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Hi All,
One of the reasons I bought my MAX was for some light snow plowing (the end of the driveway, power meter, oil fill, etc...), but the factory plow was a bit pricey ($1000+ w/o the winch). I looked around, but found no third party plows for it, so I decided to make my own. It appears that Moose Plows makes the blade for RC and RC makes the frame for it, so I bought a 60" Moose Plow ($190) and a generic ATV frame (aka Push Tube $179). I then cut the push tubes off, widened the frame 30" ($32 in steel) and voila - a MAX blade for $400.
New Push Tube, unmodified:
Cut the tubes off, weld on 3" C-Channel:
Add some braces:
Done:
I have the track kit on my machine, so the mounting tabs were already there.
It works very well. It, of course, uses the winch to raise and lower the blade. Two notes: I switched the legs from left/right so that the tube was on the outside - that allows them to clear the body of the MAX. Also note that the distance between the mounting tabs is 30 inches.
Hope that helps someone.
One of the reasons I bought my MAX was for some light snow plowing (the end of the driveway, power meter, oil fill, etc...), but the factory plow was a bit pricey ($1000+ w/o the winch). I looked around, but found no third party plows for it, so I decided to make my own. It appears that Moose Plows makes the blade for RC and RC makes the frame for it, so I bought a 60" Moose Plow ($190) and a generic ATV frame (aka Push Tube $179). I then cut the push tubes off, widened the frame 30" ($32 in steel) and voila - a MAX blade for $400.
New Push Tube, unmodified:
Cut the tubes off, weld on 3" C-Channel:
Add some braces:
Done:
I have the track kit on my machine, so the mounting tabs were already there.
It works very well. It, of course, uses the winch to raise and lower the blade. Two notes: I switched the legs from left/right so that the tube was on the outside - that allows them to clear the body of the MAX. Also note that the distance between the mounting tabs is 30 inches.
Hope that helps someone.
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