AWESOME Snow Plow Blade Hack for Gravel Driveways

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In this video I'll share my snow blade hack for plowing gravel driveways. This tip will blow your mind at how great it works.
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00:00 Snow Plow Blade Hack
00:13 ABS Pipe On Plow Blade Edge
05:13 Snow Plowing Lawn With ABS Pipe On Plow Blade

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@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 Жыл бұрын

🔴 *ATV Snow Plowing Video // Plowing Lots of Snow on Long Driveway* kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZiCfctqlbW1YqM.html

@martingibson1225 5 ай бұрын

For those who do not know the difference: ABS has a much higher impact resistance the PVC, which might explain why those who have tried this with PVC end up breaking the pipe. ABS is also stiffer so it will retain its shape better over the length of the blade. In addition, plastic pipe usually comes in different wall thicknesses, RE Schedule 40 or Sched 40, or Schedule 80, (sched 80), which is the thicker wall thickness of the two.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Good explanation!@@martingibson1225

@mrbeans2425 5 ай бұрын

Def smart. I just bump my blade up a little bit, itd be too time consuming for me to hop in and out and keep having to put it on and take it off. If 90% of what i did was gravel you bet your ass id love one of these!

@johnlepore1562 Жыл бұрын

For my 72" old Fisher Plow mounted on a 1981 Kubota 295, my son fabricated a piece of 2" pipe on the cutting edge. It works really well! and leaves the driveway gravel behind during plowing. Thanks for leading this terrific idea!

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 Жыл бұрын

Very cool! Your welcome 🙏

@flyinthebug35 6 ай бұрын

I saw your other video about using this piping and I immediately went and bought a piece of ABS pipe and installed it. I have not used the snowshoes anymore, as I really like the job it does with the pipe...and as you said, saves me throwing gravel all over my lawn that I used to need to rake up every spring. Thanks for this hack! Works amazing and never had to replace the pipe in 2 winters use now.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

That's great!

@richardmonson8657 5 ай бұрын

Great idea

@richiekuhn576 4 ай бұрын

i did the same thing works amazing thanks for the tip!!

@Lavavoth 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I am looking to buy a house with a driveway that is 650 feet in length and I was trying to figure out how to plow it. I’m so glad I found your channel.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 Ай бұрын

An atv is very capable of plowing for the most part. In 7 years I've needed to get a truck in hear only twice. Snow was too deep and wet.

@bryansummers3219 7 ай бұрын

That's some high speed plowing! You have really got that dialed in.

@DCSPORTSTER 5 ай бұрын

I just installed a solid-wall 2” ABS pipe on my plow blade works great. Thanks for the tip.

@greggroth5003 5 ай бұрын

Great idea! I tried this on my heavy duty Bush Hog 40-06 rear blade for my tractor. The cutting edge is quite a bit larger than an ATV blade, so I used 4” PVC pipe to fit over the attachment bolts. Quite easy to put on. Tried it out briefly and it works great! This blade is made for moving dirt, so it is very heavy and digs into my gravel and grass. I had tried running the blade backwards, but it has a pronounced blade support structure that hampers snow from rolling to the side. Blizzard here tonight, so tomorrow will be good test!

@dennmillsch 5 ай бұрын

I think PVC pipe is built sorta like hollow-core doors. They have a strong skin on the inside and outside, but the inside is weaker filler material. It doesn't take long on the gravel to wear through the thin outer PVC. Old ABS pipe was solid plastic so it would last much longer. I see some commenters are saying that newer ABS is also made with a weaker core. I don't know about that, so the point would be when you buy an ABS pipe for this, check the end and look at the cross-section to see if the pipe is solid plastic or layers with weaker stuff in the middle. I'm gonna try this -- if our local store has solid wall pipe. I don't have a snow plow but rather the front bucket on my sub-compact Kubota BX25. It's impossible to get the snow and not pick up a little bit of gravel.

@TomSmith-me7ph 5 ай бұрын

Great tip, I have a gravel driveway and use a blade on my lawn tractor.

@KPussGT 5 ай бұрын

I'm going to try this on my snow blower. Thanks.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

let me know how you make out

@ericking9042 5 ай бұрын

Wow that is a great idea ,thank you for sharing.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@SteinerFab1357 5 ай бұрын

That was amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for that !!!!!!

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@nortonashburn6119 5 ай бұрын

I ve been doing this for years and yes it works!

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@hphillips7425 5 ай бұрын

Good idea. I have a piranha Blade on my Kubota front bucket. I think something similar would be a big help for me

@Clancy2105 5 ай бұрын

I tried this after watching this video. I used pvc foam core. It worked like a charm. Thanks for the great video

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@dadhobbies 7 ай бұрын

There is a lot of ABS pipe that is now called cel-core. It is much weaker. Closed cell foam core with abs liner on the inside and outside. Not as strong as the old regular solid pipe.

