DIY shovel for a tiller from a barrel

19th May 2021

How to make a do-it-yourself blade for a tiller

Making a blade for a tiller with your own hands is not difficult at all if your farm has an angle grinder, drill and welding machine.
Here is one of the simple options for such a product for the owners of tillers. You will not have to search for a suitable metal for a long time, since for this you can use an ordinary two-hundred-liter steel barrel.

Carefully cut it into three pieces and you have three curved segments for the shovel. Welding two of them along the contour, we get a product with a metal thickness of three millimeters, which is quite enough to ensure the rigidity of the blade.

The lower part of the blade is reinforced with a knife. To do this, you will need a 5 mm thick steel strip equal to the length of the blade’s grip. Holes with a diameter of 5-6 mm are drilled in the knife with a step of 10-12 cm to fix the rubber safety strip.

The design of fastening the blade to the tiller is quite simple and can be easily implemented in a home workshop. At the same time, a 40×40 mm square pipe is welded to the blade, welded from two segments of the barrel, approximately in the middle of its height for reinforcement. Then a semicircle of thick steel is welded to the pipe in its middle, in which three holes are made, necessary to fix the angles of rotation of the shovel-blade.

After that, an L-shaped holder is cooked from the same pipe, one end of which is inserted into the hole in the semicircle, and the other is bolted to the tiller frame. To adjust the lifting height of the shovel, bolts A and B are used. They are screwed into the holes in a piece of square pipe, which is welded to the hitch and put on the L-shaped holder.

Homemade blade for a tiller do it yourself drawings

Snow plows, easily mounted on all types of equipment, significantly speed up and facilitate the process of clearing snow. Any snow blower blade for a tiller contains three main parts. a snow shovel, a shovel angle adjustment device and an attachment point that fixes the shovel on the tractor frame.

There are several designs of ready-made dumps that are included in the attachment kits, however, such a “grader” can make a homemade dump for the tiller with your own hands, the drawings are given below.

The dump shovel is an attachment piece used in conjunction with the tiller. With its help, it is possible to mechanize such ordinary work on the land plot as garbage collection, snow removal in winter, as well as leveling the ground and moving it from one place to another. Dump shovels have various modifications, but in general they are characterized by the general principle of operation and device. As a rule, they have several typical operating positions. Usually these are the following three points:

forward
left (with a slope of 30 degrees)
to the right (with a slope of 30 degrees)

Blade for tiller device and equipment

Shovels for tillers can be equipped with metal blades-attachments, which are convenient for leveling the ground, as well as rubber attachments, designed for clearing snow.
Since there is a wide range of modifications of shovel-dumpers, when choosing such an attachment, be sure to make sure that the device can be installed on an existing tiller.

Manufacturers do not equip tiller blades with spring damping mechanisms, since due to the low speed of movement, special protection against contact with uneven ground is not required. The tiller also does not need lifting and slewing devices, which significantly reduces the total cost of the snow removal kit.

When equipping your tiller with snow plow accessories, buy special metal grousers. Replacing pneumatic wheels with such “shoes” significantly improves the quality of snow removal.
for mounted shovels for tillers are low and range from 4000 to 6000 rubles.

Working with a tiller blade

Before starting work, the shovel-blade of the tiller is manually turned left and right at an angle of up to 30 degrees. The position adjustment operation is completed by setting the desired angle and securing the blade in the selected position with cotter pins.

The width of the blade for a tiller shovel is usually one meter (some models may have a different value) with a bucket metal thickness of 2 to 3 mm. In the factory, shovels are made of high quality steel.

How to make a do-it-yourself blade for a tiller drawings, videos, photos

The harsh winter is such that the owners of private houses often have to deal with snow removal. To solve the snow problem, they use various tools, shovels, etc. Manual snow removal from a large area with the existing level of technology development has become a rare case. And really, why do you need to waste long hours and energy on clearing snowdrifts and debris from your backyard, if you can make a homemade dump for a tiller with your own hands?

DIY shovel blade for tiller

The size of our shovel blade for the tiller will be 850x220x450mm. The blade itself is made of steel sheet with a thickness of 2-3 mm. The uprights located inside are made of 3-4 mm thick sheet and serve as stiffeners.

