calendar next weekend as that's all you'll be doing 

[Jeff_M]

It's still hard for me to believe how good the video quality is from such a small unit.

[Ryan_M]

I found an old guy in an old shop with some old tools to custom make some NEW tire chains for the red Jeep. We are currently getting walloped with fresh snow so the timing is good. The chains are pretty beefy:



Here's one installed on the spare tire from the gray Jeep I brought in to the shop as a test fit guinea pig.







And installed on the red Jeep.
 


I barreled through 8" of snow just now with surprising efficiency. So far it's way better than I expected. I'm ecstatic. I did get stuck once (semi-intentionally.....you have to push the limits to find them, right?) but since the Jeep is so light I was able to pluck it out of the ditch with my Tundra without it even breaking a sweat, another plus.

It's still snowing hard so I'll get another round in tomorrow morning.

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[Ryan_M]

Enough fires already.

Old wiring out!



New Walck's harness in!



This is the third one of these I've installed and it is still much easier to have a completed visual aid parked 6' away for continual quick reference.

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[scoutpilot]

[size=12]I�ll give you an Amen on that one![/size][/b]

[Jeff_M]

You must have been fairly confident to tackle a harness replacement on your sole plow vehicle in the dead of winter. 

Also, are your chains snug enough that you don't even need rubber bungee cords to snug them up?  They look great.

[garage gnome]

Yum! Spaghetti wiring!