@michaelgranback2652 4 ай бұрын

Great idea! Thank you

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 4 ай бұрын

You bet!

@cindylewis13 5 ай бұрын

Im gonna try it tomorrow

@andrewbalfour7130 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the idea. I will try this on my ventrac kv552

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Have fun

@robertbramwell4836 8 ай бұрын

I use a 1’ 1/2” piece of metal electrical conduit and has been on for years. I def broke multiple pieces of pvc before I tried the conduit.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 8 ай бұрын

That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing

@larrywarolin7215 4 ай бұрын

You must have a State license and a permit to use electrical materials. You may say you are plowing snow with it but it could be seen as commercial electrical work. You're looking at big fines, maybe prison. If you happen to bend that conduit you better hope it doesn't kink or it won't pass inspection. Did you ream or file the end that you cut? That inspector where you live is sneaky too. He'll get you, it's just a matter of time.

@chriscamgemi368 5 ай бұрын

Great job Brorher,l love the Chadian hacks for clearing snow ❄️ Canada 🇨🇦 🍁

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@Clancy2105 5 ай бұрын

So awesome. I gotta do that to my tractor plow

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Good luck !

@reloadnorth7722 5 ай бұрын

Excellent idea.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

heck ya!

@tjf1531 5 ай бұрын

Been doing this method for last 7 years and works well, not perfect but very helpful.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

7 years, awesome! Thanks for sharing

@sxsadventures2423 Жыл бұрын

That’s a really good idea Dam you’re smart

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 Жыл бұрын

I won't argue with you 🤣

@jodycowan8715 5 ай бұрын

I did this on my v plow for years. Worked great. Just cannot drag unless you pin the pipe to the cutter.

@427Ron 7 ай бұрын

That was a great video

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@13612 5 ай бұрын

how does this not climb up over the snow. I have a polaris with one of their plows and took the skids off the bottom because they would dig into the gravel. Not sure how that can just stay down or does the plow need to be weighted?

@ueoalf 10 ай бұрын

im going to try this on my jd 212 42inch plow thanks

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome 🙂

@richardbryant5773 5 ай бұрын

Great idea thanks

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@deepthinking8100 5 ай бұрын

This is a great idea

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Sure is and thanks for watching 😊

@michaelbrigham3620 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome 😊 Thanks for your generosity

@jackiesanders489 5 ай бұрын

My Yard tracotr with the wheels taken off the mower deck and the deck set all the way down works well too. But i enjoyed your video.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@G.I.JeffsWorkbench 5 ай бұрын

Great trick. If you can find ABS, it should serve you much better than PVC, since PVC doesn’t do well in cold temps. Might be better than skid shoes. Thanks for sharing.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

I didn't realize abs was so hard to find. Your the second viewer that has said that. What's going on with abs?

@terryedge3423 5 ай бұрын

I also installed pcv on the blade wow what a differance no rocks in yard

@larryfine6013 5 ай бұрын

Good stuff , abs is softer than pvc , pvc will tend to break or shatter, doesn't like the cold,

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

well that makes sense

@jdubya54 5 ай бұрын

That's awesome. I'd rather use that then skid shoes. I didn't see it catch one time

@donbarnes6426 5 ай бұрын

ABS pipe, but what kind schedule 20 40 80 or hybrid

@gordbaker896 5 ай бұрын

Always plow the spoil to the EAST side of your driveway . Prevailing West wind won't drift in snow so much.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

My driveway runs east and west in the woods

@gordbaker896 5 ай бұрын

I would plow it towards the South side.@@GettingItDoneNorthOf7

@nhjohn1275 5 ай бұрын

What is the spoil?

@BrickBike 5 ай бұрын

@@nhjohn1275the snow removed from the driveway. More of a term excavators use for excavated dirt really

@gordbaker896 5 ай бұрын

It is what comes off the end of the blade.@@nhjohn1275

@wdrdiyman1674 7 ай бұрын

Yes, indeed...it works on an 8.5-foot Hiniker plow blade on a pick-up truck for me too. Not a new idea...just perform a search at KZfaq for "plow edge guard" or a similar string. I tried a PVC pipe....chewed to pieces in 25 feet; a steel, corner fence post....twisted like pretzel after two hours. Best solution: 2-inch steel pipe...sliced longitudinally to fit over blade with a plasma cutter or angle grinder....held on by three 3/8-inch, grade 8 bolts with nylon-lock nuts. One can plow a gravel road in full float mode without lifting/pushing any rocks. Best to allow a thin crust of snow/ice to build up on the top of the gravel to allow the guard to skim the top. If your gravel layer is very thick, you may still push rock with an edge guard without a buffer layer.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 7 ай бұрын

Great idea for the truck plow!