Holes are drilled in them in place to attach the blade to the rods, taking into account the strictly vertical position of the blade in relation to the front of the tiller.

1. dump sheet (tin);
2. rack 4pcs (stiffeners);
3. the bottom sheet of the dump (tin);
4. knife;
5. an eye for fastening the traction.

The blade fixing bracket is installed on the tiller legs, to which the base of the front tiller support is attached, and the same M10 bolts are used. Rods 520 mm long are fastened to the brackets with M8 bolts with wing nuts, which are attached to the stiffeners of the blade.

In the inner stiffeners (strut x 3-4 mm thick) holes are drilled to fasten the blade to the rods so that the blade is in a vertical position with respect to the tiller. The blade is additionally fixed on the chiller by means of two adjusting rods: in the inoperative position, they enable the brackets to be unloaded. A knife with dimensions of 3x100x850 mm is bolted to the bottom of the blade.

1. blade;
2. barbell;
3. bracket;
4. thrust.

The bottom of the dump is sheathed with sheet metal to prevent it from being buried in the ground. The width (depth) of the bottom can be made smaller than shown in the drawing. With a blade height of 450mm and a depth of 220mm, it looks more like a bucket.

Taking these recommendations as a basis and experimenting with sizes will help to make a blade-blade for different tillers: Neva, Salut, etc. Then snow removal with a tiller will become an easy and pleasant thing for you.

Blade (shovel) for tiller

Residents of many countries in the post-Soviet space know firsthand how severe winters can be. a huge amount of snow falling in some regions seriously interferes with the life and movement of people. Fortunately, this problem can be solved by building a snow blower for a tiller. This device, simple in design, will allow you to get rid of caked and freshly fallen snow, saving the time and energy of its owner.

How to make a do-it-yourself blade for a tiller. procedure and advice for beginners

The easiest way to make a shovel for a tiller is to use a sheet of steel, about 3 mm thick. This method will make it possible to make a reliable device that can cope not only with freshly fallen, but also with caked snow.

Immediately before assembling the shovel, you should carefully study the drawings. In them, it is imperative to indicate the dimensions of each of the parts used, as well as the appropriate methods for their installation in the manufactured structure.

If a home-made snow plow is regularly used to clear snowdrifts, then a bucket made of steel will need to be reinforced with corners or stiffeners made of steel, at least 1 cm thick.In the racks used, you will need to first make holes that will make it possible to fix the shovel on the rods. It is imperative that the homemade snow shovel is positioned strictly upright. To do this, you will need to have a barbell, shovel, rod and a suitable bracket available.

A homemade snow plow for a tiller should consist of the following elements:

4 struts for bucket rigidity;
horizontal and vertical plane of the blade;
lugs for fixing rods;
knife.

To collect a snow plow, you will need the following tools and materials:

hardened steel sheet 85 x 70 cm and 3 mm thick;
4 hardened steel plates, 45 x 23 cm and 4 mm thick;
2 lugs for fixing the used rods;
bolts for fastening brands M8, M10 and M12, fastening nuts and washers;
a set of drills for working with metal;
wrenches and pliers;
a piece of thick, fairly dense, durable rubber;
a piece of thick steel sheet;
angle grinder and discs for working with metal;
electric welding machine;
electric drill.

The manufacturing sequence is as follows:

First you need to make a suitable shovel for the tiller for removing snow. For this purpose, the steel sheet is heated with a gas burner and bent into a semicircle. After that, stiffeners must be welded to the rear surface of the blade, and a rubber strip must be bolted in front of the blade at the bottom of the blade;
After that, one steel plate must be welded on the sides of the bucket. they will hold the collected snow;
In the central parts of the welded side walls, one hole must be drilled;
Further, a shaft with a screw mechanism fixed to it is inserted into the holes made;
After assembling the dump, you will need to make a chute through which the collected snow masses will be thrown to the side;
To make a gutter, you need to take a wide water pipe and weld its upper surface of the made blade. In order for the snow to pass freely through the chute, in the part of the dump where the chute is installed, you will need to make a wide hole;
A thin steel plate must be welded at the point of attachment of the gutter and blade, which will prevent the loss of collected snow;
At the finishing stage, the finished snowplow for the tiller will need to be painted, thereby protecting it from corrosion. The result of the work done can be seen in the photo.

