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01-16-2022, 01:11 PM | #1 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hickory, NC
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Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
I found a NOS John Deere blade for sale cheap, so I thought I would try to make my Precedent into a snow plow.
I made a bracket that bolts onto the center lift kit mount and installed a winch to raise and lower the blade. The whole thing can be installed or removed in less than 10 minutes. And since I couldn't find any snow chains available for my size tires, I just made my own We had a big snow storm last night, so this morning I cranked up the propane heaters and tried it out. It works much better than I thought it would. Cleared my long driveway and then went and did a neighbor's driveway just because it was fun. |
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01-16-2022, 01:22 PM | #2 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Feb 2021
Posts: 115
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Re: Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
Nice!!!
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01-16-2022, 03:06 PM | #3 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Southwestern Pa.
Posts: 6,215
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Re: Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
Neat cart enclosure too!!
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01-16-2022, 04:25 PM | #4 |
Growing In Grace
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Retired now and back home in Louisiana
Posts: 6,301
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Re: Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
The whole rig is neat. Nice job!!!
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01-16-2022, 06:05 PM | #5 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Kingsland, Georgia
Posts: 1,825
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Re: Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
And thus we find another off season use for our golf carts! I almost wish it could snow down here like I had when I lived in Ohio.
On second thought.......... |
01-16-2022, 11:01 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: near Calgary, AB, Canada
Posts: 1,516
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Re: Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
Nice set up.
How many battery amps are you drawing when you are pushing snow? Level or hilly terrain? |
01-17-2022, 12:00 AM | #7 | |
Nincompoop village idiot
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Michigan
Posts: 9,682
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Re: Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
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And then spent the next 3 days cutting donuts over every inch of my 20 acres |
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01-17-2022, 08:18 AM | #8 | |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hickory, NC
Posts: 702
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Re: Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
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On a side note: Last year I thought it would be fun to drive it around in the snow. I couldn't make it more than 20 feet as the snow was piling up in front of the tires and the back tires couldn't get enough traction. The snow chains are AMAZING - I can now go anywhere! It doesn't want to do donuts, tho. |
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01-17-2022, 12:45 PM | #9 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: near Calgary, AB, Canada
Posts: 1,516
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Re: Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
You might want to consider measuring your amperage draws when plowing to ensure it stays within the ratings of your cart components (batteries, solenoid, controller, FWD REV contactor, motor, etc). I recall a number of cases on BGW where failures were induced when excessive loads were applied to "stock" golf carts ... I seem to recall in those cases that people tried to harrow with their carts and ended up burning something up. Your upgraded cart certainly might be OK ... but it might be worth checking out.
I know that my cart draws more amps chained up through the snow ... pulling up a gravel road hill in summer might take 100 amps ... the same hill in in the winter with chains and snow is 150 to 200 amps. Adding a plow to the front will only increase those amperage draws. Nice job making your own chains. If you find the ride a bit choppy with the chains, you might want to consider a closer cross chain spacing ... could result in less thump, thump, thump when driving. Also consider pointing your bungee cord hooks outward (away from the sidewall) ... right now the open hook end is pointing into the sidewall, which risks a possible sidewall puncture if you rub something the wrong way with your tire chains. |
01-17-2022, 04:30 PM | #10 | |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Kingsland, Georgia
Posts: 1,825
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Re: Precedent Snow Plow - it works!
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Dec. 24, 1989 we got the most we ever had. It amounted to less than an inch. Roads melted as soon as it hit so driving wasn't too bad, just a bit slushy. Police advised everyone to stay home and most everyone did. My Suburban loved it though. Had the roads to ourselves. Mar. 1993 was the worst however. 17 degrees for a high one day, only snow flurries, power went off for 3 days, water froze in both toilets. Horrible 3 days. We stayed in an almost impossible to find fleabag motel to survive. And nothing since 1993 except some brief flurries. I guess that global warming thing took over and kept it away! |
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