You need a set of jacks under the beaver tail of the trailer to use when loading and unloading the Bombardier, to prevent lifting the rear of your pickup truck . If you unloaded on uneven or hilly terrain there's a chance you truck could lose traction and runaway or twist sideways .
LOL reminds me of Cheech and Chong on "Big Bamboo" as two Dogs, one said "Hey man let's go chase some cars!" " NO man that'll give you brain damage!" "Huh... From the exhaust?" NO man... from the back tires!!" Vinny'll get hit and instincts kick in to be wary of moving things.
Joe, when you plow an unfrozen ground keep the blade up an inch off the ground so you don't plow dirt and gravel off the driveway. After the ground freezes you can go all the way down but you will end up with an ice road in certain conditions. I always leave an inch or so, so there is snow left to get traction off of for cars with summer tires still on them. Good job, it sounds like a loose or bad belt in the engine may not be allowing the alternator to charge the battery totally. It sure beats shoveling by hand, or even a snow blower. I love your videos, we get to see inside lots of engines, thanks.😊
@@partsguy444 Who is old enough to remember the original Beetle or Corvair, running dryer duct from the engine over your shoulder to defrost the windshield
Joe , you really need to store the outboard motor near vertical so that any rain gathered in the lower gear casing/ Exhaust behind the prop will empty out on its own or bag up the prop to stop water getting into the lower case exhaust or else if it freezes you could easily find the ice splits the lower unit , seen that happen too many times
Me lol'n @ 1:38 "She fired right up"..that was about 10secs away from a dead battery. IMO, that plow is a minimum of 3ft to small..the plow for my quad came @5ft, couldn't get nothing done, so i fab'd two sliding plow ends, now i can adjust it anywhere from 6ft - 9ft.
@@Antiquefarmequipment If it was fab'd up similar to mine, the plow ends pull right out once the pins are pulled out, could just throw those sections into truck bed.
I noticed that too, I wonder how much he cut out of the video of it starting right up, also how he held onto the key once it started. These were built to plow sidewalks, which is why they are so small.
@@skysthelimit866 Looks like the ones that the City of Montreal uses to push snow from the sidewalks onto the street during snow clearing operations. The City of Montreal doesn't just plow the streets and sidewalks, they actually remove the snow. I don't know how many other cities use these, but Montreal must have a few hundred of them. Still use them (probably more modern versions) to this day. Rugged little beasts (solid steel construction, and a pretty powerful diesel engine), and many of them use a PTO in the back, which can be used to attach a spreader for salt, sand/gravel, or a mix of both.
Super cool machine! I have an old Alice Chalmers tractor with the same carb. You can always tell by way they run. You can clean that emulsion tube out really good to an almost polished finish on the inside and it'll smooth that up some.
When you're playing with that four-wheeler I have what they call a state plow when I bought my rhino I had my choice if you use one of them you would never use one of them regular plows like that when you're zipping down the driveway it just throws the snow way out to the side and it got a plastic mold boards so the snow doesn't stick to it, so if you have a chance to pick won up do it I guarantee you will love it oh keep up the great work Snow
Also with the BEAST , when you were first driving in the field, small puffs of steam were visible, coupled with the misfiring, be cautious of head gasket issues.
With the BEAST , Tighten or replace hydraulic belt, it’s going to break . You have a misfire as well, if that’s gas use your choke with cold startups, if diesel check glow plugs or throttle heater, you have extended cranking on startup. Check all your charging systems connections / fuses for corrosion free and tight.
My dad worked for a trucking company when I was a kid and they had a much older Bombardier snow plow. It fit one person and the cab flipped up in order to to get in.
