Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[TheFarmerInAdell]

The ATV Snowblower Low Down - What You NEED to Know - ATV-Guide

I saw one of those at the ATV shop about 12 years ago. They're quite pricy if I remember right. But for an ATV it's a better choice than a plow in the heavy snow. I remember plowing with an ATV when I was a teen living at home and the machine just didn't weigh enough to push some of the snow we'd get.

 

[TractorTYMe]

I've always thought the atv snowblowers were a dumb solution. ATV's clutch systems aren't made to go as slow as a snowblower needs to. Going to wear out them clutches real quick.

 

[beenthere]

we have had a few snow days this season since late October, but have only needed to plow 1 time so far. now there predicting snow on and off for 8 days coming later this week. dont know if it will happen, but what snow we have had is still hanging around and BURR is it cold. so i decided to chain the tractor up today inside the heated shop. ground has remained icy for past week. View attachment 678921 View attachment 678922 View attachment 678923



also while testing everything i found out that 1/4 of the lights in the Whelen LED beacon are dead. leds last forever...my butt. this is a $400 strobe. i just emailed Whelen to see if they can repair it.

grsthegreat
Suggest taking some length out of your tire chains so they fit your tires, and you could save a lot of trouble keeping them tight. Hard to buy chains that fit.. they come in just a few lengths with the idea "one size fits a lot of tires". Maybe more work than you want to do, but just passing it on.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have had tractors where the vibration on the ROPS from the engine, would destroy any lighting device you put on it. Usually at idle.

 

[KubotainNH]

I saw one of those at the ATV shop about 12 years ago. They're quite pricy if I remember right. But for an ATV it's a better choice than a plow in the heavy snow. I remember plowing with an ATV when I was a teen living at home and the machine just didn't weigh enough to push some of the snow we'd get.

I strapped a bunch of cement blocks onto the back rack of my Fourtrax 2x4 machine plus added chains to get enough traction to plow with it before I got my truck plow. The plus is you could easily pull some speed with the auto clutch but heavy sticky snow was a pain.

I've always thought the atv snowblowers were a dumb solution. ATV's clutch systems aren't made to go as slow as a snowblower needs to. Going to wear out them clutches real quick.

I agree which is why I'm building a similar snowblower setup that quickly attaches to the bucket of my tractor. It is geared plenty low for that job and 4x4 helps in a big way.

 

[Reb954]

I've always thought the atv snowblowers were a dumb solution. ATV's clutch systems aren't made to go as slow as a snowblower needs to. Going to wear out them clutches real quick.

I assume you mean the belt drive clutches. If so, it is the belt that would wear due to slipping from going slow and/or slow starts, not the clutch.

Using a snow plow on a belt drive atv is pretty hard on the clutch. Every time you push snow the clutch is fully cycled, then when you reverse, the clutch is full cycled again which adds up to a lot more cycles than they would normally get. It cost me about $800 to learn that lesson. The mechanic cautioned me to have the clutch checked every couple years so it could be rebuilt rather than having to be replaced.

 

[Reb954]

I'm not sure if I have posted these pictures before or not but here goes anyway. This is what I use until the ground freezes enough to use the tractor.



Notice the down pressure system for the blade.

 

[airbiscuit]

All this is missing is a mime.

 

[Tony H]

Maybe not, but Whelen has been manufacturing such lights for a lot of years...successfully

I'm thinking about adding one of those strobes atop my 4052...

Yes they have. Most of their lights e wires coming out of their Potted circuit boards as a way to fend off this high mass connector issue. They sure do charge big $$ for their string of LEDs.

 

[TractorTYMe]

I assume you mean the belt drive clutches. If so, it is the belt that would wear due to slipping from going slow and/or slow starts, not the clutch.

Using a snow plow on a belt drive atv is pretty hard on the clutch. Every time you push snow the clutch is fully cycled, then when you reverse, the clutch is full cycled again which adds up to a lot more cycles than they would normally get. It cost me about $800 to learn that lesson. The mechanic cautioned me to have the clutch checked every couple years so it could be rebuilt rather than having to be replaced.

Not Suzuki or Yamaha atv's, I have a 2009 Suzuki KingQuad 500, it has a constant tension belt, and use a wet clutch until the system engages. It does not use slip on sheave like most Polaris, Kawasaki etc. In L mode it slips on the wet clutch until 3Mph before engaging, in H it engages at 6Mph. So using and ATV snowblower would wear out this slipper clutch fast.