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Summary of Issues and Design Flaws

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Boss Snowplow -Failure after failure in The Back Drag Pro

What happens here

The reviewer summarizes the recurring problems with the BOSS Drag Pro, emphasizing that it has spent considerable time in the shop (4 times in two months) and required 88 field repairs for shear pins. He also highlights issues with paint chipping off and sharp edges on mounting points, which further damage the square tubing. He explains how this design causes excessive force on connection points, leading to premature wear and failure.

Goal: Recap all major problems and identify areas for design improvement

Tools and materials

  • BOSS Drag Pro Snowplow BOSS — Highlighting structural weaknesses and wear points
  • Square Tubing — Showing paint chips and wear
  • Paint N/A — Chipping off due to friction and stress

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not a problem so we run what's called a snow power blade it's the same concept but different company and the wings on our Paul blades are actually designed to go all the way backwards they don't even have shear pins in fact everything on ours are run with grade-a bolts and what you're gonna see in this video is Tim is gonna hit this Bank so hard with the wings extended that he's actually going to kick the entire back end of my pickup truck all the way out and it's gonna have zero effect on the snowplow so right now he's hitting that Bank so hard that the entire back end of the truck is kicking over and finally we get that wing on the snow power to pop but you lift it up you fold it in and you're still in business there's nothing broke no pins to replace I mean you were able to snap that on command yeah he actually coming you said he's gonna be by the sign I said you want me to break it right by him so I just pulled over a little bit and you saw that some that wing drift right oh yeah as soon as it got to 180 or you know full extension it's done yep this goes pop and now knowing what I know now after using it I don't like to break your PIN so little stopped I would have backed up a little winged it in and then you leave a a snowbank that looks like this you know part of what you're doing what you want it to look good when you're done - so yeah Mike has mastered braking shear pins but he also knows how to use this boss drag Pro and not brake shear pins and we're gonna show you that right now when he's taking a bite off this Bank as soon as he sees that wing starting to fold out from the weight he has to stop slow down and then angle out so that he doesn't take too much of a load then he takes another bite moves over and when he's slow and careful he can continue to move on down the line without braking shear pins so there is a way to do it without snapping shear pin after shear pin so if you guys already have a drag Pro maybe this will help you guys not have to go through so many of them in a season [Music] yeah but you know what let's see if I was a break No okay you want to run yours by it yep I'll get out of your way make another good way to shed snow really fast it's to actually pull one wing in and put the other wing the opposite way and what you're doing is you're catching the snow and you're throwing it across the parking lot to the opposite side that helps you to use it kind of like you would a v-plow or an angle blade where you just come in grab as…

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