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Use Correct Gear for Plowing

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

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It is crucial to travel in the correct gear when plowing. For most heavy snow plowing operations with a skid loader, always use first gear (turtle mode). This provides maximum power and control, reducing the impact if you hit an obstruction. Traveling in second gear (rabbit mode), especially when hitting an object, can cause severe damage to the equipment, potentially knocking the entire door off the front of the skid loader. For a plow truck, utilize 4-high for most plowing, and only use 4-low in extreme situations to maximize torque and prevent wear on the transmission.

Goal: Select the appropriate gear (first gear for skid loaders, 4-high for plow trucks) to ensure control and minimize equipment damage.

Tools and materials

  • Skid Loader — Alternative snow removal equipment mentioned for comparison

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seen a lot of crap happen that I don't want to ever see again. Do you plow in a truck in four high or four low? I would honestly not know that cuz I four high. Four high. So four low. Maybe once a year I use four low in some extreme situation. Other than that, hands off. Four low. Watch your mirrors on the side post because they do stick out further than your blade. Okay. You got to tighten it up. You got to get closer in. There you go. Now, we don't have back blades on our snow plow. Do you know why? Nope. Because we have skills. I guess. Yeah. So that's why we don't need it. So, but if you don't have a skid loader to do all your back dragging for you, well, you know what? Whatever. Get a back drag blade. They make them specifically for them. So, let's do it. All right. He's looking at me like this. Right. Well, I just didn't know if you were saying all right. Like this. Oh. Oh. What are you doing? Okay. He doesn't even know. So, when you're back dragging, the most important thing you can look at is what the if you're back dragging next to a car is the car next to it. Because as you're back dragging the snow, it's going to want to flop and roll toward that car. So, he just did everything wrong. But remember, he's a nude. He's got his little training diapers on when it comes to snow plowing in a truck. He's a good sport. Okay. One of the tricks when you're back dragging so you don't release snow. Now you're not today, but a lot of times you are. If you want the snow to come one way or another, you'd actually angle that far blade in because it's a Vplow. What I'm talking about is this blade, angle that in toward you, not out, in. There you go. And now what you're doing is you're getting your wind row to come away from where you want the snow to go. If that made sense, which it does. I'm Polish, so not quite sure if that makes sense or not. If you get it, let me know in the comments down below. So now that blade is less likely to allow snow to flop out. It'll flop his way, the driver's way, than it will the other way. Okay. So now you got the entire rest of this parking lot to do. What's your strategy? Start up on that side and get it all moved down this way with an angle about an angle. And that is the exact wrong thing to do. Why is that? Well, because if you start on the upward side and you start plowing it this way, Yeah.

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