Did I mention it's a 475' driveway I have to plow?

That's a lot of gravel to rake.

 

Better hope none of your buddies gets the 800 bomb. Then you'll all be in trouble. I have never had my cable or winch ice up in the winter. Do you maybe store it in a heated garage? That might make the snow melt when it gets on the cable and freeze up.

 

Re: Gravel in your lawn:

I have tried packing the driveway with the vehicle, and dragging used tires to build a layer of snow above the gravel. Sometimes it works, but most of the time you still pick up bits of gravel.

Here's the best solution I have found to pick gravel out of your grass:

In the springtime, before the frost is out of the ground but after the snow is melted, use the quad and blade to scrape the gravel out and push it back on your driveway. Because there is still frost in the ground you can't hurt the grass, and, if anything, have found that it could use more weight or downpressure on the blade.

I have been doing this for a few seasons and it saves a TON of work with the rake. The closer your snowpiles are to the driveway the better. It is so simple you'll be wishing you had thought of it sooner!

 

Your right! Thanks for the tip exmxer629. So simple.....Never thought of that but will defintatly try it next spring!! What kind of plow do you have. A warn? Mine warn seems heavy enough but maybe not?

 

WindmillatWork:

Have a look at my photo icon; there is a pic of my plow on my old Grizzly. It's a Moose 60" with center mounted A-frame. I would guess that it weighs a hundred pounds or better. Even with the skid shoes pulled all the way up, it still glides over frozen ground without digging in. In some spots I got a little rough on the grass but you can't tell after the grass greens up.

There is something about this quad/blade combination that makes it perfectly balanced. A few years ago I tried using a 350 Big Bear with a 48" Yamaha blade mounted to the front skid plate that was frustrating to plow with. It would dig in at random and was generally hard to control the quad. This Grizzly makes plowing snow fun.


I have to add also to anyone shopping for a snowplow, that if you run larger tires for snowplowing, the plow may connect with the tires when its' angled all the way to one side. I fixed this by cutting the A-frame and extending it 4 inches, putting the blade further ahead of the machine. Now, I can also see the blade and what is happening in front alot better.

 

Great pics, this is the exact same setup I will be using, the plow, tube, plate and roller fairlead should be in today.

 

Picked up my plow today, may have time to get it put together this weekend, have to say I am almost looking forward to snow this year, (dont quote me on that)[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

There are no instructions with the rollerfairlead. Do I take off the winch saver and replace it with this?

 

eduardobibm -

Do you still have that plow setup for the wolverine for sale?
i am very interested and only about an hour from highland mills, NY.

You can email me at: maxarbos@yahoo.com

Thanks

 

I have had a chance to use my Moose plow alot so far and have to say its great. I did break the winch cable and had to fix that but that has been the only problem I have had.