 Dick asked me to post this for him. Hope the photos work! Dick added the following: I have made Sandguards for the snowplows that I use here in Wis in sand country. I have added an piece ot 4" to 6" angle iron with one edge bolted to the cutting edge in place of 3 or 4 of the bolts that hold the cutting edge on. The other side of the angle iron goes back under the blade. Because of the curve of the blade this holds the angle iron so that the front corner is 1" to 2" above the ground and force the blade to ride leaving a inch or so of snow on the drive and prevents digging in. On my blades the "cutting edge" is held to the blade by 6 or more bolts. I take out about every second one. Line up the angle iron - slightly oversized holes predrilled - and put longer bolts through the angle iron, cutting edge, and blade and put lock washers and nuts on. That way I can take the angle iron off easily if I want to, as for plowing on a hard packed base or scraping slush. Leaving the cutting edge on helps stiffen the blade. I use angle iron across the entire blade so I don't miss any possilbe high spots as I plow. I use one piece angle irons on the 6' & 7' blades and two pieces - with about an 1" gap between to make it easy to put on - on the 8' to 10' blades. The pictures show sandguards on several different snow plows. It works well for me. Hope it helps you. Dick Kraus
rwkraus@execpc.com
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