Harold 4x4

Harold 4x4

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I live in the Auvergne and can have a huge amount of snowfall during the winter...

Anyone out there fitted a snow plough to their Landy? Is it any good? Does it work on all types of terrain?

I need to buy something this year and it's either a plough attachment or a Quad with a snow plough. If a Landy plough is efficient it will a much cheaper option
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Ive no real experience with snow clearance other than with a shovel but used to drive a quad everyday and cant see them being very good at clearing deep snow as they dont have the weight to get traction so they wouldnt push much snow

Cheapest and best option would be to use your landy
 
A lot of Housekeepers here in the Alps use 90 Defwnders for Snow clearance. But a decent kit isn't really cheap.

Look for something with hydraulic lift and tilt, otherwise it is not that much fun.
 
Harold 4x4 said:
I live in the Auvergne and can have a huge amount of snowfall during the winter...

Anyone out there fitted a snow plough to their Landy? Is it any good? Does it work on all types of terrain?

I need to buy something this year and it's either a plough attachment or a Quad with a snow plough. If a Landy plough is efficient it will a much cheaper optionView attachment 89903
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Quads don't have enough balls to do the job 1-2 inches of fluffy stuff, any wet snow forget it. Trucks with plows that weight 3 tons have a hard time with wet snow.
  1. As a rule of thumb, saturated snow weighs approximately 20 pounds per cubic foot. The moisture content of snow can range from approximately 1% to 33%, which relates to snow potentially weighing from 1 pound per cubic foot to over 21 pounds per cubic foot.
 
I spent many hours driving RAF landrover snowploughs, they had laughed at me for getting it on my RAF licence, but they were out there shovelling!!( military licences list each individual vehicle landrover light weight, mini, cortina, hunter, Sherpa mini bus, !Landrover snowploughs etc)
Anyway they do make a good plough up to maybe 6 inches of snow in front of you, above that and every few feet you've built up a wall which you have to ram into the side. By continuing ploughing we kept the station roads (less than 1/2 a mile) and about 2 miles of public road open to where the council took over. That was with a snowfall of 3 ft overall.
I did this at several stations, the worst time was doing 12 hours ploughing ( ten minute break each hour), 12 hours covering my normal job, but only doing essential items sleeping when I could, this was for three days.
 
I have a plough for my 110 , and have done plowing with 6wd 21tonne V plow . The landrover will handle quite a decent amount of fresh snow , and with a decent plow it works well . The one linked in the post above is a "toy"
they will bend relatively easily , if you collect a kerb on the end etc. A meyer or similar is a much better option
see here https://www.meyerproducts.com/snow-plows/professional-use/lot-pro
The only extra caveat is even using this type , it pays to put extra braces from the lower front of the bracket back to the underside of the chassis near the front of the gearbox ( as is done on the RAF plows mentioned by a previous poster) to prevent damage being done to the front end of the chassis adjacent to the bumper mounts.
The USA origin plows are usually a lot cheaper than the European build ones. They are not cheap tho ,the little one Path pro 2 for a ATV is just short of £2K
 
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tacr2man said:
I have a plough for my 110 , and have done plowing with 6wd 21tonne V plow . The landrover will handle quite a decent amount of fresh snow , and with a decent plow it works well . The one linked in the post above is a "toy"
they will bend relatively easily , if you collect a kerb on the end etc. A meyer or similar is a much better option
see here https://www.meyerproducts.com/snow-plows/professional-use/lot-pro
The only extra caveat is even using this type , it pays to put extra braces from the lower front of the bracket back to the underside of the chassis near the front of the gearbox ( as is done on the RAF plows mentioned by a previous poster) to prevent damage being done to the front end of the chassis adjacent to the bumper mounts.
The USA origin plows are usually a lot cheaper than the European build ones. They are not cheap tho ,the little one Path pro 2 for a ATV is just short of £2K
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they must charge more for shipping than what the plow costs.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200476041_200476041
 
shipping , return on investment , VAT it soon adds up . The market in UK is a lot smaller than in US/Canada
 
We had regular snow problems when I lived int hills. Wet snow is hard to shift with a landy but we had some success with one mounted at about 60 degrees to the bumper. Just a case of using it as a battering ram. One of the neighbors treated himself to a snow blower. What a piece of kit. Wouldnt hesitate if the need rose again.

Cant remember the manufacturer but it was something like this...............

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Bobsticle said:
We had regular snow problems when I lived int hills. Wet snow is hard to shift with a landy but we had some success with one mounted at about 60 degrees to the bumper. Just a case of using it as a battering ram. One of the neighbors treated himself to a snow blower. What a piece of kit. Wouldnt hesitate if the need rose again.

Cant remember the manufacturer but it was something like this...............

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those work really well. a search will reveal several sources
 
Bobsticle said:
We had regular snow problems when I lived int hills. Wet snow is hard to shift with a landy but we had some success with one mounted at about 60 degrees to the bumper. Just a case of using it as a battering ram. One of the neighbors treated himself to a snow blower. What a piece of kit. Wouldnt hesitate if the need rose again.

Cant remember the manufacturer but it was something like this...............

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You can clear your own driveway and blow the snow all over next door's.:D
 
They still take a bit of practice to use. Wet snow is the hardest. Takes a long time nibbling at it but shifts it all the same.

I remember the motor being much bigger on his but a Honda.
 
That snow blower looks like a great (but expensive) peice of kit!

In the long run I think I'll be better of investing in a tractor with various attachements as I can use it around the land for a bariety of tasks.
 
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