Anybody use one?Can you actually do 4-5" snow falls with them?Thanks ahead,OB

I put one on a Yahama ATV. Didn’t work very well for scraping soft dirt. Don’t know how it would work on snow.

When I was living in Colorado several years back, I had one on a Polaris 800 four wheeler. It worked great for snow plowing, to a point. When it started snowing, you had to get out there and start plowing and not allow it to accumulate more than 6" or 8". After that, it didn't have enough power to move it.

I have plowed some deeper snow with my Yamaha Kodiak 700 with a cycle country 50" blade. I run it in low range 4x4 and it never comes close to powering out, but if the snow is deeper than about 2' it really struggles and looses traction. I had a somewhat long drift in my circle drive that was about 3' deep and I worked until I got one pass through it and quit, but came back a couple days later and busted through it with my truck in 4x4. The snows we have had so far this winter have been about 6" and I don't even mess with plowing, just pack it down with the truck and the wife's AWD SUV.

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Originally posted by Luckyducker:
I have plowed some deeper snow with my Yamaha Kodiak 700 with a cycle country 50" blade. I run it in low range 4x4 and it never comes close to powering out, but if the snow is deeper than about 2' it really struggles and looses traction. I had a somewhat long drift in my circle drive that was about 3' deep and I worked until I got one pass through it and quit, but came back a couple days later and busted through it with my truck in 4x4. The snows we have had so far this winter have been about 6" and I don't even mess with plowing, just pack it down with the truck and the wife's AWD SUV.

It's been about 15 years since we lived up there so my recollection may be off. I may well have been able to plow more than 8" or so. I just don't remember.

The big thing I do remember was if I had a lane cleared, I could chip away at a deeper drift until making a path through it. But, if I went out first thing in the morning, after it snowed all night, opened the garage to find drift against the garage door, and a couple of feet of snow behind it without a clear area to move that snow into, it would power out even in 4wd.

A lot depended on the time of year also. Nov. / Dec. snows ... dry and lightweight. Not a problem. April / May snows (we lived at 9,550') ... wet and heavy. Better get at it early and stay at it until it stopped.

Thanks for the input.

You’re going to need about 400 lbs in the bed once you get to 4”-5” according to my neighbor who has one.
My Kubota RTV 1100 on the other hand plow through 4 foot drifts with ease

If you are purchasing a Plow get a Boss V plow and never look back. If you are plowing a dirt road purchase the feet for them.