@@Dirtmonkey Stan I think it depends on if your working out in it or playing in it. I hated working in it don't miss that but always love getting out on the snowmobile trails.
ya know there is something beautiful about super cold weather and the crunch of snow when walking...especially at night when typically after a storm the sky is clear and full of stars. its very cool. southerners will never understand that.
Another great video Stan been here from beginning so crazy too see you go from bobcat skidloaders and TLBs to Arctic’s on loaders and pull plows on pickups loved seeing the change keep up the great work
Unsticking a Tonka truck captured by a snowbank!!! I like watching these adventurous videos from the safety of my nearly snowless north Alabama chair next to the coffee pot! Yaay!!!
I’ve been plowing for 24 years for the county parks department they purchase plows and trucks in bulk so I’ve used many different plows and brands of trucks over the years from myer diamond blizzard boss fisher and western. Myers were by far the worst mechanically the pumps froze constantly I was to the point of changing fluids before every big storm and they would still freeze diamond had the same issues obviously because they used the same pumps as myers although diamond contractor grade plows were built much stronger. I do all the truck and plows maintenance and repairs for the parks as well. You are 100% correct about the life of western cutting edges. They don’t last. They wear out about 30-40% faster than the other brands I don’t think they use enough carbide in their steel. I highly recommend winter equipment cutting edges they are the best cutting edges on the market I think. And will turn a western from a zero to a hero. The cutting edges are expensive but you get what you pay for they outlast them all
Finally getting some winter storms and Temps out here on the Eastern Front! Snow Fighters unite! ❄️ Fisher Plow, twin to Western, same issue with Xv2 cutting edge. It's soft steel and after I had to replace a few, I took a page from your book and ordered the full kit from WINTER EQUIPMENT!! 💪🏽 unreal how much better quality and lifespan on the Winter cutting edge. On year 3 with it and looks like new
Just too cold Stan. Was 82 here when you were plowing this lot. I do not miss snow even a little lol. I’m amazed yall actually choose to live with those temps and astonished when people comment they’re disappointed they haven’t got enough or very little snow.
you sure can hear that squeaky really cold snow. Hey Stan if you want you can send some of your snow down to the Chicago land area. The most we got this year was 2 inches one time them a week later it melted and gone. I'm 60 miles south west of Chicago. Love watching your videos
The cutting edges on the black Ram with Orange plow scrap down to bare pavement with ease! I know when I plow with my brother here in KC when we actually or will ever get any snow……….we don’t pile snow around the light poles in an island nor when just standing in a lot by themselves. He makes us get out and hand shovel around the pole! He says it’s better to get all of that snow cleared because when it melts it refreezes and has to be dealt with later so might as well clean it now…..I understand though with the amounts of snow you guys get up north!!
Hey Stan people in Northern Manitoba (the Canadian Province to the north of Minnesota) use to call it a 'Hudson's Bay Chinook' when those cold -50 windchills would blow off of Hudson Bay and freeze up the Prairie Provinces and the Northern States like Minnesota and North Dakota.
Stan I've Had a western V plow since 2005 only replaced one cutting edge if you are wearing cutting edges out the plow isn't set up correctly on the truck when they installed the new plow they measure the frame to ground length and set it up to that measurement so the plow is level when in the scoop or Vee position my guess is that it wasn't set up correctly and there is to much pressure on the outer part of the edge when it is in the scoop or vee position
Here you are Stan, 15+ inches in 3 days and in 3 months we haven't even gotten an inch. We are fighting to use up all of our salt that we bought. Our trucks haven"t had plows on in 3 months. Great year for contracted pre paids lol
@@Dirtmonkey Same crazy thing going on in NY idk where he’s from where I am in ny I’ve gotten 2 inches one storm in December that’s all we’ve gotten normally we have a few feet by now
Couldn’t agree more on the western plow I get about 50 hours of plowing out of a set of cuttings edges straight or v plow…. I love that snow power on the ram but would like to see it raise up another 3 inches when you go into the bank.. great video
Ive noticed in several videos I've watched with a yankum rope , they will pull the rope to the left side so the driver can see the rope when it gets tight as he pulls ahead,It was very cold that day here and I blew snow for all my neighbors ,nobody wants to come home after working all day and the clean out the driveway, Enjoy all your video's,
Have you ever used a Meyer snow plow before? Send some of that snow to NJ please all we have been getting all winter is rain .. #EasyMoney love your videos stay safe & see ya on the next one ツ
When I plowed on the highway dept. We would sandwich the cutting edges together. Steel cutting edge with a carbide to get more life out of it.i could wear out a single cutting edge on the f 550 scrapping subdivisions in two storms. The road agent figured it would save in salt by scraping more first. Now the dept. Is down to three employees because of labor shortage. Less scraping and straight salt not sand salt mix for faster results.