A tiller auger snow plow made in this way will make it possible to remove a large amount of snow. Depending on the power of the auger mechanism used, the throwing distance of snow masses will be from 2 to 8 m.

Design features of a homemade blade

The first thing to do before manufacturing equipment is to understand its design features. Any snow thrower for a tiller consists of a fairly hardy working body, an attachment point, a mechanism for adjusting the direction in which snow masses are thrown, as well as a power unit that holds the shovel on the chassis of the used tiller.

Both factory and homemade shovels can have 3 positions:

front;
to the left, while the slope angle is 30 ⁰;
to the right, while the slope angle is 30 ⁰.

Immediately before work, a used home-made mounted snow blower for a tiller must be turned left or right, observing a slope angle of 30 ⁰. After that, the fixture is fixed in a suitable position by means of steel cotter pins.

An important role when using a homemade shovel is played by its dimensions. The most productive, and, therefore, the most effective in small and medium-sized areas will be a nozzle for cleaning snow, 1 m wide and 30-40 cm high. But so that a device with such dimensions does not break under the weight of wet snow, the thickness of the metal must be at least 5 mm. Provided that a nozzle with a smaller size is created, the material, respectively, can be thinner.

Blade from a gas cylinder. the procedure for self-production

The method of making a snow plow from a barrel has been known for a long time. It allows you to make an effective and shock-resistant snowplow, capable of handling not only freshly fallen snow, but also snowdrifts up to 1 m high.

To assemble a rotary snow blower for a tiller, you will need to prepare materials and equipment in advance.

For work you will need:

an old iron barrel, with a volume of about 200 liters;
steel strip, 85 x 10 cm in size and at least 3 mm thick;
drills for working with metal;
pliers and wrenches;
a piece of thick steel sheet;
electric drill and welding machine;
a piece of thick rubber.

For work, you will also need a detailed diagram. It should indicate the dimensions of the spare parts used and the sequence of their installation into the overall structure.

The further order of actions during assembly is as follows:

Using an angle grinder, you need to cut off the top cover and bottom from the drum used. The resulting cylinder should be cut into 3 equal longitudinal parts;
Two of the three pieces must be welded to each other along the existing contour. The remaining piece will need to be cut by the angle grinder into identical strips. in the future they will be used as stiffeners. Two such strips must be welded to the side parts of the shovel being made, and all the rest must be evenly distributed over its entire length;
Further, at the bottom of the blade, you need to install a snow knife. It can be made from a steel strip measuring 85 × 10 cm. 3 holes need to be drilled in the knife. The diameter of each of them should be approximately 6 mm, and the distance between them should be approximately 20 cm. The knife should be attached to the working edge of the blade by means of suitable bolts;
The next step is to assemble the mount for the made blade. To do this, a piece of pipe will need to be welded to the central part of the finished blade;
Then you need to make a holder, which should have an L-shape. With a short part, this element is mounted in a pivoting semicircle. The other side of the holder must be installed on the tiller motor frame;
You can always adjust the height of the homemade blade by using the two bolts used, screwed into the recess provided in the square pipe. The pipe itself must be welded to the tiller’s coupling mechanism and put on the used L-shaped holder. Making a snow plow from an iron barrel will clearly demonstrate the video.

With a self-made snow plow from a barrel, cleaning the snow will be much easier and faster. A home-made device to easily cope with the clearing of icy snow and drifts from wet caked masses.

MVI 3902

Self-installation of a snow blower on a tiller

The blade is attached to the tiller by means of the provided brackets, which must first be installed on the tiller engine frame. As additional clamps used, you will need to use the two rods available in the structure, which, initially, are inoperative. Thus, the rods will relieve the brackets used. The knife provided in the design will need to be fixed at the lower horizontal edge with bolts. details about the method of mounting the blade can be seen in the photo.

