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Understand Plow Features (Trip Edge)

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When you let a Snowplowing Noob in the seat of the Truck

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Snow plow trucks with V-plows, like the Western MVP3, often have a 'trip edge' feature designed to save the plow and operator from severe impact when hitting an obstruction. This feature allows the bottom edge of the blade to pivot backward and over the obstruction, reducing the force of the collision. Skid loaders, however, typically have zero trip edge tolerance, meaning any impact with an obstruction is absorbed directly by the machine, often leading to damage. The presenter demonstrates how the V-plow can be angled to direct snow away from the truck while back-dragging, which is useful when working near parked cars.

Goal: Utilize plow features like the 'trip edge' to prevent damage and improve efficiency.

Tools and materials

  • Snow Plow — Demonstrating the trip edge feature and angling for back-dragging

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rivets. If you feel like you're losing your load over and over again in the very beginning, you can take a bigger bite. And then as your snow is piling up on the front of your blade, make it smaller. Yes. Perfect. So Andy is going to put the plow in scoop position. Grab that. He's got that big giant. It's like dirty toilet paper on the front of your truck. He just dumped his load all over the lot. [Music] Hey, so you guys are learning what not to do just about as much as you're learning what to do. All right, guys. That's it for today's video. I think we've given you a lot of the fundamentals so that you guys can go out and figure out how to do your own snow plow or your own parking lot. We've also taught you quite a few things not to do. It's Andy's first time in a plow truck, so hopefully it's helped you guys and you can go out and be successful. Let me know in the comments down below what kind of stuff you'd like to see next. Hit the like button if this video's helped you out. God bless. Go get them.

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