Stan you got all the snow this year was 70 in Philly yesterday were full out landscaping and hardscaping trees are actually budding out this has been a exceptional weird winter or lack of this year I saw some crews mulching beds already
I got a new western mvp3 9' 6" in January of last year. Love the controller. As far as cutting edge wear I have approximately 80-100 hrs on it and have lost 3/4". The included factory edge is much thinner than I would have liked to see. It does a very good job of getting the lot clean. I would not hesitate to buy another. The extra foot is nice but not in the deep heavy stuff.
The deep freeze was definitely felt here in the “high desert” part of Oregon, and heard the same noise under the tires. It sounded like really good ASMR.
I run a Fisher XV2 and just had to replace the original cutting edge for the first time after 3 seasons. Its also the same controller, and I still believe it’s one of the simplest controllers on the market today. One button for scoop, one button v mode, and two separate buttons for each independent wing. Then you just have your generic up down left and right. Simple.
I ran Meyer and Western in my plowing days. Of the two Western hands down. Now I will agree that the V blade cutting edges wear out super fast, I disagree with your complaints on the Western handheld controller. I found it easy to use and memories. I like the separate buttons for vee and scoop, where others you have to push in the middle for those features. But hey there is something for everybody right.
We just had our 3rd plowable snow storm of the year. I plow a dirt road and we had started mud season. I used the tractor with a rear mounted snowblower as a box plow for two reasons 1 the roads are to soft to run it with the snowblower going and 2 my plow trucks transmission went out.
They are getting snow in the Mohave dessert and in San Diego. My brother in law in Fresno is supposed to get snow. They haven't seen snow in three decades.
I like my boss joystick pretty good, it's on an older boss 8'2" RT3 steel V plow. I mounted the controller to the door left of the steering wheel, so I can shift & steer with my right and run/steer the plow with my left hand. I can lift the plow as I'm going into the pile and stack it eight feet high. I can go to beat heck with that setup too! The boss cutting edges (hydrox boss calls em) seem to wear pretty decent. But it kinda depends on the year. NW Mn this year we've got a pretty good layer of ice & hard packed snow everywhere except the main highways, the States policy is clear dry roads.
It snowed here in Las Vegas. Roads were icy this morning. We have NO plows. I work for the city and tried using my street sweeper, it worked somewhat. It was 25 degrees this morning. I HATE cold.
I plow in upstate NY on tug hill, moving to cohasset this summer. Biggest disadvantage out there is no studs. I put 1500lbs in my truck box and 4 studded tires. I push drifts over 6ft, more then most loaders. It may not seem it but a good studded tire adds just enough extra grip to get out and push the heavy stuff.
On a side note, I have only ever ran fisher blades. Love the control and can switch out motors in under 10 min. Used a friend's snowdog and a western this year. Didn't like controls compared to fisher.
If I had a plow I would take straight plow that can angle side to side. the more "parts" that a single plow is constructed from the more chances of failure and also down time plus upkeep. with a straight edge plow you only have to worry about the hydros that make it go up and down and side to side. but thats if I had a plow . Some people prefer the plows you have thats fine I prefer simple and straight forward plows .
Have you looked for a cutting edge made with Hardox. I had enough left from a project to make a cutting edge for my loader bucket on my tractor. I use it very regularly and am really rough on it and it shows no wear. The material I used was grade AR500
What’s really wild is here in alpine Wyoming we have been getting 1-15 inches every 2-3 days. I feel like I’ve been up for 6 months in a row plowing and never being caught up. It’s been a crazy snow year here in Wyoming. I-80 I shut down with 10-15 foot snow drifts. Crazy 😮
100000% agree with the controller hate.... I use both Boss 9.2 V and a Fisher/Western V. I HATE Fisher's double push to get the wings to move and the need to adjust each wing when you want to angle. Boss's layout is just superior in every possible way. I don't do as much plowing on asphalt, but there is most definitely more wear on the Fisher than the Boss after a couple seasons. I grew up with Fisher and I currently live about 45 minutes from their home base in Rockland , ME That said, I like Fisher's power in and out with the wings and I think their push bar/skid shoe design is stronger.
