OK, While We Are On Plows
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OK, While We Are On Plows
I know this is not anything close to being something you would want to use commercially. But I have a huge and long driveway to clear. Any of you guys ever seen this plow? I have seen them on trucks, but never in use. I think it would work just fine for my usage, (especially for only $1400) but wondered what ya'll thought about it. It'll be next year if I'm lucky, before I can get one, but just looking. Check out video 2 & 3.
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I don't know. I've seen it advertised before. Even for the occasional use, you can get a real used plow for that if not less. Too light of a blade and it may want to float on you.
That powder they are pushing in the video, doesn't occur all the time...
My concern would be getting it for $1400 and after your first snow saying, man wish I'd have bought that used Meyers for $700. Even if the thing looks like crap, it pushes snow. Your not using it to make money, although you could if you wanted too.
Just my $.02
That powder they are pushing in the video, doesn't occur all the time...
My concern would be getting it for $1400 and after your first snow saying, man wish I'd have bought that used Meyers for $700. Even if the thing looks like crap, it pushes snow. Your not using it to make money, although you could if you wanted too.
Just my $.02
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I bought one of those for my 4-wheeler. It works, but as far as "floating on you" I'm not sure what that is, I grew up in Daytona Beach, FL. we never had snow.
I plow my driveway and a couple of my neighbors driveways with it, I think it is a pain to adjust, just because I have to get off the 4-wheeler and adjust the blade the way I need it. But like I said before, it does move snow. I think I've had mine for 2 years now, and it just now starting to rust on the bottom of the blade, so I sandblasted it and repainted it, looks like new.
My opinion, if you plan on using it a lot, I would think about getting a bigger blade, if there is deep snow, it seems like a lot of snow comes over the top of the blade.
Just my 2 cents.
I plow my driveway and a couple of my neighbors driveways with it, I think it is a pain to adjust, just because I have to get off the 4-wheeler and adjust the blade the way I need it. But like I said before, it does move snow. I think I've had mine for 2 years now, and it just now starting to rust on the bottom of the blade, so I sandblasted it and repainted it, looks like new.
My opinion, if you plan on using it a lot, I would think about getting a bigger blade, if there is deep snow, it seems like a lot of snow comes over the top of the blade.
Just my 2 cents.
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I don't know. I've seen it advertised before. Even for the occasional use, you can get a real used plow for that if not less. Too light of a blade and it may want to float on you.
That powder they are pushing in the video, doesn't occur all the time...
My concern would be getting it for $1400 and after your first snow saying, man wish I'd have bought that used Meyers for $700. Even if the thing looks like crap, it pushes snow. Your not using it to make money, although you could if you wanted too.
Just my $.02
That powder they are pushing in the video, doesn't occur all the time...
My concern would be getting it for $1400 and after your first snow saying, man wish I'd have bought that used Meyers for $700. Even if the thing looks like crap, it pushes snow. Your not using it to make money, although you could if you wanted too.
Just my $.02
I bought one of those for my 4-wheeler. It works, but as far as "floating on you" I'm not sure what that is, I grew up in Daytona Beach, FL. we never had snow.
I plow my driveway and a couple of my neighbors driveways with it, I think it is a pain to adjust, just because I have to get off the 4-wheeler and adjust the blade the way I need it. But like I said before, it does move snow. I think I've had mine for 2 years now, and it just now starting to rust on the bottom of the blade, so I sandblasted it and repainted it, looks like new.
My opinion, if you plan on using it a lot, I would think about getting a bigger blade, if there is deep snow, it seems like a lot of snow comes over the top of the blade.
Just my 2 cents.
I plow my driveway and a couple of my neighbors driveways with it, I think it is a pain to adjust, just because I have to get off the 4-wheeler and adjust the blade the way I need it. But like I said before, it does move snow. I think I've had mine for 2 years now, and it just now starting to rust on the bottom of the blade, so I sandblasted it and repainted it, looks like new.
My opinion, if you plan on using it a lot, I would think about getting a bigger blade, if there is deep snow, it seems like a lot of snow comes over the top of the blade.
Just my 2 cents.
You guys are probably right, I think I'll start looking around this summer once I have the money for a good used one.
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For what that hing costs I could buy all the steel I need, a Hydraulic pump, a few cylinders, and some sort of controls (even if they were cheapo manual valves), and a couple lights and build my own version of a snowplow.
If you have a welder and a grinder, get an old Fisher plow or something similar (whatever's most common in your area so you know there will be parts around), grind down any rusty spots or cut them out if its to that point, and weld on a patch panel. My old uncle has had the same blade on his 79 Dodge since he bought it new, pretty much every part of that plow has been replaced at one time or another, and its gone through a few pumps, and a few cylinders, but its still just as useful as the day he bought it 30 years ago.
If you have a welder and a grinder, get an old Fisher plow or something similar (whatever's most common in your area so you know there will be parts around), grind down any rusty spots or cut them out if its to that point, and weld on a patch panel. My old uncle has had the same blade on his 79 Dodge since he bought it new, pretty much every part of that plow has been replaced at one time or another, and its gone through a few pumps, and a few cylinders, but its still just as useful as the day he bought it 30 years ago.
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if it is going on a truck I would try to find a used plow before I would spend any money on the cheap plow,you get what you pay for ,power angle is well worth the money,I've been plowing snow for 17 years some commercial for a few and most of it was done with fisher plows until my last 2 which have been diamonds,I bought a 89 dodge gasser for $1500 with a diamond on it, plowed for 3 years took the plow off sold the truck for $800 and put the blade on another guys truck for him for $1700 so they keep there value