I used to be a part-time welder for Arctic Sectional Snowplow and I enjoyed every bit of it! All of the guys there always treated you like family, even tho I was part-time!! They make a great product and it’s amazing to see it all come together in different parts of the factory. Keep up the great work Stanley! 🤘🏻
Hey Stan! I've been watching your videos for years and they are some of the best content on youtube imo. I'm currently in college for biomecidal engineering but I've always loved landscaping and yard work and things like that. I've learned so much from your channel and really appreciate all the work you put in. Thanks for all u do for us!
We got 15 and a half inches overnight on Friday up here in Fairbanks, Alaska. I already own a lawn care company thanks to inspiration from you and I'm finally trying to break into the snow removal market. Thanks Stan!
Worn down snow track are the best for all season use by far. More than enough grip to move the machine in dirt, but gentle enough to not tear up turf too bad.
I've been waiting for this video myself! Last year you helped me believe it or not going into my first year snow plowing! The basics and ropes I guess! We had a little snow about a week ago here in Ohio but not enough to go out and push or salt! I'm waiting on the snow forecast lol!!!! But I do completely agree on having to wash your trucks just about Everytime you go out! Well we do! One of the trucks is a 2016 chevy dump and what you mean little crevices is true! Our oil dipstick completely rusted all the way out and a few other things along there! It's a plow and salt truck so in due time those area that don't get much attention will rust and break! I appreciate all the videos you put on stan! Keep them coming! Good luck this winter!
U.P. of Michigan! No way I'd ever move, but snow is like half the year. So now that's what I do. My dad, uncle, and I and one more guy are the construction / public works / Snow removal In winter. Love your videos! My techniques have improved, and we have an old Arctic sectional too!!! Still works amazing!
When I worked at perficut. We did commercial sites downtown. And I can totally understand the reason behind switching people out of machines. The only thing is operators get too attached with their machines and they say that it’s their machine. Operators started taking keys home with them or locking the doors so no one would get in their machine.
Ya boys I’m sure sorry to see this!! KEEP IT UP THERE 😂😂 it’s gonna be 78 degrees today in southern Indiana 💪 I got a 12” water main to get tapped before it gets cold here🥶
Tracks vs. tires...very important to consider foot controls vs. hand controls. A Bobcat S650 with foot controls is unbeatable. I operate a S650 foot with dirt tires and a T595 foot and the S650 performs well above the T595 pushing snow.
We moved from the Western NY snow belt to Southern California in 1976. I miss the four seasons but not when you get them all in one day! Snow, sleet, mud and slop from October into May just got to be depressing and you can only go ice fishing so many times.
You are way more prepared than I am. I'm a supervisor for D O T i have 6 trucks and 7 guys at my garage and only 3 trucks ready the other 3 have been at the district shop sense September and they keep getting bumped buy buses its aggravating.
Our main seal coating truck is also our salt truck and we salted and then it got nice and a guy wanted us to seal coat. The seal tank and the salter are both a pain in the ass to take in and out. If only we had another truck available.
@@Dirtmonkey Before we had our skid steer we used to have 5 of us pick the salter up and put it in by hand. I doubt we could've done that with the seal tank unless we used a board and slid it up and of course it would've had to be empty.
100% right with the money deal but I've been down from Friday waiting on parts for my bagger machine tell Tuesday. Lost money but needed the break. Well see what happens tomorrow with the snow on Tuesday.
So am learning a lot from your videos keep them coming I am a new lawn and snow removal I am a one man band hoping to get enough account to expand thanks for all the insite
Stan Arctic pushers weigh more. The reason you can move more is because your machine gets better traction. Your able ro get all for wheels or every square inch of track planted to the pavement because of the floating sides and design of pusher. I use to sell em
Arctic sectional pushers are the best well worth the money I run a 8’ on a newholland 228 can load on trailer and transport as for the rust and corrosion on plow vehicles the worst just finished putting bed back on my pickup cleaned and bed lined the frame I prefer the loader over a pickup to plow any day. I have a snowman back plow I would like to put on front of the truck to see how it would work for driveways. I like the down pressure.
Glad to see how busy you stay during these times of the year! We're doing a couple terraced Good sized Redirock walls. Thankful for the good weather so far!
Northern orange co ny here. We're the first of the serious snowbands that start in new york, don't get me wrong, there's snow well south of us, the totals just jump quite a bit about 20 miles south of us. That being said, two weeks ago it was 23° here with 50mph wind and snow. The last week? High 60's-mid 70's. Next week? Below freezing at night and 40's during the day. You can't plan for what the weather will be here, and it sounds like by you guys too.
Dear Sir. To control corrosion. Try a product called Fluid Film. It's a woolwax formula. We use it in Atlantic Canadian the marine, forestry and snow control industries. It's truly a great product. Also an excellent general rustproofing product. It displaces moisture. Just a thought.
Or farm truck, we used to use it as a plow truck. As time goes on we don't but that thing has more rust on it, it dosent even know what life is anymore
@@Dirtmonkey No not really we mainly just get ice in late December it’s rare we get snow but when it does we get it hard and it usually just hits without any to little notice. Edited Hope you have a nice day/night friend
@@Dirtmonkey we would rather have snow than ice but you know we have to deal with what ever comes i guess. Keep up the hard work and thanks for taking the time to reply 👍
@@Dirtmonkey I rhino lined my s300 in 2015 or 2016 out here in Vegas because the paint gets destroyed in all this sand and grit and it's been great for us. We don't deal with snow but we dig and build ruffly 90 and 100 pools per year and it gets beat on pretty good and is doing awesome
@@Dirtmonkey you are not. The first thing I ever rhino lined was my Kawasaki 636 stunt bike because I was sick of having to touch it up all the time it would get dropped practicing tricks with it. It added weight to it but was well worth the investment of not having to do so much BS touch ups all the time.