Another great video BUT I was hoping to see that big bad Arctic truck pusher in action oh well hopefully it's in the pipeline of videos to come. And yes you know it's cold when your plows sqeaks like that just winging in and out
My starter went out on my plow truck when I was going to leave at the start of this storm it was a fun time replacing it outside in the cold while it was snowing. Lol. But gotta keep going right.
Stan, you should weld a hook on those back plows? Toward the top, then lower the plow so it’s a few inches off the ground. Yank away. Or would you just tear it off the mount?
We got 10 in sw wi but the wind was unreal so the drift build up was just hell but like a trooper stuck with it and got the job done and kept the customers happy so win win in my book
Well,the snow is really piling up!! Does anyone else feel some spring flooding headed our way?? March is right around the corner. One of the biggest snow fall months. Thanks 🤔.
Yup I’ve been thinking about how much water the land will be getting from just this winter. Although it really doesn’t feel like spring anytime soon here just yet
Fisher is same thing as western and I have the issue with my cutting edges also on my fisher xv2 , my buddy has a boss , and I like there cutting edge design a lot better it wraps around outside
I wonder if anyone makes a carbide blade for those Westerns. The county I work for switched to carbide blades with a steel front sacrificial blade (2 blade total thickness) for all of our road plows. I went through atleast 2 seasons of plowing with my Everest plow with that set up. 28 miles per run and sometimes it can be 2-4 runs plus per storm.
Hey Stan you have so much knowledge on trucks I was wondering if you could do a De facto download of running heavy duty trucks and in particular diesels (when you have some time of course) either way I’ll be here for the next one! Thanks man
You commented on the drifts and how it was blown back in. In Wyoming, we call that normal. Have you seen the snow from this past week? Drifts that are unreal.
You are a Sick guy I don't know if anybody noticed.Not only did you pull your Buddy's Truck out you kept pulling it.I still like the Ford's.Dodge need to make a reg.cav. into Mega more interior space/Shotgun rack
Only thing I’d chage about that orange plow on ur ram 2500 is the the hight of the plow , every time u push in to a pile of snow it over flows and covers the whole front of the truck up , if it would a bit taller like 1 or 2 more feet would be a perfect plow
Great video. A couple of questions: 1. At those temps, how did you manage to keep your windshield and wipers from icing over? I assume you have the defroster on, which initially melts the snow blowing over the top of the plow, but that quickly turns to ice for me. How did you do that? And, 2. Do your return springs break easier at those temps? It seems like mine do.
Yup it's a bummer especially when it's really cold out. I "try" to keep my windshield cold so the snow doesn't melt on it and ice the wiper blades. I found on my ford to switch the airflow through the dash vents works the best to not throw heat onto the windshield. But it doesn't always work out, like if you get a bunch of snow sucked into the heater intake and the windows fog up you got no choice but to switch it to defrost.
Good question. I always seem to sweat my butt off trying to keep the windshield clear but it never seems to all melt and just freeze over. Gotta keep the side window down to keep from dying from the heat.
Oh, and you gotta run a snowdeflecter on your plow, it helps keep that snow from coming over the top of the plow and getting on the windshield. Helps but doesn't eliminate. And try keep your speed down too. I make my snowdeflecters from fairly thick conveyer belting at least a foot or so wide that I source from farm implement dealers.
hey stan love the videos i notice when you are doing this lot you are not stacking the snow just pushing into piles if i did that i would run out of room half way through winter
I’m thinking they just use the trucks to push and clear the lots and then they come by with loaders and stack the piles after. That’s what I’m thinking tho cause I was gonna comment the same thing you said 😂
With the blizzard we had yesterday. We got like 10 to 12 inches of snow. I spent 6 hours clearing snow and made like $300 which is always good. How much snow did y’all get down there?
I will take snow anytime. Try a winter in North Dakota and you will know what cold is all about. Winter of 96 was the worst winter i have experienced in 58 years. Killed over 100k cows in the Dakotas. Had 128 consecutive days of sub zero temperatures and snow to the top of the trees. Had the national guard in wishek nd to Linton nd for 30 days trying to open things up. We still had snow it the shelter belt on 4th of July of 97. Took coolers of snowballs to the lake that weekend for our first summer snowball fight. Was in Minnesota in 66 and 78 for both of those winter and they didn't compare to 96 in the Dakotas. Good luck where ever you are at moving snow. Still a month+ of winter
Yea, it never got close to -40 in Minneapolis, ptfff. Cant count windchill for how equipment works. It barely hit -8 yesterday. I guess it makes for good headlines when posting videos. 🤦♂️
