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Posted by: action450s
When your plowing, you need to make a ramp to stack the snow high. I use the following technique:
Bank snow as normal until the blade wont stack it higher.
Raise the blade about 4-6 inches off the ground.
Lean as far back on the rack as you can.
Hit the snow bank at a decent speed, if done correctly, the blade should ride up the snow knocking over the top 1/2 of the bank. Repeat with varying blade heights, and adding more snow until you have a decent ramp, the more you drive up it, the more that snow compacts making it easier to stack snow higher. I've stacked snow at least 10' high to the top of the ramp, kinda like driving up a hill and depositing your load on the far side.
Posted by: action450s
Oh, and if you have wet sticky snow sticking to the balde, spray the blade with no stick aerosol cooking spray....works wonders on snowblower shutes that clog with wet sticky snow too.
Posted by: Starky
I'm waiting to get home in February and try out the new tracks in the deep stuff.
Posted by: UGLY88
Had the new ArctiCat in the snow for the first time! SIMPLY AMAZING! A lot of fun. that is all I hae to say.
Posted by: UGLY88
All rainy by me too now.
Posted by: Reb2
Been a fairly dry winter here, only about a foot and a half on the ground now. I has also been colder than usual so the snow I have pushed is like pushing salt.
Posted by: DavidLT250S
we got about 16 inches on friday it was over the bumpers on the truck
Posted by: yamaharaptor350
we got a little more than a foot in Mass if your talkin about that storm we had like a week or so ago
Posted by: neversunk
I'm already out of room to put the snow...the plow is done for awhile...I'm using the toro for the next storm
Posted by: BigDog800EFI
I think you need a bigger winch. I can pick mine right off the ground.
Posted by: sandpit
We've only got about 4" so far.
Posted by: nick05eiger
This was my first winter with a quad.....man is it fun flying through the snow. I dunno about you guys up in MI, but here in Ohio the last snowfall was extremely wet. I hit a small drift and my quad lurched to a stop and the winch wouldnt even pull it out. I had to dig under it to get her to move.
Posted by: 250exridr
your winch couldnt even pull it out!?!?!!!
Posted by: csr44
6-10" in the forcast today! Can't wait; new Quad, New 60" plow, staying out all night on your new toy; Priceless!
Posted by: csr44
Well, up here in da Upper Pennisula heh, we usually get pretty good snow, but it sounds like you guys toward the east had plenty to play with. Last week we had around 6-7" of the wet sticky stuff; kept sticking to the blade. Right now it is about 4 deg. with -20 windchill in the forecast! I have been learning alot from this forum and I decided although, the manual lift was working plenty well on my 60" cycle country blade, I put a Venom winch on this weekend to lift. I must admit, the quality was pretty impressive, the mount is laser cut and powder coated nice, the unit looks and sounds like the expensive ones. The only thing I found to be a problem was the cables that lead from the winch motor to the solenoid connector ran about 6" too short for my 05 Rubicon, with the connector mounted on the right side of the storage box. I ended up cutting the battery leads in half and addeing to the motor leads. Other than that, I will see how this thing holds up with the plow this winter.
Posted by: Augie
I can't wait to start playing...umm...I mean workin with my new rig. Send some of that snow this way.
Posted by: Augie
I'm jealous of you guys, normally by now I don't see any grass at all but half my yard is exposed due to the strange winter we're having so far. Gets cold, snows, gets warm rains, rinse lather and repeat.