@Lucysdad66 5 ай бұрын

I got used to runing a dozer Without skip plates that's very difficult to do

@dharv22 6 ай бұрын

Hey Roland...fellow Canadian here...Nova Scotia to be exact...i literally just did this technique. I cut 1 1/2" black ABS pipe to 66" to fit my plow blade. Then i set up the table saw with the blade just making it through the pipe thickness. Tried first to pound it on but no success. Then i cut a V in one end and Shazam, went on no problem. Fortunately we have no snow right now...like +8 right now...December 28th. Am looking forward to plowing tho with little damage to my lawn and gravel. Cheers man...love the videos. BTW...i run cfmotto 800 ex eps...love the machine. Happy trails all..!!!😊

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Hey there! Have you had a chance to try this yet? Thanks for the kind words :-)

@dharv22 5 ай бұрын

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 Yeah I did. Works amazing...no gravel no hassle...love it..!!!

@jimvenizelos4649 5 ай бұрын

I can see how pipe might break if it contacts rocks, exposed stones, uneven/rutted driveways

@mikegreer9041 5 ай бұрын

I built little skis on the adjustable skids

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Wow good idea. I'd like to see that

@nathanduckeorth806 6 ай бұрын

And it doesn't slide off??? I may try that ,thanks for the tip!!

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

I didn't for me

@Sluggo01 5 ай бұрын

Doesn’t work as great as snow but it does work really good in the woods where you’re pushing walnuts, i use it every fall

@adventureoverlanding9719 5 ай бұрын

I would add a wide strip of something on the top of the blade to reduce snow in the face.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Ya be meaning to but never get to it. 😊

@Nlorbliaya Жыл бұрын

Where do I buy an atv from? I got a long driveway.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 Жыл бұрын

At a powersports dealer nearest you

@ES-iz4wf Жыл бұрын

What size snow blade is on your Suzuki

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 Жыл бұрын

54 inch blade.

@ES-iz4wf Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reply

@grousehunter67 7 ай бұрын

Is this a 2 wheel drive atv ?

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 7 ай бұрын

4 x4

@Useitorloseit1 Ай бұрын

everybodies gravel is different, couple froze in rock bumps would probably break abs

@jdoboy6835 5 ай бұрын

I'd like to know what quad you are using? Suzuki KING QUAD? I think I heard you shifting. Does anyone make a manual shift, Gear drive quad, anymore? If I knew, I would buy 2 !!! ;>)

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

It's a 2004 Suzuki Eiger. I don't know if anyone makes a manual shift anymore. I'd like to know myself 😊

@keesanka1 9 ай бұрын

Maybe some people expect too much.

@josephpecor9000 8 ай бұрын

Pvc and abs plastic,are different

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 8 ай бұрын

Yep

@User39. 5 ай бұрын

PVC is white....ABS is Black......he said use ABS.....it's a little harder to find

@kevinhullinger8743 5 ай бұрын

You most likely have people who do not even own a ATV or truck that have never plowed making assumptions. Arm chair experts all over the internet. I say this because for some reason this video was suggested to me and I haven’t plowed for many years or looked it up.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Ya well thanks for taking a look anyway. Have a great day!

@jeffreyjohnson909 5 ай бұрын

Drop the blade on not frozen drive bump the blade up and go

@mjb2424 5 ай бұрын

OR... You could just have enough experience and operator touch to plow without grabbing stone!

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

I do that but sometimes the elevation keeps changing. Plus it's good to show people options

@itsruf1 7 ай бұрын

Only good for a perfectly flat asphalt drive...

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

not true

@itsruf1 5 ай бұрын

@@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 "hack people" are funny.

@edwinhermanson8842 3 ай бұрын

Tried it don't like it. On two quads

@jeromepeterson4043 5 ай бұрын

I’d have to use a tablesaw to cut that pipe. I can never cut anything straight with a Skilsaw!😜😜

@timberray9572 Жыл бұрын

Hey, you stole my idea, and I stole it from someone else. I have been using this hack for a few years now and it works great. Use a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade to cut the pipe, its a lot safer.

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 Жыл бұрын

That's a strong accusation. Do you have proof I didn't come up with this idea on my own.haha I've been doing this for years. 😀

@jdubya54 5 ай бұрын

Worked for 2 passes then it exploded

@scrambler69-xk3kv 5 ай бұрын

Sorry bud but thirty five years of plowing here including gravel parking lots. As soon as your plow hits resistance it leans forward with the springs stretched and those pipes will be up of off the ground just like plow shoes do and become a total loss. We tried many things on our six plow trucks over the years.

@Scummy_shovel 5 ай бұрын

Yet he has a video of it working perfectly. Tons of comments of it working for people. Maybe you’re in the wrong business?

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Lol

@GettingItDoneNorthOf7 5 ай бұрын

Haven't had an issue yet. Maybe a truck plow is so heavy. I don't run into anything much so my blade doesn't lean forward

@midwestguy3361 5 ай бұрын

What size is the ABS pipe@GettingItDoneNorthOf7