You need to angle that plow (ATV) start in the middle of the driveway plow snow towards the edge of your driveway at the end turn around and plow up , much cleaner job . My quad has a 6 foot plow on it
I remember I was in a blizzard once. Could not see the palm of my hand when my arm was extended. As luck would bring it we brought a map and compass and were able to make it into the forest again, where we would seek shelter from the wind and regain normal sight - for just about 50 feet. Anyway, glad you made it out, and keep uploading great content. More vintage bikes pls :)
I plowed for a long time. If it were me, i would plow with the blade straight...right down the middle, then angle the blade full right two passes, then left 2 passes. The entrance to the main road works better if you plow IN from the road to the driveway and leave yourself plenty of room to push the snow. You run out of room PRETTY QUICK. You will probably get as many opinions as you get comments. Just advising as to my experience plowing in far Northern Michigan for many years. Nice machine, brother. Wish i had that instead of a pickup truck. I had a BOSS angle plow, which was nice!
I came to the comments to say something very similar. I also plowed for forever and a day. I would start dead center at the road to the drive, blade straight, and go straight up to the house. no stopping. Then angle right, plow up the right side of the drive, and down the left, keeping that blade angled right. You can clear a drive pretty quick that way. when the drive is clear, back drag up by the house (or side drag/plow if you have room and catch the smaller areas. Make sure you push plenty far back from the edges so you room for the next snowfall (or three) because as Stephen said, you will run out of room for snow very quickly. 30 years in Iowa pushing snow... then I moved south so I didn't have to any more! Personally I'd be plowing with that Bombardier and seel that 4 wheeler plow. They are more of a pain to deal with and don't move snow near as quick as you think it should. THose blades are too small and tough to angle unless they have an electric blade.
Joe, This a friend segesting you put a stirafome cover on camera microfone to stop the wind noise. Ive seen outdoor sports casters and others do this and it stops the wind noise. Thank ypu By the way I love your youtubes on buying and fixing restoring most motorized vechicycles. Keep up the good woek.
hey Joe, awesome job! maybe look into the charging system on that all big plow, should be charging when it's running. the heater should be looked at also, maybe look into a 12 volt one you can just put in and clear the windshield? A wiper is a must, get it done as soon as you can! cheers!
I love that Bambi,could really use it for my 1300 ft. driveway if you would ever think of parting with it? I have installed wipers on equipment similar to what you have ,JC Whitney carries a nice little wiper motor & wiper setup for old Willy’s Jeeps works perfectly for a flat mount like on the Bombi. You can install one to cover the middle of the windshield in fact I think I saw mounting holes already there above the windshield for such a motor! As far as defrost you already have cab heat so all you need is a 6” 12volt fan aimed at the windshield,the cab heater will take care of the rest! That Bombi looked cold out in that field I have a heated empty stall in my garage. Hint Hint!
I have decided @ 27:38 that this thing isn't gonna last to long that way it's being reved out like this, i think the entire machine is being treated to harshly plowing at these speeds..something's going to give in under 2weeks..
I said the same thing! Idk if it has more than 1 gear but if it does he should try taking off and plowing in 2nd gear instead of 1st! It's not good to redline all the time like that they were not built for that...🤔
I challenge you to make a follow-up video this spring showing viewers the grass areas you plowed. I see alot of soil in that snow, I don't think you will be happy.
Awesome machine 👍 Up here in Ottawa we got the snow storm too. They were mostly using little Hitachi tractors to clear the sidewalks, but they do have a few Bombardier snowcats as well. Similar to Joe's except they are painted orange. Cheers from Canada :-)
Yes they treat the roads too salt in them condition around my area, but the sidewalk is like sn ice ring, remember falling twice on it in 2021 on foot.
It's always A good thing to pack around A fully charged up jumper jumpstart pack inside of that snowplow truck. Yeah that's why you pack one along with you.
Joe if you’re only plowing with that quad sell it and put a decent used plow on your pick up. I plow, the side to side control and up n down is so much better. Go down the Center from the top to each side after back blading in front the garages. Will take you 15 min and you won’t be chasing the lines left over after. Then you can plow some driveways for extra cash. Charge by the season not per clearing.