ATV snowplow fiasco.. DONE!!!

I'll be the first to admit I'm about as incompetent with a wrench as HLA is with a fishing rod , but I figured I could get my plow all put together and on the machine by myself. After all, I managed to get the winch in and wired correctly! This plow thing is kicking my tail! I've gotten the plow itself put together, but the damn bracket that attaches to the frame is a bugger! And its very heavy too!! Nearly impossible to hold it in place and get the bolts all lined up and started... I'm going to give it one more try then I'll have to put it on the trailer and take it to the dealer and have them finish. That should cost a small fortune!

Wrong side of the water or I would come on over and help ya Elk. Take a break then go back to it ...

I thought about using the jack, but it needs to go up and back about 45 degrees. I guess I can wedge something against the jack and see if it works.

Stay tuned this could get messy!

Why don't you get Grant Goodeve to help you......







....oh that's right, the restraining order and all.....((*&^%$#stalker#$%^&man crush&^%$#)


Get your wife or kids to help, you weaner. And by the way, I handle a wrench, a fishing rod, and your sister with equal proficiency. Well.

The only tool you handle is about 5mm and not in your tool box... its in yer pants there sugar. You've really got to get some help with your grant goodeve fettish its just not natural. AND.. until you post a picture of yourself and a non-photoshopped fish in the same zip code, nobody believes you actually fish!

Now, that said, I may have to get the wife and kids out there to finish the stupid plow..

OK... it was a matter of leverage as nate said. I used the jack, cussed A LOT! but after an hour or so, its finally done! No more getting snowed in! The last two years we have been stuck up here for a week over christmas break... no more! next up is the generator. Its going to the shop though!

Here you go Elkrump, you master mechanic you... This was yesterday, on my favorite local river.

As I thought... you are a fish virgin. You would think that someone here would be able to help you with that!

The word you're looking for is "envy". Glad I could help out.

I understand you having envy because I catch fish and all, but theres enough people here who can help you pop your cherry. Come on, there must be a trout farm somewhere over there?!

Me envy you....I think not! :61: I'd have the god given common sense to take advantage of your predicament. It's the perfect opportunity to build an older truck nice & stout, and throw a real plow on it. What if you need to haul big logs uphill, or get your neighbors backhoe out of the mud? Of course you'll never do that but the wife doesn't know that. You're a man and that's enough a damn reason for you! Sell it Nancy!!

I'm sure your little Barbie plow will work just fine. But you could have had a Chevy!!

Why in gods name would I want a clunker truck laying around? The beauty of the quad is that it is both a tool and a toy! (you're just a tool!). Five minutes from my house are miles of gated roads that are atv accessible... that beater truck wouldn't get in there. I can and do pull logs uphill, and if my neighbor is dumb enough to get his backhoe stuck in the mud, he deserves the hassle of finding someone else to get it out! No thanks, I hate working on crap as it is... the barbie plow will work just fine. Plus its a whole lot more fun. Next up on the winter to do list... taking the generator in to get it fixed. Just in time too, we have snow in our forcast next week!