Finally got my AC plow by UPS today, about a week and two snowstorms late. I assembled it tonight and can say that I'm pleasantly surprised at how well built it is. It really makes the hunk of tin of a plow on my craftsman tractor look ill. It's s'posed to snow tomorrow night, gotta hurry up and plow it before it melts!

A few observations: When you sell me something and say that I will have it in 5 to 7 days, don't take 14. When you sell me something and it costs a few hundred dollars, I want to end up with an extra washer and a nylon stop loss nut, or two... not short one of each. When you sell me something that's supposed to pivot, please, please don't run the bolt up so tight that I have to take a pipe wrench to it (using my foot) to break the bolt loose so that it does pivot....GGGrrrrrrrr!!!

Those minor hurdles overcome, bring on the snow!

Also sprung for a block heater, but that we'll tackle another night-

 

Congrats Mike !!
I'm glad it didn't turn out to be another next week ,next week ,next week .
SO you coming over to clean off my driveway in the morn [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Thanks Joe... put the brackets on the frame tonight. Piece of cake. Not sure if i could make it to your place in the a.m., but would be glad to come plow what aint melted tomorrow night, LOL.

 

Been thinking obout getting a plow myself. From where did you pick yours up?

Brent

 

Hey, brent...

I'd rather not say here, since I already jabbed at them above, and I really don't know the reason for the delay... an extra week is not the end of the world, to be sure....

I'll try to drop you a PM-

 

oops, I think I got your lock nut and washer because I ended up with one or two extra parts! I too have the AC plow and the pivot point I think was tightend the way it was is for shipping--or so I would guess. I got to use my new plow for the first time last week and it's sweet. I just have a 250 and it pushes almost a foot of snow with no problem. I do wish the plow had greater ground clearence when fully raised.

 

I have no issue with the reduced ground clearance for cruising up and down my driveway, lol. Though I will leave the drop brackets on the frame for the winter, I can tell I'll be removing them for the spring/summer/fall so that nothing is hanging down, though they do seem pretty rugged-

SOoooo.... how do I go about getting that washer and lock nut from you? Try and PM them to me [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

I put a 60" WARN plow on my '04 500i. I LOVE it! It raises like 18" off the ground. It is built VERY rugged. We had a storm at X-mas and it dumped 26" on us. I had a little problem pushing but not much. After that snow I went out and bought tires and rims. :-) Now I am waiting for the next snow so I can try 'em out. I compared my plow to the one on a buddy's wheeler and there is no comparison. His is a CycleCountry and just seems very cheaply made. I have not got my eyes on the AC plow yet so I cannot comment on it. Just thought I would toss in my 2 cents worth.

 

hey MBullism
i left my plow brackets on last winter and after going out a few times in the snow my brackets got bent and i had a hard time getting the plow back on.
i had to take them off and straiten them out befor i could use them again.
i hope you dont have that problem.

 

well, I thought I had extra parts. It seems now that I can't find the bag they were in. If you still need them let me know, I'll continue to look for them.