got 12+ inches of heavy snow this weekend... my 1-3/8" 17 gauge fence pipe worked as planned. barely moved any rocks or dirt. haven't inspected the pipe/plow yet, but i suspect it held up fine. @@ontariooutdoorsman
That looks good nice job I’m gonna do the same with some black iron pipe for my 7 1/2 foot fisher plow for now I used a piece of 1 1/2 pvc and slid it on and it worked great on my stone driveway.
The idea is fantastic but I don't see the pipe lasting very long. Unless most of your plowing is on unpaved areas, 90 percent of my plowing is asphalt and we go through shoes every 3 years on both trucks. There is a few areas that are unpaved and are a real pain in the rearend. Looking forward to seeing how this works for you
I hear you. I plow rarely on pavement. And it's usually only a few times I'm pushing gravel until I build a base. I'm sure you are right..for those where it would drag alot. My plan is to take it off as soon as I get a base...for me..that's usually early january..ideally if it works probably a couple 8 or 10 inch lengths of high carbon steel as pads on each side would help probably.
Exactly. I suspect it should make plowing at my camp much better. I hated the feet. Large area of gravel and sand. When the ground was soft would always flip the blade. So I basically got used to no feet and was careful. I'm hoping this should make flipping and catching of the blade a non issue so I'll definitely do a followup. If no frost I suspect I will still move some matierial but I doubt it will have the tendency to violently flip.
I tried this years ago. Was not impressed. I have sense started hanging the plow from the top of the plow frame near the lights. Hang the plow just 1” above the ground. This works the best so far.
Sounds great if you weld or can get anyone to it for you without giving up your 1st born so I slit a 7' section of 2 1/2 " SCH80 electrical PVC conduit tapped it on and it works great, my long drive and parking area is a combination of concrete and gravel.
I plow about 3 miles of dirt/gravel road with a back blade on my tractor. The first year I tore it up and bent it bad. I bought a 1” by 8” rubber plow edge mounted it sticking out 1 1/2” between the cutting edge and moldboard and it made a huge difference. I think any gravel driveway or road no matter what you use , you will initially plow some gravel off. I think this idea of the pipe is worth trying, I will subscribe stay tuned to see how it works for you.
I have to say I am so impressed with this pipe add on. Been a full year now. Still have to be a bit careful if there is no frost in the ground and the gravel is loose. But we usually have frost quick. This thing has made plowing a breeze and actually enjoyable and not hard on the plow at all compared to skid shoes. I love it. With frost in the ground it never catches or digs. Just slides over..
I tried this today for the first time on my ATVs snow plow (on gravel driveway) Got about 40 minutes of use from it until it wore thru / cracked. As someone commented below a fence / steel pipe would ideally be more durable.
@@michellatour150 so mine has probably at least 50 or 60 uses on it. The 2 inch steel waterline is still perfect. This will last me a very long time. Not sure what you have used but mine has many miles of gravel driveway on it. Albeit after the ground freezes the surface rapidly smooths
@@TheDuttonExperience it's been fantastic. Now in 2nd year of use. I cannot imagine going back to skid shoes. This is a gamechanger and makes plowing a breeze here where I live. I actually just removed it from my plow as i now have a good base over the gravel. I like to be able to scrape with the blade once a base is established. Very happy with it.
@@TheDuttonExperience not really I dont think. It wasnt that difficult. But I have a cheap plasma cutter that made making the slot easy. That's really the only time consuming part. It's not hard to put on or take off... so far
Just did this for my tractor plow, on my gravel driveway. Used old galvanized fence pipe I had laying around… we’ll see !
Keep us posted. My only question is did I use large enough diam pipe. Larger pipe would be a bigger skid surface
got 12+ inches of heavy snow this weekend... my 1-3/8" 17 gauge fence pipe worked as planned. barely moved any rocks or dirt. haven't inspected the pipe/plow yet, but i suspect it held up fine. @@ontariooutdoorsman
Looks good. Great idea.
