How do you plow snow?

[shooterdon]

You need a RAMMY 155 Commercial single stage snow thrower for your ranger.

Nope. Nyet. Nein.

They are $7800 delivered. My pusher was less than $2300. In the tractor, I sit in a cab with a heater.

I live where it snows a fair bit and never seen one. Maybe they cost way too much.

 

[dnw64]

Updating my snow fighter. Kubota M7060, ...custom hydraulic back drag I fabed up a few weeks ago.

You, my friend are incredible!

99.99% of the population would never even dream of such a project. Of the remaining .01%, 99.99% might dream of it but never attempt it. Of THAT .01%, 99.99% might start but give up. Of THAT .01%, 99.99% might "finish" it, but it would be a cob-job and they'd spend 99.99% of their time fixing it.

Pretty sure that if you do the math, that comes to about 0.00000083 people on earth that would complete such a project to the level of skill and aesthetics seen here. But, rounding UP I guess we found that one.

Showing my work:
8,300,000,000 people on earth in 2025
*.0001 = 830,000 might dream of it
*.0001 = 83 might start
*.0001 = .0083 might "finish"
*.0001 = 0.00000083 do a good job

 

[John_Mc]

Getting outside to unload our 6x6 and get its plow back on so as to do our yard. I will get a few pics for you guys. We have a Outlander 4x4 being assembled now awaiting various parts for it. So we are looking for a plow to go with it that we won't break or wear out. I sent to much time rebuilding the KFI made plow on the 6x6.

It's not surprising that you are breaking plows. With tracks on your 6x6 you have a serious amount of traction... more than a plow designed for an ATV can handle. With the amount of snow you get, you are no doubt giving it a serious workout. With the amount of force you are capable of exerting, you are probably into the realm of a plow designed for a subcompact tractor (or possibly even the smaller end of the compact tractor range).The problem with continually upgrading the construction of the plow is that you will eventually discover what the next weakest link in the system is, and that next link could be something a lot mor eexpensive and hard to fix than an ATV plow frame.

I run a 66" plow on my Honda Pioneer 520 with diamond pattern chains on the rear wheels only. People debate whether to go 60 or 66" on the P520. I went with 66", since I have spacer on my wheels, bringing the overall width to 53". A 60" plow would just barely cover the wheels when angled. I wanted a little more width per pass. For a really heavy snow, I use the snowblower on the 3 pt hitch of the tractor and/or the bucket on the FEL.

The UTV is much faster, when the snow is light enough to handle it (deepest I've tried was only about 10" of "medium weight" snow last year, but I had no trouble with that.)

 

[ArlyA]

It's not surprising that you are breaking plows. With tracks on your 6x6 you have a serious amount of traction... more than a plow designed for an ATV can handle. With the amount of snow you get, you are no doubt giving it a serious workout. With the amount of force you are capable of exerting, you are probably into the realm of a plow designed for a subcompact tractor (or possibly even the smaller end of the compact tractor range).The problem with continually upgrading the construction of the plow is that you will eventually discover what the next weakest link in the system is, and that next link could be something a lot mor eexpensive and hard to fix than an ATV plow frame.

I run a 66" plow on my Honda Pioneer 520 with diamond pattern chains on the rear wheels only. People debate whether to go 60 or 66" on the P520. I went with 66", since I have spacer on my wheels, bringing the overall width to 53". A 60" plow would just barely cover the wheels when angled. I wanted a little more width per pass. For a really heavy snow, I use the snowblower on the 3 pt hitch of the tractor and/or the bucket on the FEL.

The UTV is much faster, when the snow is light enough to handle it (deepest I've tried was only about 10" of "medium weight" snow last year, but I had no trouble with that.)

I got my kfi fabed up to a reasonably good plow. But I would rather buy a plow I don't need to spend X hours making it work right.