Training a New Snow Plow Operator

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The First SnowPlow of the year

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What happens here

A new operator, Henry, who has never snowplowed before, is being trained using an ASV RT-75 skid steer with a snow pusher. The instructor emphasizes learning efficient plowing patterns and staying mindful of obstacles, even though the current lot is empty. The training focuses on avoiding curbs, lifting the moldboard high enough to clear obstacles when moving forward, and practicing back-dragging for detailed clearing. The instructor stresses the importance of understanding patterns to avoid redundant passes and prepare the lot for other equipment.

Goal: Teach a new operator efficient and safe snow plowing techniques and patterns.

Tools and materials

ASV RT-75 Posi-Track ASV — Training machine for snow plowing
Snow Pusher Arctic Sectional — Attached to the skid steer for plowing

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machine so Henry this is like the perfect training grounds right here right okay uh so this lot there's nobody in it but I am going to be your obstacle so you got to keep your eye open for me and I'm intentionally working in this lot with you so you can get accustomed to learning how to work around cars okay okay make sure Henry knows that we always start at the furthest a point away from our push pile that way we don't go over the same area plates that was a regular Pusher that would have hurt Henry try not to intentionally hit your mole boards onto the curb okay although they're designed to float up and over every time you hit them you could bend them tweak them damage them so when you lift up and you're going forward lift up high enough to get those above the curbs and then set down okay let's do a couple more bad Drakes maybe some of you guys wouldn't mind the edumacation but this is not only is he learning how to run a piece of equipment now he's learning patterns and snow plowing and all the other components let's see if he listens to what I just said all right we'll come in we'll do a straight push right here straight push perfect Henry perfect let's go [Music] push Pile in front of us and then we swamp the shovelers yeah I've tried you love the way that looks in that snow roll man plowing shares a lot of things in common with mowing a lawn it's not just about running the equipment it's about recognizing the most efficient pattern for your lot all right so I'm gonna throw a little curveball at you Henry all right that was perfect so now you have this lot ready for me as a truck to go in without doing a lot of dinking around or a bigger loader to come in and just clean this whole lot doing straight pushes right okay so if I said hey you go prep the Lots this is exactly what you would do because you would just get all the court Corner Corners back dragged away and leave the big fat straight runs for somebody else to go do right so if I said that that's what you do but now we're doing a full push so you go ahead and clear this entire lot out and put it right here this lot's yours Henry go for it [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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