By kiwisteve on Unrecorded Date: Edit

g'day steve from New Zealand

I'm a farmer and am considering adding a snowplough to my 6x6 vangard2.

has anyone got a plough attached to their machine and has experience using one on their ATV anyway wonderinmg how much much stress this places on chasis or axles or body.

I'm thinking of using one for push soft & mud dirt off my farm tracks. I'm not thinking doing super heavy work as I'd use my tractor for that.

comments would be welcome. Will I wreck my machine using it for this application

regards Steve

By David Keeso (Argomag) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Steve, The property manager at Dads development has 2 ARGO 6x6s. One is a 6x6 Magnum, and the other is a (the first to be made) 6x6 Conquest. He has a huge plough on the front of the 6x6 Conquest and he doesn't remove it all year. He uses his for heavy duty work, and has forks on it also to carry logs and be able to hoist them up and lower them. The only issue is that its a 6x6 so its a little bouncy when you are on a service road and going faster. It only stresses the front wheeles a bit, and most the force is on the axle extensions on the front. The winch holds it up and lowers it. As long as you keep it down when not in use, it will be fine. Your winch must also be rated to that load. The only thing too watch out for is reeling in the winch too far as the cable will snap. If this happens, you need a fastener to loop the cable through and then tighten it down. Its hard to explain, but next time Im at the cottage with a camera, I'll show you. But you don't really have anything to worry about.

Hope this helps. e-mail me if you have any other questions at argo_mag@hotmail.com

By david berger (Davidrrrd) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

well depth controll can keep load down do a minumum, this can be done with skiders under blade or before blade,
also if it's seams too much load try angle ploweing, and finaly try a v shaped plow, this should push dirt ok,
also concider raiseing your plow to a hight so as to do 1/2 the work and a drag thingy behind your argo to finnish the job.

By Bill Schmelzer on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I use the RI plow on my 16 HP 2000 Max II, and it works fine for snow here in Wisconsin. In wet or deep snow, I may have to raise the blade and/or take a narrower bite for the first pass but it works fine, with no apparent problems so far. I also use is for light work with dirt and gravel.