P500 PVC pipe on plow for gravel driveway?

[bowhunterbill]

I saw this idea on another forum. Has anybody tried it on their UTV plow?

Get a 3” ID thick wall pvc pipe, cut a slot, fill with insulation foam to keep it from moving. I know an electrical contractor who has told me to help myself to the electrical conduit cutoffs he stacks outside.

I have 250 yards of gravel driveway and a large gravel area in front of the 3 car garage, and every spring I need to clean up gravel from where I push the snow. The 2 round pieces on the bottom of my plow may work on asphalt, but not so much on gravel. I do not plan to plow asphalt since I don’t have any.

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[Hoosier1960]

I saw this idea on another forum. Has anybody tried it on their UTV plow?

Get a 3” ID thick wall pvc pipe, cut a slot, fill with insulation foam to keep it from moving. I know an electrical contractor who has told me to help myself to the electrical conduit cutoffs he stacks outside.

I have 250 yards of gravel driveway and a large gravel area in front of the 3 car garage, and every spring I need to clean up gravel from where I push the snow. The 2 round pieces on the bottom of my plow may work on asphalt, but not so much on gravel. I do not plan to plow asphalt since I don’t have any.

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I saw the same thing on FB. Thought it sounded like a good idea.

 

[Scoop]

Yup. I'd use thickwall steel over PVC. The guy who plowed the drive up @ the cabin did this on his pickups.

I use a thick slab of old conveyor belt on my ATV plow for asphalt and cement driveway. Can even push snow across grass without damaging it.

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[bowhunterbill]

Thanks. I’ll post a picture, any lessons learned and how it works.


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[bowhunterbill]

I picked up 6’ of 3”” ID pvc from the local electrician’s scrap bucket. Project continues.

I’m planning to cut a slot the length with an angle grinder cutoff blade, drill small holes every foot on both sides to spray insulation foam and fill the void, then ‘finesse’ it on with a mallet.


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[P1K5Dave]

Seems like you're going to find it impossible to keep this thing on the blade, but I look forward to your reports!

 

[Scoop]

Seems like you're going to find it impossible to keep this thing on the blade, but I look forward to your reports!

That's part of the reason I suggested steel pipe. A few properly placed welds will keep it on the blade.

 

[Hoosier1960]

I saw some videos on YouTube. They used 1.5” ABS pipe. Cut a slot in it lengthwise and used a hammer to drive it on from the side. Guy said he had used it about 5 years.

 

[CaboJim]

Thinking about adding this to my plow this weekend.

 

[Rayger143]

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[bowhunterbill]

I discovered that while the front of the blade is flat, the back has a metal bracket going all the way across. So car car car hammering it on with the slot will not work. I’m gonna play around a little bit today with a short section of the 3 inch PVC to see if I cut the slot wider if I can fit it on, and then see if there’s a way that I can align knew longer bolts where the originals were the whole the whole thing together. I’m retired, and I’m just playing around with it to figure it out.


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[906UP]

That's part of the reason I suggested steel pipe. A few properly placed welds will keep it on the blade.

This.....
It's what most of us use on our plows UP here for the early season, I even made one for the blower on my Kubota for use on the gravel driveway. Plastic doesn't hold up, combine cold temps with a minor impact on rocks and it'll be in pieces.

 

[Bighat]

I saw this idea on another forum. Has anybody tried it on their UTV plow?

Get a 3” ID thick wall pvc pipe, cut a slot, fill with insulation foam to keep it from moving. I know an electrical contractor who has told me to help myself to the electrical conduit cutoffs he stacks outside.

I have 250 yards of gravel driveway and a large gravel area in front of the 3 car garage, and every spring I need to clean up gravel from where I push the snow. The 2 round pieces on the bottom of my plow may work on asphalt, but not so much on gravel. I do not plan to plow asphalt since I don’t have any.

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Do the make skid shoes for the plow? That's a real plow has that does gravel roads.
Here's a link: Buyers Products Square Foot, Snowplow, Shoe Assembly with Pin & Washers, 1303005

 

[trigger]

I went through this when I first got my machine. Now my driveway is paved but it was just gravel. Until the ground is frozen you run the risk of plowing up the stone. Even using skids they dig in and mess it all up too. I learned to grade the stone in late fall to try to eliminate the highs and lows. I used a drag harrow. Then, until the ground is frozen, you have to pay close attention to the blade height you set. You're generally going to leave an inch or two of snow behind. Even doing this, cleaning stone out of the green belts was a spring time ritual.

 

[trigger]

I posted in this thread then this popped up in my YT suggestions. Looks like the same quad as in the OP.

 

[bowhunterbill]

Thanks for skids idea. Good information about grading the gravel, it’s gotten lumpy and rough since I put it in.

I need to futz around with the pvc pipe to fit the rear of the Warn plow blade and see how it works.


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[John Mc]

That's part of the reason I suggested steel pipe. A few properly placed welds will keep it on the blade.

Or weld a few tabs onto the pipe and bolt the tabs on to the blade - allows for easy replacement in the future.

 

[bowhunterbill]

I think I’ll try the pvc first- if it works but falls apart the mechanic who fixes my Dodge RAM does welding and fabrication too and Joe could weld it.

Would a piece of steel exhaust pipe from the auto parts store be thick enough?


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[bowhunterbill]

Well…….. I got it on and we’re expecting snow this weekend. As a friend of our son said looking at a duck hunting cart I built “There ain’t no point points for pretty out here, Bill”.

I split a 60” piece of 3” electrical conduit pvc with an angle grinder snd metal cutoff blade. I could not expand the gap to get it over the bolts holding the metal edge to the plow.

So I tapped it in from the side with a mallet. With about 4’ tapped-in the pvc pipe cracked. I drilled holes and filled the inside with insulation foam- as best I could.

After unsuccessfully trying to make a sleeve from pvc split the long way and heating the pvc with a propane torch to increase the radius, I decided to use force, some old wood clamps and a big pair of channel locks. If you look closely at the wood grips, they were scored from compressing disc brake calipers years ago on the Dodge.

I lag bolted them in place, we’ll see if it works with the next snowfall.

No points for pretty. I’m running an old 24” front driver tire since my 25” had a split that can’t be repaired. New tires all round this spring.

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[CaboJim]

Looks good. Cutting mine today as we are expecting snow this weekend.