In the process of work, you need to monitor the height of the equipment, otherwise the tiller engine will succumb to an increased load, and the bucket itself will scratch the decorative coating of the local area.

A homemade snow plow can be installed and actively used on the Neva MB-1 and MB-2, Oka, Salyut, Agro, Patriot, Kaskad, MTZ, Agat and other agricultural machines of domestic and imported production. If necessary, a sweeping brush and other devices designed for cleaning the territory can also be installed on the tiller with a blade.

Tiller bucket from a gas cylinder

These photos, diagrams and drawings will help give a second life to an old unnecessary gas cylinder:

Homemade blade-shovel made of sheet steel

If you have sheets of steel or tin with a thickness of 2-3 mm on your farm, then you can make an excellent blade-shovel from this material. We offer to study the diagrams and drawings, where all the necessary dimensions are indicated.

Characteristics:

Capture width, mm	800
Overall dimensions L / W / H, mm.	850/280/370
Offset angle, degrees.	thirty
Weight, kg	16

Installation type relative to the tiller

Due to the relative simplicity of the design, the relatively low weight (up to 16 kg.) And the great functionality of the work performed, the blades can be attached to both medium and heavy tillers.

Depending on the design of the tiller itself, the canopy can be connected:

to the front;
behind the motorized device, taking into account that the steering column of the latter rotates 180 degrees around its axis.

Varieties of couplings for tillers of famous brands

The hitch is an indispensable device that comes complete with a tiller, which allows you to aggregate various attachments. Depending on the brand of the tiller, its design, the configuration of the coupling itself also changes. In addition, the couplings are also adjustable (angle of attack, horizontal) and non-adjustable.

There are several types of mounts:

Dump-shovel “Centaur” 1080

Characteristics:

Capture width, mm	1000
Shovel height, mm	450
Offset angle, degrees.	thirty
Weight, kg	28

What is this structure?

Snow clearing equipment can be installed on any agricultural machinery, including tillery. The use of these devices will greatly facilitate the life of the owner of a private house, since with their help it is much easier to get rid of drifts than manually.

The moldboard for the tiller consists of several parts: a knife, a mechanism for adjusting the angle of rotation, fasteners and a lock on the chassis. There are many options for factory dumps, but their cost is quite high. For this reason, owners use blueprints to help them assemble attachments on their own.

There are several design options that allow you to work on different areas. The dump must be strong enough so that it can not only remove the dense mass of snow, but also level the sites, rake debris and perform other work at different times of the year. The advantage of using dumps is that all work will be performed as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Homemade Tiller Shovel

A motor-cultivator is a useful tool that will help you not only plow the land on the site, but also move loads or clear the area of snow. To use the additional functions, you will need to purchase a special attachment. It is not cheap, so many equipment owners make various hinges, including, for example, a do-it-yourself blade for a tiller.

Blade manufacturing rules

The main rule that must be taken into account when drawing up homemade drawings is the correspondence between the amount of work and the power of the unit. Overloading can lead to increased wear of components and mechanisms, their breakdown and machine failure.

When planning the manufacture of a do-it-yourself blade for a tiller, you must adhere to the following criteria:

Strength. The knife must have a sufficient resource to serve for at least 5 years. All its parts and mechanisms must be made based on the maximum permissible load and strong impacts.
Dimensions. A homemade shovel should not be too wide and high. The optimal dimensions are considered to be 80-130 cm wide and 30-50 cm high.
The presence of a lifting mechanism. The tiller blade can be lifted hydraulically or by levers. This option allows you to remove snow from the yard or use the unit as a loader in the summer.
Possibility of mounting a swivel joint. With the help of such devices, you can control the knives by tilting them up or down, right or left. The choice of the angle of attack allows for better shoveling of snow and debris away from the track.
Mandatory installation of a dense rubber shock absorber strip on the bottom of the bucket. This device is necessary in order to protect the tiller from impacts, the bucket from deformation or breakage, and the roadway from mechanical damage.
Quick installation and removal. Since the tiller is a multifunctional device, all manipulations on its equipment should be carried out promptly and without the use of complex equipment.

The blade layout assumes its installation on the front bracket, under the body or behind the unit. The most optimal is the frontal position of the blade. This position provides the highest quality cleaning.