That looks good nice job I’m gonna do the same with some black iron pipe for my 7 1/2 foot fisher plow for now I used a piece of 1 1/2 pvc and slid it on and it worked great on my stone driveway.
Good stuff. I'm impressed so far with this thing
The idea is fantastic but I don't see the pipe lasting very long. Unless most of your plowing is on unpaved areas, 90 percent of my plowing is asphalt and we go through shoes every 3 years on both trucks. There is a few areas that are unpaved and are a real pain in the rearend. Looking forward to seeing how this works for you
I hear you. I plow rarely on pavement. And it's usually only a few times I'm pushing gravel until I build a base. I'm sure you are right..for those where it would drag alot. My plan is to take it off as soon as I get a base...for me..that's usually early january..ideally if it works probably a couple 8 or 10 inch lengths of high carbon steel as pads on each side would help probably.
Love it!
Looking forward to seeing if this works. Don't know till you try, right.
Exactly. I suspect it should make plowing at my camp much better. I hated the feet. Large area of gravel and sand. When the ground was soft would always flip the blade. So I basically got used to no feet and was careful. I'm hoping this should make flipping and catching of the blade a non issue so I'll definitely do a followup. If no frost I suspect I will still move some matierial but I doubt it will have the tendency to violently flip.
Looks like it should work well, but schedule 80 is closer to 1/4" thick. What you have looks more like schedule 20 or 40
Now that you say that I think u are right. They sold me schedule 80 but that should be thicker...closer to 3/16 or 1/4
I tried this years ago. Was not impressed. I have sense started hanging the plow from the top of the plow frame near the lights. Hang the plow just 1” above the ground. This works the best so far.
I'm sure it depends how firm or frozen the base is. I left it on all winter last year and in my situation was fantastic
Sounds great if you weld or can get anyone to it for you without giving up your 1st born so I slit a 7' section of 2 1/2 " SCH80 electrical PVC conduit tapped it on and it works great, my long drive and parking area is a combination of concrete and gravel.
Awesome idea
I plow about 3 miles of dirt/gravel road with a back blade on my tractor. The first year I tore it up and bent it bad. I bought a 1” by 8” rubber plow edge mounted it sticking out 1 1/2” between the cutting edge and moldboard and it made a huge difference.
I think any gravel driveway or road no matter what you use , you will initially plow some gravel off. I think this idea of the pipe is worth trying, I will subscribe stay tuned to see how it works for you.
I have to say I am so impressed with this pipe add on. Been a full year now. Still have to be a bit careful if there is no frost in the ground and the gravel is loose. But we usually have frost quick. This thing has made plowing a breeze and actually enjoyable and not hard on the plow at all compared to skid shoes. I love it. With frost in the ground it never catches or digs. Just slides over..
I tried this today for the first time on my ATVs snow plow (on gravel driveway)
Got about 40 minutes of use from it until it wore thru / cracked.
As someone commented below a fence / steel pipe would ideally be more durable.
@@michellatour150 so mine has probably at least 50 or 60 uses on it. The 2 inch steel waterline is still perfect. This will last me a very long time. Not sure what you have used but mine has many miles of gravel driveway on it. Albeit after the ground freezes the surface rapidly smooths
Jim any updates
@@TheDuttonExperience it's been fantastic. Now in 2nd year of use. I cannot imagine going back to skid shoes. This is a gamechanger and makes plowing a breeze here where I live. I actually just removed it from my plow as i now have a good base over the gravel. I like to be able to scrape with the blade once a base is established. Very happy with it.
@@ontariooutdoorsmando you think using two 4 ft pieces would be a little bit easier to handle in maneuver
@@TheDuttonExperience not really I dont think. It wasnt that difficult. But I have a cheap plasma cutter that made making the slot easy. That's really the only time consuming part. It's not hard to put on or take off... so far