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Posted by: robh
Ill push anything that mother nature throws at me with my 300....Rob
Posted by: NY450ES
Have a Honda 450ES with Cycle Country 52" State plow. I have plowed 12-14" in one shot with ease in last years blizzard. Only problem I've seen is if you wanted to plow at higher speeds(like15mph or more) the plow lifted off of the pavement. The reason I wanted to plow at a faster rate was to throw the snow further.
Posted by: Kodiac400
I have a 4ft blade and it will plow what ever I try to. I've seen many time the snow rolling over the top of the blade. Unless its really heavy it is easily pushed. I don't know how much usually falls in your area but 2 feet of snow is nothing (unless very wet).
I have my Kimpex plow hooked to a 02 Kodiak.
Posted by: vhcat400i
last winter was a nasty one in NY and I plowed thru every storm with out any problems.I have an Arctic Cat 400i w/a 60" warn plow(straight blade).Hope this helps.
Posted by: Lightman
I think the front mounted snowblower must distribute the snow better, but does it clean as well? With the plow you can scrape the driveway etc, but can the snowblower remove that lower icy/crusty layer?
Posted by: Lightman
Moving back up to Cleveland in less than a year =]
Posted by: Lightman
that blower is waaaay expenisve, the whole rig is $2k at least eh? Is it that much better than the plow?
Posted by: Mort
OK plow gurus. Which is better a straight plow or a “state” plow? What are the advantages of one over the other? How about the “V” types? I will be plowing a LONG lane and large driveway next year and would be grateful for any plow advice. Some of the drifts in that area can get pretty deep, as in several feet, not including what the road plow leaves in the lane outlet. Most snows are under a foot but sometimes we can get much more than that. The wind blown drifts are my biggest worry. Would a set of v-bar chains be a good investment? I&39;ll most likely be pushing with a 2004 Yamaha Grizzly 660.
Posted by: Mort
That multi-position plow that cycle coutry sells looks interesting. Straight but able to convert to V configuaration if you need to slam through a drift. cool
Posted by: tricat
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I have a cycle country multi-position plow on my 4X4. I plow my drive that is U shaped and most of the time I leave the blade straight and angle it right or left. But one side of my drive drifts in sometimes 2 to 4 feet and this can be very hard to push with a straight blade. I place my plow in the V position and push a hole through the center and then take it from there. With it in the V position you have equal pressure so the quad doesn't spin sideways like it does in the angled position and your not trying to push it all in front of you. You can also put it into a scoop position very nice for cleaning up.
Last year a friend of mine asked me to give him a hand with snow removal (business for him) and I was at a church in town doing the sidewalks. The last walk I did was about 100 feet long and was drifted in with 2 foot of hard packed snow. I didn't think I could get it plowed but figured I would try.
I took a little bit of a run at it with the plow in the V position and to my surprise the plow lifted a bit and was plowing about 1 foot off the top and my quad rode on top of what was left. Turned around and cleaned the rest off. It was like parting the red sea!!
Now the bad part. I don't think anyone sells the multi position plow anymore. To bad because I think they give you the best of all plows. Mite find a used one. I know Polaris used to offer them also in 97/98. </FONT>
Posted by: tricat
Honcho, How hard/easy is the blower to take on and off?
Posted by: tricat
Hey thanks for the reply Honcho. Doesn't seem to be to bad of a job. I have seen other items that seem to take forever to remove just so you can go ridding.
Posted by: wolverine10
There are some utility wheelers you shouldnt buy a plow for. My friend had a Yamaha utility and he bought a plow for it. Within three years he went through two transmissions because of plowing snow. So before you buy a plow make sure your wheeler can handle plowing.
Posted by: js3350z
I was wonderin, on average, how much snow can you push with your ATV? I know it depends on the ATV, snow weather it is fluffy or wet, etc.
So, anyone who plows with there ATV can u please replie wat ATV u have, what plow is on it, and what is the most snow you pushed with it.
THANKS
Posted by: js3350z
anyone else... with more information please
Posted by: js3350z
i am giveing advice about the plows (straight, state, etc.) because my dad's bussiness has plowing contracts at 4 different malls.
when u say "large driveway" i am guessing u mean wider then 1 lane...
