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Articulating Snow Plow Systems: Kage & HLA Snow Wing

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NEW loaders, Skids, and Plows at the Northern Green Exo.

What happens here

The presenter highlights a licensing agreement between Bobcat and Kage for snow plow systems. He explains that the Kage system is known for its articulating design, where the snow box detaches from the plow itself. This allows for increased maneuverability and specific plowing techniques. Later, an HLA Snow Wing plow is shown on a Kubota tractor, featuring a complex hydraulic system with many hoses (approximately 13 for all functions) and a 'live edge' system where individual cutting edges float to adapt to uneven surfaces. The HLA plow also features a floating slip hitch, allowing the entire plow unit to move independently of the machine for better terrain following. The presenter notes that both the complex hydraulics and numerous grease zerks (26 in total) require significant maintenance.

Goal: Compare and understand the mechanics and features of advanced snow plow systems.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat/Kage Snow Plow System Bobcat/Kage — Demonstrating an articulating snow plow
  • HLA Snow Wing 3230W Plow HLA Snow Wing — Demonstrating a complex articulating snow plow with live edge and floating slip hitch
  • Kubota Tractor Kubota — Hosting the HLA Snow Wing plow
  • Grease N/A — Lubricating the numerous grease zerks on the HLA Snow Wing

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nice to meet you man have a good show thanks guys have a good one you guys okay so here's kind of one of the interesting things i'm seeing a licensing agreement here obviously between bobcat and cage snow plows and if you're not familiar with this system this box actually separates from the plow itself and then this will articulate uh typically this is made by a company called cage right over there their their coloring is yellow and blue now they're they've got an offshoot color you'll see this the only reason i even bring this up is you'll see this like with arctic arctic had a licensing agreement with cat for arctic blades for a while same manufacturing process same everything and then they also had a manufacturing agreement with case after that so it doesn't surprise me to see this but i figured i'd point this out to you if you guys are looking for a cage snow plow system and you see one of these it's the same probably almost the same identical components except for a different color dustin how you doing man good how are you good so you have the manito all set up for snowplowing can you tell me what you did with this to get it ready um basically this is like the last skid sear that we have in our uh lot to sell so it was we were using it to plow our own lot so we quick cleaned it up and uh we put on some 19 five tires snow tires that we get from west side tire it's the same kind of tires that i think cage innovative uses yeah they just paint there's a different color uh and then we have the fisher uh basically speed wing um and it's kind of a cool system it comes in a c c pro form uh straight on and when you turn let's say you turn to the left this swing stays curved like that one and that one straightens out and it runs on a cable stable system yeah look at that no hydraulic connect no you do have a hydraulic connector for the main hydraulics yeah but the actual wings itself runs on a kit how reliable are those cables dustin um i had the snow x version um because snow axe had this before first and then fischer i think came in later and uh i put about three years on it and never had a single issue so you used it your company so if you guys don't know dustin owns top-notch equipment and you guys have multiple crews landscape cruiser how many guys you got running out there um in the summer it's in the mid 20s in the winter it's 50 somewhere in there like that okay uh so you're out of loaders to sell i'm i'm out of loaders until all of our um winter…

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