hey guys, i have a quick question. I went and was looking at the swisher plows for my 360. I was wondering if the mounting brackets would fit on my 360 or would it just not work. Also, if i did get a plow, would this be bad for my 4 wheeler. It wont be pushing snow constantly. Just the few inches every once and awhile. And finally, how hard is it to take on and and off. Could i put it on, plow, then take it off to go play around in the snow. Thanks

 

I bought the Swisher universal mount, plow and bucket to use on our P360. The mounting was straigtforward and quite easy to do. Hooking up the plow to the mount was simple and the whole system worked well. With that said I did have a problem with the ridged mounting method to the rear hitch on the Prairie. I modified this to allow the rear axle to move up and down without binding on the Swisher mount tube. Leaving the rear mount bolt a little loose would accomplish the same thing but I opted for a home made swivel mount system.

I also extended the mount bar to the rear of the rear axle to facilitate pulling the Swisher Trail Cutter mower we purchased. All of the Swisher products have proven to be well made and reliable so far.

The plow was missing a spring when it arrived by truck, may have been lost in transit as the carton was damaged, but one call to Swisher had a replacement on the way at no charge. I contacted Swisher again about some questions on the mower and found the service department to be knowlageable and very helpful.

We have had very little snow to mess with this year but I did use the plow to level quit a lot, around 60 yards, of gravel and red rock during the summer. The 360 has plenty of power and runs out of traction way before it starts to bog down. Very easy to dig holes in the area you have just leveled and a lite touch is needed on the winch control to avoid overloading the plow.

Hope this helps.

 

Can't help you on the Swisher system but I have a P360 with a Warn 60" blade. The P360 handles it fine.

 

so the only problem youve had was with that diffriential kind of blocking the strait tube and pushing it down words. Is that what the problem was. Could i still use it with out modifying the tube to fit the 360. also, how long does it take to put the mount on and off.

 

Ken

The problem was with the push tube being mounted solid to the front of the quad by way of the springs and A-arm brackets that came with the kit and then also solid mounted to the rear hitch with a large bolt. The spacers provided gave plenty of clearance for the rear housing but when the rear bolt is tightened up solid and the rear axle swings thru its arc it trys to force the front of the push tube up and down. Since the push tube is mounted solid at both ends a lot of binding occured with obvious flexing of the hitch plate.

Also, the way the front of the push tube is mounted ties the lower A-arms on the front end together in a similar fashion. This did not seem to be much of a problem but still was bothersome.

My full scale fix on these problems was to build a "tube within a tube" slip system to support the front of the push tube between the A-arms. On this I welded a sleeve that the push tube rides inside of to keep it centered under the quad. At the rear hitch I built a simple flex joint that can be dismanteled by pulling a 1/2" pin which makes dropping the push tube that much easier. This entire system now supports the front of the push tube and all of the pushing is done from the hitch with no binding strain on the A-arms, hitch or push tube.

I also set the winch up with a double pass on the cable to slow the lift and lower speed by half. Makes it easier to control the plow height and really helps when you are feathering out the end of an area.

Kind of hard to explain and I have no pictures of it to post. Next time I go back to the farm I'll take some pics and get my son to teach me to post them.

 

Forgot to mention: Took about 2 hours to put the kit on the quad the first time. About 10 min to take it off or put it on when it was stock. Takes a couple of min less with the modifications done.