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Operating the Kubota R530 with Raptor Plow

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Plowing with the Red headed step child

What happens here

Stanley (the presenter) introduces one of the main pieces of equipment, a Kubota R530 wheel loader fitted with a Raptor snow pusher. He explains that this is not a typical 'Arctic' pusher, jokingly referring to it as the 'red-headed stepchild' of snow pushers, highlighting its basic, no-frills design. He emphasizes that despite its simplicity, it is effective for general snow moving tasks. He also discusses the forecast for rain turning into snow and the importance for snow plow operators to anticipate actual weather conditions.

Goal: Understand and operate the Kubota R530 with Raptor plow for snow removal.

Tools and materials

  • Kubota R530 Wheel Loader Kubota — Operating the Raptor snow pusher for snow removal
  • Raptor Snow Pusher Raptor — Pushing snow efficiently

What they say

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[Music] good morning you guys well it's a bright and cheery start to our day kind of this is supposed to be rain and it's the middle of December in Minnesota and anybody with any common freaking sense would know that it's not going to rain in Minnesota in December except for meteorologists there wasn't one meteorologist that called this storm right they all said rain rain rain thankfully us guys that plow snow for a living and actually have to depend on knowing what the weather is going to do knew that that was a crock of crap and so we're out here ready to get the party started this is a raptor it's not your normal Arctic I know it's a you hit a curb with that you're gonna face hit the windshield I I know okay okay I already found out I was like oh it's one of these plows a little spoiled all right yeah uh let's do this lot right here we'll push it up to that pile over there and then we'll head over to foreign [Music] it's not a lot of snow and it's not deep snow but it pays the bills it keeps all my guys working and keeps all of us going can't complain about it [Music] [Applause] now here's something not everybody realizes but this black snow plow the Raptor is actually an Arctic but it's not their typical Arctic this is the step down unit kind of like the red-headed stepchild of snow pushers basically meaning that there's nothing special or fancy about it it's just like every other snow Pusher out there [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] don't tell me they don't last don't tell me they don't last well this is also made by Arctic it's called and I don't like it it's missing the sections that really make an Arctic shine it's right here all of these pups back there that's the magic it's magic simple effective

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