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With so many places to explore, camp, and hunt using ATV's is a common place. Whether you are adding ATV plows attachment to your ATV to remove snow from your driveway or adding atv winch bumpers to get ready for ...

Publish Date: 09/25/2011 10:41

Town of Frankfort Walter U model V plow

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Where to get ATV plows, winches and more CuzoogleBefore moving to Nova Scotia, I thought an ATV was a TV station because at the time, it actually was a TV station in Halifax. But what I soon figured out was, an ATV was an all-terain vehicile that was very, very popular in Nova ...

Publish Date: 09/26/2011 7:21

Buying A Used Snow Plow Truck, Know What To Look For

Buying A Used Snow Plow Truck, Know What To Look For

If your looking for a used snowplow truck to buy. That’s fine and its cost a lot less then a new one. Is it really? That all depends on what you are doing with it and what you are looking at to buy.

Well the first thing you should think about if you are looking to buy a used snowplow truck, is what are you going to do with it? Will the snowplow truck be used for your driveway? Will it be used for a residential snowplow account, mainly driveway work?. Or are you subcontracted and have commercial accounts or by a municipality for snow removal on major road ways.

Having the answer to this questions is a major factor. For the first application if you are plowing just your own driveway then an older snowplow truck that is being retired is fine, as long as all the major components work proper like the brakes, 4 wd, and the snowplow it self. If you will be doing some residential work you want to then thoroughly check out the whole snowplow truck prior to purchasing because now that truck is your reputation and people are dependent on you and your service.

Most Homeowners would not like to be told their driveway will not be ready for them to go to work because your truck broke down. So when if you are looking for a snowplow truck for sale you want to check out all the major components. Also run the plow make sure everything is working as it is suppose to. The other thing to keep in mind the brand of the truck,. you do not want to buy a snowplow truck that is a special model because you will feel the pain when you need to get a part for it and you have to wait a few days instead of being in stock. Remember the auto parts stores stock what sells best not what doesn’t.

Well the next thing to consider is if you are subcontracted by a municipality, this job usually is being paid by the hour for your snowplow truck and you. Remember, this is not start and stop type of plowing this is usually continuous plowing on town road ways. The town will usually give you a certain section in your town to plow. When looking for snowplows for sale , you again want to keep this in mind.

For this type of plowing you do not want a six foot snowplow, you will want a truck with an 8’ foot snowplow blade and with a rubber deflector. Good luck trying to plow a roadway with out a snowplow deflector on it at 30 mph or better. If you are looking at a truck or snowplows for sale this is what to look at, be sure again to pre-trip the truck and that re-trip should cover all lights, tires etc.. Then get on your creeper and start looking underneath check drive shafts, brake lines, cooler lines, wiring harness, fuel tank straps, exhaust and exhaust hangers, and be sure to check for fluid leaks. DO this inspection with the engine cold and then at operating temperature.

Then after dong all that cycle the plow many times not just once or twice why?, because, it takes a few cycles to warm up the hydraulic oil in the snowplows system and then that’s usually when the seals start to leak, and need to be replaced. After the inspection, if everything seems fine and in good working order then make the seller a fair offer. Try not to wait to long, because if the truck is in good shape and everything is fine someone will buy it. Time is money you do no want to spend the plow season looking for a truck especially if you found what you are looking for. I will come out with more on this topic on our snowplow Blog in the mean, time happy hunting.

Used snowplow, Find them now

Are you looking for a used snowplow, well we are getting to the end of the season and by now you will probably
start to hear people saying they will buy new plow next year. Maybe, you have acquired more snow work this year and you are looking for a used back up plow. The first thing I would start looking locally in the used equipment guide and on the internet sites for used equipment, check out the prices. One site that is interesting is the Snowplow News Site, Hats off to this Veteran for offering Some seriously unique equipment.









Another site ,I found that handles a large amount of used snowplow equipment is the TrucknTrailer site ,again they have a vast amount of used equipment. But the only problems with used plows is the location, providing these companies are not to far away from you, they are a great resource for used snow plow equipment. However, they may also have an alternative to get the plows delivered to you for a low cost.

But before you start looking for used equipment you really need to do a little home work on what plow will service what you need. What type of application are you using the snowplow for? Highway, small driveway, parking lots? You also want to
keep in mind the carrying capacity of your front end on your snowplow truck. The other thing I try to do is to keep all my plow the same brand. It is much easier to service and get parts. Instead of having to go to many different places to get parts
You can mainly shop at one.

Used snowplow can also be at highway and construction auctions. There you can get some good deals but the down side to that is some piece can only be check by looking at the unit instead of inspecting it by cycling the hydraulics system, and you know they usually pressure wash the equipment before the Auction so you do not know what was leaking and what wasn’t.
So the bottom line to buying a used snowplow is know what you want before you start looking for it, keep in mind it is also important to buy you equipment from reliable source. Edgeolite will be doing more reporting on used snowplow equipment
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