Plow Skids

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

Hey guys! 

Has anyone found plow skids that work that bolt on and also adjustable on the fly? My driveway is mostly gravel but I have a pavement apron at the end, as well as my neighbors driveways that are pavement that I plow for them too. I dont have a welder so being able to bolt stuff together is my only option.  Thanks! 

[953 nut 67,902]

24 minutes ago, 1987_WHEEHORSE312 said:

adjustable on the fly?

            You planning on putting them on some sort of electric linear actuator or hydraulic cylinder?

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

1 minute ago, 953 nut said:

            You planning on putting them on some sort of electric linear actuator or hydraulic cylinder?

No, just want pins i can pull and slide thwm manually out. Adjustable on the fly meaning no tools needed to slide them up or down. 

[953 nut 67,902]

Check these out.           https://www.ebay.com/itm/317620224807?_skw=wheel+horse+snow+plow+skids&itmmeta=01M08Z870V98AS4S8Q5NZ0GQQ2&hash=item49f3a40327:g:1JgAAeSwOcppT-RS&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA4GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xC%2BP1ZGkww8hATohcc%2FsATOTRBGKzfmjk4kZQcciMBF9DoG8xI2Ppaesmys5tIhWWN3lJVpE%2BO4UPWb7xNjbmiCuT74yZiPVXZh2qNKn34ncx%2BPTrqfdaQAsyDVqAZ1BPE%2BI5WAkMN6JuOlA8Tm0GGAj8hRv92hBHgPu9FoqEzgvveKdgS56IsHd7ZAll0XfKtv4pNECc68wloFsRfQZs30l3sRCjMuBALYpJ0TWtdOAUXVCX8DBAyQI%2FtI1Swq5kunfmAovVlj2PPlhJmQDYBR|tkp%3ABk9SR8bwoJ-CaA

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

Just now, 953 nut said:

Check these out.           https://www.ebay.com/itm/317620224807?_skw=wheel+horse+snow+plow+skids&itmmeta=01M08Z870V98AS4S8Q5NZ0GQQ2&hash=item49f3a40327:g:1JgAAeSwOcppT-RS&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA4GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xC%2BP1ZGkww8hATohcc%2FsATOTRBGKzfmjk4kZQcciMBF9DoG8xI2Ppaesmys5tIhWWN3lJVpE%2BO4UPWb7xNjbmiCuT74yZiPVXZh2qNKn34ncx%2BPTrqfdaQAsyDVqAZ1BPE%2BI5WAkMN6JuOlA8Tm0GGAj8hRv92hBHgPu9FoqEzgvveKdgS56IsHd7ZAll0XfKtv4pNECc68wloFsRfQZs30l3sRCjMuBALYpJ0TWtdOAUXVCX8DBAyQI%2FtI1Swq5kunfmAovVlj2PPlhJmQDYBR|tkp%3ABk9SR8bwoJ-CaA

Thanks! Do they have a bracket that will bolt onto the existing holes on the plow? 

[953 nut 67,902]

Just now, 1987_WHEEHORSE312 said:

Thanks! Do they have a bracket that will bolt onto the existing holes on the plow? 

Got to fabricate something of your own.

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

1 minute ago, 953 nut said:

Got to fabricate something of your own.

Yea thats where im stumped. If I had a welder it would be easy 

[ebinmaine 79,936]

1 hour ago, 1987_WHEEHORSE312 said:

Yea thats where im stumped. If I had a welder it would be easy 

 

 

Not sure what your plow has on it but there are 90⁰ angle pieces available from Home Depot that could be considered.  

 

FWIW.  I've tried those exact skids. 

I have some you can have for the freight. 

We stopped using plow skids because they dug into our driveway.  

 

 

 

[mrc 1,108]

another thing to consider is when the blade is fully angled the skids/shoes can rub the front tires

[wallfish 20,347]

2 hours ago, 953 nut said:

Check these out.           https://www.ebay.com/itm/317620224807?