The bucket made can have a horizontal or vertical orientation. The second option is chosen in cases where you have to work in cramped conditions.

Working with a tiller blade

The width of the blade for a tiller shovel is usually one meter (some models may have a different value) with a bucket metal thickness of 2 to 3 mm. In the factory, shovels are made of high quality steel.

Differences between other modifications of the grader

If you want to make attachments from steel sheet, then you should take options at least 3 millimeters thick. You should not buy thicker steel, as it will be very difficult to shape it. To ensure rigidity, make the struts of stronger steel, narrow strips will be easy to bend.

Holes are made in these posts to help you secure the attachment to the chiller. In total, this design provides 4 parts: a pair of rods, a working blade, brackets and rods. A steel plate knife is bolted to the shovel. A minimum of 4 stiffeners must be installed on a steel grader. Brackets are mounted on the frame of the motor power unit.

The rods are attached to the blade and brackets. When inoperative, it is necessary to lower the working blade in order to relieve the load from the frame of the power unit of the cultivator. The rotary mechanism of this grader is manufactured according to the same principle as in the variant described above.

Buying ready-made attachments can punch a decent hole in your budget, so it’s worth paying attention to the DIY instructions above. Having a gas cylinder or an old barrel on hand, you can make this design yourself.

Garden cultivator Tornadica unboxing & test vs shovel

In terms of time, work usually takes no more than three hours. Additional materials for making a grader will cost you much less than a factory made knife. It is quite simple to use the tiller to clear snow from the areas: set the shovel at an angle of 30 degrees.

A self-made grader will perfectly cope with the snow mass. Users report that it is easy for them to level sites for construction, laying paving slabs or equipping beds.

Tools and materials

You can install a snow clearing knife on the frame of any motor-cultivator with a power of more than 4 hp. and a weight of at least 50 kg. The heavier the machine is, the better it will cope with the effects of a blizzard. It is best to equip the domestic tiller Neva with a shovel. This equipment has high performance, adapted to work in the most severe weather conditions with maximum load.

A do-it-yourself shovel for a tiller is made using the following devices:

roulette;
welding machine;
angle grinder with discs for cutting and grinding metal;
electric drill;
set of wrenches;
screwdriver;
paint, paint brush.

After preparing the tool for work, it is necessary to decide on the material from which the shovel-blade for the Tiller Neva will be made. You can make a shovel from various metal products that have a sufficient margin of safety.

Dump on Tiller Neva can be assembled from the following materials:

An old gas bottle. The thick walls of the cylinder are resistant to high mechanical stress. Having received such a blade, the tiller will be able to cope with compacted snow, level roads, move sand and gravel.

Barrels with a volume of 200 liters. It should be borne in mind that the walls of the barrel are made of thin steel. Such a shovel for the Neva tiller can only be used to remove fresh snow, which did not have time to thicken and become covered with infusion.

Metal strips. Bumpers from trucks or corrugated steel, which cover the floors of hangars and warehouses, are well suited for making a blade for a tiller.

In order to make a swivel mechanism, you need steel with a thickness of at least 10 mm. You can find such material at scrap metal collection points. The manufacture of fasteners involves the use of shaped steel pipes 20×40 mm.

When working on loose and deep snow, homemade snow removal equipment can get stuck. This problem can be solved with the help of tracks installed on the axle shaft of the unit. Homemade tracked snow blower can work in any conditions, productivity is not inferior to special equipment.

Homemade blade for a tiller do it yourself drawings

Snow plows, easily mounted on all types of equipment, significantly speed up and facilitate the process of clearing snow. Any snow blower blade for a tiller contains three main parts. a snow shovel, a shovel angle adjustment device and an attachment point that fixes the shovel on the tractor frame.

forward
left (with a slope of 30 degrees)
to the right (with a slope of 30 degrees)

Sources:

http://pro-traktor.ru/motobloki/navesnoe-oborudovanie-na-motoblok/otval-lopata.html
http://fermerinform.ru/otval-lopata-dlya-motobloka/
http://booktube.ru/samodelnaja-lopata-dlja-motobloka/

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