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In-House Cylinder Manufacturing and Universal Valve Bodies

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Exclusive Tour of Sno-Power's One-of-a-Kind Snow Plows

What happens here

The tour moves to the cylinder room, where a technician is assembling individual cylinder components. Rick highlights that Sno-Power manufactures all its cylinder parts in-house, including machining rods, pistons, and gland nuts from raw stock, ensuring precise quality control. He also emphasizes that their cylinders are powder-coated for durability. The hydraulic valve bodies are also custom-made with universal solenoids, allowing any solenoid to be swapped into any position. This design simplifies troubleshooting and reduces the need to carry multiple specialized spare parts.

Goal: Showcase Sno-Power's commitment to in-house manufacturing and standardized, easy-to-service components.

Tools and materials

  • Battery — Powering the hydraulic pump and maintaining voltage
  • Cylinder Rods — Component of the hydraulic cylinders
  • Gland Nuts — Component of the hydraulic cylinders
  • Hydraulic Valve Body Sno-Power — Controlling hydraulic flow
  • Pistons — Component of the hydraulic cylinders
  • Solenoids — Actuating hydraulic valves

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cylinders are put together. Yeah. Tiny, you got that done yet? Getting close. You got a team up front and a team in the back. That's a classic mullet. Party up front, business in the rear, right? Or is it There's Tyler. [clears throat] It's a little messy cuz we've been pounding on it. Yeah. So you you manufacture the cylinders in here, Tyler? Yes. Assemble them, yeah. >> Yes. Okay, so you hand You're the You actually make your own cylinders. These aren't made in China? No, everything comes in we make it all. Our cylinders are even powder coated. No one has powder coat cylinders. Basically the rods get assembled and with these lock nuts. Okay, wait. Say that again. He's talking about the pistons. We make we got all the rods. They come in like this. Okay. And like this is one we put the piston on it, the gland nut. We build all of these parts. You'll see at the other building. You build these parts. >> From scratch. We buy this rod in 24 ft lengths and cut it and then we machine all the threads and everything. We don't buy it. Then we we make this tube and then we weld it on here. >> So if I'm understanding this correct then Rick, you are responsible for quality control from the absolute source because you are actually making the parts and not having the parts shipped in from China and hoping that the tolerances are correct. You guys are actually doing it yourself right here in house. >> Yes. If I'm if I'm following all of this correctly. >> Yes. I mean we even have these specially made. This is the valve body. Now, this is your valve body are these all your solenoids right here? Yes. And now are these solenoids all universal so one goes out you can carry one spare solenoid and chop switch any one of these parts out? >> Yeah, exactly. Okay. There's eight of them here. I don't care which one. Here's your valve. It cost me more money, but I don't care cuz the up valve and the down valve and the wing valve are all different on other guys cuz they can save like 10 bucks. I don't care. I had this built so that you don't have to worry about whether you put it in the wrong spot. Take this one and put it here. I don't care. It's it's the same. It's So if a guy carries one extra solenoid with him >> valve it does not make a difference one valve. I'm sorry. I'm using the wrong terminology. But what I'm what what I'm getting to the point is as long as you got one, you are still back in business if you lose one anywhere in this…

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