Snow Plow

ego · #1 (**permalink**) 03-10-2004, 03:52 AM

Am looking for an inventive person who has built a pull-behind snow plow for a quad (using the existing 5/8" trailer tow).....Would be much easier than crawling under our Kodiak to bolt an expensive one in place. Any ideas? David?

cheeseburger · #2 (**permalink**) 03-10-2004, 12:09 PM

I don't think it would work. Snow is pretty heavy. The quad uses its weight to keep the blade down and also uses its weight to help the engine push the blade (inertia) . When you tow, you lose the help of the weight of the quad. The blade would have to be really heavy or it would ride on top of the snow. Also, you would be matting down snow as you drove over it and the plow likely would not scrape it up unless it was heavy enough. If you are pulling a heavy plow, you are giving up horsepower to it. You are better off just buying a front mount plow and save the aggravation. There were some posts in the forums about plows around Dec 2003. You will find some good links to where to buy them cheaply and also how to mount easily.

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David · #3 (**permalink**) 03-10-2004, 08:33 PM

Yea, I just don't see pulling the snow happening. What would happen when you pull too much? It will go right over the blade and be like you never even plowed it. The one I got for the Rancher is 2 cotter pins to the bottom of the quad. That's it. Doesn't get much easier than that!

jerkyboy · #4 (**permalink**) 03-10-2004, 11:06 PM

pushing the snow will clear a the snow adding better tracksion. that is why we plow in the first place.
to pull the snow you first must drive over it. just my take on it.

ego · #5 (**permalink**) 03-10-2004, 11:11 PM

Hey David......
Where did you get your snowplow? Brand? I have an old heavy metal cylinder cut in half length-way! I was thinking about welding framing to it and use it to pull behind........with the blade turned slightly the snow would slide off to the side (would have to use counter roping to keep the blade from wandering waaaaaaaaay off the side).......Up here in SW Washington State we don't get that much snow, but this past winter we got plenty and with nearly 100yds of driveway to get out to our 1/2mi private gravel road (which was passable thanks to neighbors driving on it) and the fact the only 4wd we own is the Kodiak, it took the car chained up to just get out of the driveway!! Do commercial push plows come with skids? Don't want to scrape all of our gravel up!!
Thanks for all your help!!!!
Ed

David · #6 (**permalink**) 03-11-2004, 12:12 AM

Ed I have a Cycle Country 52" plow with skids. Can't remember what I paid for it cause I got it when I bought the quad.