Just considering a utility ATV to use on our 2.2 acres up here in Canada. After getting about 30" of snow last night, it seems like a good time to ask where you can get a snow blower attachment. Would also consider unloading the lawn tractor if I could get a pull behind gang/reel mower. Any ideas?

 

can't help you with a snow blower recommendation - i use a 48" moose plow on my '02 rubicon and have no problems at all (already moved about 10+ ft. of snow so far this year).

as for the grass cutting - you have a few options here. swisher makes some very nice trail cutters and finish mowers you can pull behind the machine. the trail cutter is a rough cut, can easily handle (small) saplings. they also have a finish mower..

both run on different engine options (i believe) - that is, Briggs/Stratton and possibly Honda..

hope this helps.

 

There are a couple of snowblower options. One is from Kimpex and the other is Snow Hogg. Neither are all that cheap $2-3k last I saw. I just saw Northern Tool now sells front end loaders for quads, so that is one more possibility. I personally use a plow and like jaffrican have plowed +/- 10' of snow this season with no problems.
For the mower I have an AgroFab finish mower. Has done great the past two seaons, especially last year when I bought a new house with a 2+ acre lawn. Very fast and fun, I just hate going out to do yard work. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
Once again you can go to Northern Tool, I think they sell Swisher mowers and gang reel mowers.

 

Thanks guys. It seems that everyone agrees that plows are the way to go and definitely a lot cheaper.

 

As far as the snowblowers go, The above posts are absolutely correct.

From the standpoint of a grass cutter, If you only have 2 acres a finishing mower will be quite expensive.

I welded up a frame, tongue and swivel moint to a push mower for less than $40.00 and it has worked beautifully on my 4 acre property.

email me if you want some more info on the design.
brooks@attcanada.ca

Steve

 

Hi I live in New Brunswick and get by fine with a plow...I know a guy who got a used mower attachment from a golf course really cheap he then Jimmy rigged it to his quad....also your public works department or local farmers may also unload o used one cheap...good luck. One more thing try going to Canadian tire web page and look at there plows in there garden section I hear that they can mount up to quads and they are in the $250 CDN range.

 

Those are some good suggestions. I'll do some hunting around and see what I find. Thanks!

 

Cabellas sells plows for ATV's as well as pull behind mowers for right around $1000 or less