In that case you would be at a real disadvantage with a "v" plow because you will just be putting the snow right back next to you, and really only be able to use half the plow. the "v" plows are put on trains when it snows cause they just need there little path cleared.
the state plow would be ok for it, especcially when the snow gets high but be carefull if you are working close to a house (windows) cause the snow will fly with the state plow...
but since you said the snow rearly gets over 1 foot the straight plow would be the best. it would be good because you can tilt the blade, and 60 inch should be fine, if u are usein the grizzly. one more advantage is that it is cheaper then the state.
hope this helps
Posted by: Waylon
I have an kawi bayou 300 4x4 with a homemade plow (Hotwater tank shell). I can usually plow through 2 feet of dry for a distance of around 200 feet (plow is angles to throw the snow to the side of the bike). If the snow is really wet I can only plow around 8-9 inches. Most of the time I am plowing 4-5 feet snow banks so I usually dig a path through it first then scrap at the sides until the driveway is dug. If I had a well made plow or factory one, I could most likely plow more snow.
Posted by: KB291
Have AC 500 auto and 60" blade, winch controlled. Plowed drive (200') and my road (340') laast winter. Snow depth to 18". Did well.
Posted by: Honcho
I had a 60" plow I made. My plow was a tilt style with springs and could be positioned straight, 30 degrees left, or 30 degrees right. I have a 2 car wide X 200 foot "u" shaped driveway to the house and a 250 foot driveway off the "u" to my toy shop out back. I live in Northern New Brunswick, Canada were we get snow from @ Mid december and it stays until @ Mid April. Up here its called "white Gold" for the snowmobile enthusiast and we get on average @ 4 feet of it, but I 've seen were we get 3 ft deep snow storms also...
My bike is a 97 explorer 4x4 with snow chains with ice grippers on each wheel and I never had a problem of pushing the snow... The problem is were you push it to!!! If you push to a certain spot in the yard at the beginning of the winter, by the end of winter, your not pushing it there no more.. each time you push, the bank keeps getting higher and also harder. The snow melts some on nice days and packs when it freezes again. The wet snow also freezes hard. After a while you just push up to your original bank but a little away and it keeps doing this, by the end of winter the drive way shrinks in length because it just gets hard banging into the hard packed banks.
So I guess it also depends on the shape of your driveway, mine because of the "U" shape was very difficult with the plow especially in the deep storms. just a note, four years ago, I sold the plow and bought a Kimpex 13 hp front mount snowblower. No more bank problems and about three times faster than the plow. Hope this helps.
Honcho.
Posted by: Honcho
Lightman:
At the start of the winter, I leave the blower ski's lowered about 1/4", which in turn lifts the blower knife edge up 1/4", so that I Don't pick up to many rocks or gravel. After a good base is obtained, the skis are raised above the knife edge, and the knife edge just rides along the base. This actually cleans just as well as a plow, if not better, and for every pass made, there is no snow thrown out the sides....so you can imagine how much time this save, especially on a long driveway.
P.S.: Why would a florida atv'er worry about plowing/blowing snow, isn't it summer down there every day...
Posted by: Honcho
Tricat:
My blower was purchased with the actual attachment for my bike, not the universal one... You lift up the back end of the blower support, onto the two bars of the attachment and lock in place, then you cross the two guide chains at the front of the bike to the bikes frame. I installed two tighteners and a few shackles to make it easier. In all, I guess it takes about 10 minutes... The chains on the bike take a while though, cause I like them tight.
Lightman:
Yeah, she was expensive, I bought her back in 1998 or 1999, and it was about $2800.00 back then with the winch and chains included.....was it worth it?....It all depends on the length/width of your driveway, the amount of snow you get, the price of a walk-behind unit, the space you have to push snow to, etc, In my case....yep!!!
I did put a pic of my blower in the " My Page" section if your interested.
Posted by: farmkid
i have a 2003 arctic cat 400, looking at getting a pow for it, was wondering ewhat kind of plow u have m were u got it, i will be useing it on a farm, i live about 100 mile southhwest of cghicago, aslo want tobe able to do lite gravel work with it also. any infor u can give me would be helpfulll
