Has anyone tried one of these with the handlebar switch. I understand the actuator works well. I'm concerned about the handlebar actuator switch. It looks like it might be hard to push those small buttons with heavy mitts on in the winter. Any experiences?

 

If your talking about the rocker switch for the handle bars, I put one onthis year. Works great, Took a little bit to quit reaching for the rotarty switch, but the switch works great.

 

This isn't a rocker switch. It actually has two separate buttons, one for up, one for down. They use this only with the actuator setup, not the winch. I'm familiar with the rocker switch as I had one to raise and lower my Moose Plow with the winch. From the photos I've seen, it appears that the buttons look pretty small and they might be hard to find or press with heavy leather sled mitts.

 

Jack:

I have on my Prairie 650 and so far it works well. I haven't had a chance to use it in cold enough weather that I had to wear heavy gloves, but I think it'll be fine. Only thing that bugs me a bit is that the cable is too long to attach the pulley to the bottom bar of the front bumper. On the top bar it is a bit too short in that it is fully unwound in the down position. It has excellent clearance in the full up position and mounts up with out any trouble.

Regards,
Eric

 

I just ordered all the stuff today. The Warn 60" blade, mount, tubes, Actuator and handlebar switch, etc. I deicided not to go the route with the winch this time. Heck, I never once used the winch to get unstuck with the Sp500.

I'm also going to add some of those plow sides to this blade and put the rubber top extender from a Moose plow on the warn unit. I have to plow a long run against a fence and I'm constantly using the fence to plow against for leverage having to push it 125 ft. I want to move it out of there instead. I'll let everyone know how it works . . . next winter.