Hi all I was just out plowing and I hit a patch of ice and the blade tripped forward and now it is stuck like that. Any hints on getting the blade to flip back upright? Thanks!

 

Does the the blade dangle when you try to trip it back or does it give you resistance? Take a broom (not your fingers) to the blade spring assemblies to clear out any snow and see if there is anything lodged in them like ice, pack snow or rocks. Otherwise, I'm thinking your springs may be shot or the spring brackets or the eye bolts where the springs attach may have broken off. If you have a downforce kit, your gas spring may have seized up.

 

The thing is the plow is only a month old so I don't see how the springs would be shot. I have tried to force it back up but but it's like it's locked flat? Any other advice would be great suppose to get ten inches tonight...

 

what kinda plow? manufacturer? front or mid mount?

 

Check to make sure the bolts where the blade pivots on the frame aren't too tight. May need to be loosened up a bit. Just watch out while you loosen them that your fingers don't get caught or anything like that. Can't think of much else other than that and what has been mentioned above.

 

I like the idea of checking the bolt on each side of the pushtube to see if they have been overtightened. Typically the stress of plowing loosens these bolts and must be retightened but what the heck. They could have also been misaligned in the slot that allows the blade to pivot and somehow got stuck when you tripped the blade. You could also check your blade stops. They could have been jarred and pivoted forward when you tripped the blade. Yes, be very careful working around there. There is a lot of tension on those springs and when released wouldn't want any of my bits in the way.