ATV Fitted With Powered Snow Blade

ATV Fitted With Powered Snow Blade ATV'S ATV'S 26-1-25 When Ken Wren of Richfield, Minn., bought a new Polaris Sportsman 500 4-WD ATV last fall, he also bought a 4-ft. front-mount blade for it. The problem was that he had to raise and lower the blade manually with a lever. And to change the blade's angle, he had to get off the rig and do it by hand. His friend, Jeff Parker, solved the problem with a power kit that operates off the 4-wheeler's battery. It includes an electric/hydraulic power unit, a small hydraulic cylinder, and an electric winch. The winch raises or lowers the blade, and the cylinder rotates it left or right. Both operations are controlled by switches on the ATV's handlebars, "It's really easy to operate and works great for clearing snow from my driveway and an alley behind my house," says Wren. "It works even better than a pickup-mounted blade because it allows me to work in small areas where a pickup can't go. The blade and power unit detach together as one unit from the blade's mounting frame, which stays with the ATV. To remove the blade and power unit, I simply pull two pins and unplug two wires." Parker says the power unit is the same one used on Merc Cruiser motorboats for the tilt and trim. He plans to market the kit soon and says it will fit most ATV brands and models. He expects the kit to sell for less than $500. "I also plan to make kits for garden tractors," he adds. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jeff Parker, 9010 Chicago Ave. S., Bloomington, Minn. 55420 (ph 952 884-4326).

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