FYI --- When linking any of those things like that could you please delete EVERYTHING after the ? in your post. Everything after the ? is tracking BS that we don't want or need when clicking on it. I didn't know that either until @Handy Don pointed that out a while go. The rest is deleted  but the link still links

 

Edited 21 hours ago by wallfish

[peter lena 9,988]

@1987_WHEEHORSE312  https://www.google.com/search?q=atv+plow+skids&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS866US866&oq=atv+plow+skids&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCTEwMzc1ajBqNKgCAbACAfEFllTzXrNDIJfxBZZU816zQyCX&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8  atv set ups are the same , a spring following  slider  , would let you dial in your  ground contact . picture reference , ideas ? pete

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

1 minute ago, peter lena said:

@1987_WHEEHORSE312  https://www.google.com/search?q=atv+plow+skids&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS866US866&oq=atv+plow+skids&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCTEwMzc1ajBqNKgCAbACAfEFllTzXrNDIJfxBZZU816zQyCX&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8  atv set ups are the same , a spring following  slider  , would let you dial in your  ground contact . picture reference , ideas ? pete

Thanks! Yea the actual skids is the easy part, making a mounting bracket it hard given I dont have a welder. 

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

11 hours ago, mrc said:

another thing to consider is when the blade is fully angled the skids/shoes can rub the front tires

Yea thats true, but mine has the little 6" fronts on it, its a 312

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

11 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Not sure what your plow has on it but there are 90⁰ angle pieces available from Home Depot that could be considered.  

 

FWIW.  I've tried those exact skids. 

I have some you can have for the freight. 

We stopped using plow skids because they dug into our driveway.  

 

 

 

Maybe I should just use the pipe trick then? I dont want skids digging into my driveway either. 

[peter lena 9,988]

has to be someone close that could weld on brackets , pete

[ebinmaine 79,936]

16 minutes ago, 1987_WHEEHORSE312 said:

Maybe I should just use the pipe trick then? I dont want skids digging into my driveway either. 

 

You might be better off.  Our driveway has some soft spots where the water settles a bit. Once it freezes here, it stays solid for a couple months or more. 

 

Several years ago we started tilting the plow blade forward one hole further than standard. That works very good and also helps the snow roll off to the sides better.  

 

 

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

19 minutes ago, peter lena said:

has to be someone close that could weld on brackets , pete

There is but they want to charge $150 to weld them. My buddy has a cheap mig but it runs off 120v, which makes him not sure its gonna get hot enough. 

[ebinmaine 79,936]

2 hours ago, 1987_WHEEHORSE312 said:

There is but they want to charge $150 to weld them. My buddy has a cheap mig but it runs off 120v, which makes him not sure its gonna get hot enough. 

 

 

It will. 

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

10 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

It will. 

Yea, I was looking into stuff and realized that if the skids sit up, ill always have a half inch of snow left, where with the pipe method it gets it alot cleaner. 

 

[ebinmaine 79,936]

2 hours ago, 1987_WHEEHORSE312 said:

Yea, I was looking into stuff and realized that if the skids sit up, ill always have a half inch of snow left, where with the pipe method it gets it alot cleaner. 

 

 

The clean scrape is why we leave the plow down and forward. 

 

[1987_WHEEHORSE312 90]

Just now, ebinmaine said:

 

The clean scrape is why we leave the plow down and forward. 

 

Yea truck, just dont wanna have a rock pile at the end of the winter 

[Handy Don 17,096]

5 hours ago, 1987_WHEEHORSE312 said:

There is but they want to charge $150 to weld them. My buddy has a cheap mig but it runs off 120v, which makes him not sure its gonna get hot enough. 

My 120v MIG will go up to 140 amps (on a 20 amp circuit) and I’ve burned through things even at lower amperages.

The trick is to practice on scrap of similar gauges until you have the feed rate and amperage correct. For me, I had to learn to move more quickly and bump the feed rate a bit--I had plenty of heat. 

[sqrlgtr 3,518]

17 hours ago, wallfish said:

FYI --- When linking any of those things like that could you please delete EVERYTHING after the ? in your post. Everything after the ? is tracking BS that we don't want or need when clicking on it. I didn't know that either until @Handy Don pointed that out a while go. The rest is deleted  but the link still links

 

@wallfish @Handy DonThat is good to know, are y'all talking about the ? mark after the first part of the link that's been pasted?

@1987_WHEEHORSE312 im not a fan of the skids and prefer the pvc pipe over the cutting edge.

Edited 4 hours ago by sqrlgtr

[wallfish 20,347]

19 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

are y'all talking about the ? mark after the first part of the link that's been pasted?

Yes. Just like I deleted everything after the ? in that link above

[sqrlgtr 3,518]

3 hours ago, wallfish said:

Yes. Just like I deleted everything after the ? in that link above

Gotcha I see that now that you pointed it out Thanks