01mxz800 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 After plowing with a truck for 35 years, I retired from the plowing business and after my regular truck had a electrical meltdown and forced into buying a new truck I did not want to put plow on it so bought a plow for my Ranger, should work fine for just plowing my own driveway 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeter21i Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 I plow a pile of laneways up here in Muskoka with the Defender and a 7' plow. Amazing how much they push. The short wheelbase compared to a pick up truck makes life a lot easier in tight spots. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 1 minute ago, Skeeter21i said: I plow a pile of laneways up here in Muskoka with the Defender and a 7' plow. Amazing how much they push. The short wheelbase compared to a pick up truck makes life a lot easier in tight spots. the one I bought is 72" Denalli, I wanted just the straight blade but thy sent "country plow" which like a highway plow, it's a lot heavier duty than it looked like on the internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I have been plowing with mine for a few years now. Way better than a pickup on small driveways and better than a quad as the added weight makes it so the plow doesn't push you around. Good old Pepe the mule. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 do you need to add ballast to the back end? just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Carlos Danger said: I have been plowing with mine for a few years now. Way better than a pickup on small driveways and better than a quad as the added weight makes it so the plow doesn't push you around. Good old Pepe the mule. Kinda why I didn't want to put a plow on the new truck, just doing my own driveway a truck is overkill so it will be easier to plow around shit with the Ranger, I have a Kubota BX tractor with a loader if we get more than the wheeler can handle, Ranger has hardcab and heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member ViperGTS/Z1 Posted November 14, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted November 14, 2023 Have one for my Ranger but only had a dusting of snow all last year.... so still haven't tried it out ...Didn't even break out a shovel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franks pond Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Carlos Danger said: I have been plowing with mine for a few years now. Way better than a pickup on small driveways and better than a quad as the added weight makes it so the plow doesn't push you around. Good old Pepe the mule. going to put my plow plate on this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 4 minutes ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said: Have one for my Ranger but only had a dusting of snow all last year.... so still haven't tried it out ...Didn't even break out a shovel. Lack of snow the last few years was the reason I finally gave up the plowing business and the need to upgrade truck in the next couple of years, I just hope I didn't buy too much plow for a 500 Ranger but my driveway is fairly small, hoping i will be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F3600 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I found with mine that the size of blade out-matched the traction of the UTV. Unless it was fluff the blade just pushed too much and I'd spin. I went back to the ATV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said: do you need to add ballast to the back end? just curious I don't need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member poopooforme Posted November 14, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted November 14, 2023 I am glad to hear you guys are having success plowing with one of those. I just picked this guy up in August and ordered the plow. Got it installed last week and it sure looks sweet. Hopefully the added weight of the Expedition will help me. The old guy that used to plow for me in his tractor ran into my neighbors house twice last winter. I really didn't need him to run into mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 23 minutes ago, poopooforme said: I am glad to hear you guys are having success plowing with one of those. I just picked this guy up in August and ordered the plow. Got it installed last week and it sure looks sweet. Hopefully the added weight of the Expedition will help me. The old guy that used to plow for me in his tractor ran into my neighbors house twice last winter. I really didn't need him to run into mine. I looked at the Polaris plow, they were stupid over priced and could only get 66" for mine, went 72" denalli for much cheaper and seems to be built a lot tougher with more bracing, like I said I don't have a big driveway so I hope I didn't get too much plow for the wheeler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) Buttoned it up this morning, I guess bring on the snow, only thing left to do is to do the PVC pipe trick to the cutting edge Edited November 14, 2023 by 01mxz800 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member poopooforme Posted November 14, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted November 14, 2023 8 hours ago, 01mxz800 said: I looked at the Polaris plow, they were stupid over priced and could only get 66" for mine, went 72" denalli for much cheaper and seems to be built a lot tougher with more bracing, like I said I don't have a big driveway so I hope I didn't get too much plow for the wheeler Thats fine. I bought the Polaris one and am very happy with it. On/off is a breeze. Like 45 seconds. Got the controller on top of the shifter. Value to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 32 minutes ago, poopooforme said: Thats fine. I bought the Polaris one and am very happy with it. On/off is a breeze. Like 45 seconds. Got the controller on top of the shifter. Value to me. probably would have gone with the Polaris if I would have been able to get a 72" blade, my dealer had everything in stock, $400 less for what I got, just heavier than it looked can't wait to try it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 First real chance to try out new plow, 9" of heavy wet shit, happy with it 20240107_113520.mp4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted January 7 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 7 5 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said: First real chance to try out new plow, 9" of heavy wet shit, happy with it 20240107_113520.mp4 Nice Rich! Did a good job, the snow was frigging heavy for sure, seemed to push it without issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 2 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: Nice Rich! Did a good job, the snow was frigging heavy for sure, seemed to push it without issue Even broke sled out for a rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted January 7 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 7 7 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said: Even broke sled out for a rip Braaap!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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