@@Dirtmonkey this is me riding my Honda 929 in red and black and we in my trans am at the end ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jpkqhjAB6fw.html
We got our first snow October 30, about 4"-5", 32 degrees then switch to light rain. Cleaned up nice. But we got more than expected. They threw me into a plow truck. First time using a V plow. Worked good.
@Stanley ~ I thought you said you guys greased stuff. @10:03 sort of proves you missed the basics on the trucks. Those locking hubs should be turned once a month and ran for a few miles engaged. Says so in the manual. ;> Loved the vid. Wish we were getting snow here in Maine that early. Watching this from my garage with an old snowblower torn apart and getting her setup with fresh belts and grease for the winter. Your videos are the best for moral support.
Stan. You need to test the Kovaco Elise 900 Skid Steer Loader. It is all-electric with either a 5 or 8 hour run time between charges depending on battery pack size. The 900 has a lift capacity of 900 kg (1984 pounds). There is a larger version with a lift capacity of 1400 kg (3086 pounds). It would be interesting to get your take on the difference between these and your current skid steers - work capacity, usability, cost, etc.
@@Dirtmonkey I know that cold weather and batteries don't play well together, but that might actually be a good reason to arrange a demo of the skid steer. It would really show whether a battery-powered implement would have any value in snow removal work. It wouldn't hurt to see if the manufacturer would be willing to put their 'name on the line' in less than optimal conditions.
I was talking to the owner of flex seal on Saturday at the race and he was talking about a new flex seal product coming out to protect automotive, tractor, semi trucks wiring from salt, corrosion from snowing and road grime in the next couple of weeks
my first plow truck had a big hole in the floor on the passneger side. I had to plow with t he windows down. used that truck for 2-3 seasons before I could upgrade. Keeping it clean keeps the rust at bay.
I like some of the new skidsteers but the thing I HATE absolutely HATE is the joystick control for the hydraulics, I love my new holland ls180 which I believe is a 2002 but it has the foot controls and so much more enjoyable to run vs joystick control
Okay got my junk 98 3500 almost ready. Plow is on salter lights so steering exhaust and some more floorpan welding. I might not be you but i should be able to eat if she will give me a couple good snows
@@Dirtmonkey thanks you have been a great inspiration. 15 years in cab business and a nasty divorce so starting over broke but at least I learned to wrench on stuff. Put together 2 trucks and have a spare plow. Took a lot of buying stuff in the summer months. Figure subcontract this season with the 3500 and bed salter and turn my brother loose doing side stuff in the 2500 with tailgate salter. Figure kinda like the cabs. When the snow hits all hell breaks loose but money is coming in so keep the wheels turning. Funny story one contractor asked what equipment I had and was like okay what experience? Oh I have watched every dirt monkey video. So I guess that was good enough for them. So thanks again for sharing the knowledge. It is life changing for some of us out here.
@@Dirtmonkey what impressed me more than all the cool equipment is you have some great guys working for you that have stuck around. Shows a lot about your character. Although a log cabin and a challenger would be pretty cool. Maybe I can make enough to get a small mill and a chunk of land. Well that is the dream at least. Challenger will have to wait till I find a wreck. Got a 2010 camaro with a blown engine so I guess that is a pretty good start. Keep the videos coming it really keeps us little guys motivated.
Gotta learn how to stack snow... I'll come show you how it's done... Once you get the motion down it becomes second nature and way more efficient than slamming into them 😝
I almost forgot what snow looks like. We haven’t had a real pushable snow here in upstate (not really) delaware in about 4 years. We pretreat the hell out of everything. So even the 4-6 inch storms we only end up pushing slush.
We had a huge snow storm afew years back. A 17 year old kid came from Montana or Idaho... He made a ton of money on cregslist plowing peoples driveways and small roads. He gave most of it back to local churches
Hey great video.. enjoying the channel. With all the talk about Corrosion you should try the specialist long-term corrosion inhibitor WD-40 says for outside use it’s good for a year.. even in the he’ll conditions maybe 1 spray a season might help a lot.. idk certainly something I’d look into
I think you are at a point or close to it..you could use a full time maintenance mechanic..repair snow eauipment and paint all summer..repair lawncare all winter..also makes a filler for vacations or sick leave
@@Dirtmonkey they're out there..let your instincts make your decisions...the only advice i have is keep in mind a $10 an hour mechanic normally has the knowledge of a $10 an hour mechanic..sometimes more cost less...you'll do alright
Fun to see how you do it in the States..Here in north sweden we use like Volvo l60 and multi buckets and multi blades. And smaler places we use smaler wheelloaders like l35s
We just got second snow. As for back drag plow look at Hiniker C plow it's awesome for driveways for people like me that dont have rear plows. Thanks for the Video
I wish we could run asv. The shale and rock around here simply eats up the undercarriage. We do a lot of gravel work and they just won't last. Looks great though
