Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
people keep asking about the camera I use in the jeep and well, its an older version of this one (I have them in all of my vehicles): amzn.to/4gOOumd
This was my quick build and destruction of a diy v plow before the arctic air mass moved in. I feel like the destruction was because of how rough the driveway is and not necessarily the design of the v plow. This long driveway tears up everything. Sadly, what started as a powdery snow by the time I got time off work to work on the driveway, had started to melt and that made the snow much heavier. A few days later, we got an overnight rain on top of all of this snow and the very next day hit by a 3+ day arctic air mass with temps down to 0 or below. That turned the wet slushy snow into 1 large mile long sheet of ice and I attempted several other times to clear the driveway. This is the first time in 10 years I have really been "snowed in" unable to leave.
On Day 1b (after arctic cold front) of attempting snow removal during the arctic cold front, I attempted to use the dr power grader again to break up the ice but it didn't really work on the ice .... it did a decent job with wet snow though: youtube.com/watch?v=u37rIU0tc7s
On day 2 of attempting snow removal during the arctic cold front, I installed a kolpin switchblade snow plow on the atv but I didn't have a winch because its been stuck on a fedex truck for the last 7 days unable to deliver due to "weather delays". So instead of waiting, I made a temporary winch to see if the plow would work to remove ice ... of course, I didn't work very well but its no fault of the snow plow. This video youtube.com/watch?v=rcKWPSyog04 and this short: youtube.com/shorts/q77jEIIsbZc
On day 3 of attempting snow removal, I added weight to the snow plow front trying to get it to "bite" more into the ice and also hooked the grader up on the rear of the atv to see if the scarification teeth would break the ice up and the plow could just shove it out of the way (video coming soon) youtube.com/watch?v=jZ3kJVEOH0I
Lemme tell you something I learned about snow removal on an atv, you get a lot of snow blowing back in your face when it works and you are increasing the wind chill which was already below zero. Add the wind from the atv, and I could only go about an hour at a time before having to come inside to warm up.
people keep asking about the camera I use in the jeep and well, its an older version of this one (I have them in all of my vehicles): amzn.to/4gOOumd
This was my quick build and destruction of a diy v plow before the arctic air mass moved in. I feel like the destruction was because of how rough the driveway is and not necessarily the design of the v plow. This long driveway tears up everything. Sadly, what started as a powdery snow by the time I got time off work to work on the driveway, had started to melt and that made the snow much heavier. A few days later, we got an overnight rain on top of all of this snow and the very next day hit by a 3+ day arctic air mass with temps down to 0 or below. That turned the wet slushy snow into 1 large mile long sheet of ice and I attempted several other times to clear the driveway. This is the first time in 10 years I have really been "snowed in" unable to leave.
On Day 1b (after arctic cold front) of attempting snow removal during the arctic cold front, I attempted to use the dr power grader again to break up the ice but it didn't really work on the ice .... it did a decent job with wet snow though: youtube.com/watch?v=u37rIU0tc7s
On day 2 of attempting snow removal during the arctic cold front, I installed a kolpin switchblade snow plow on the atv but I didn't have a winch because its been stuck on a fedex truck for the last 7 days unable to deliver due to "weather delays". So instead of waiting, I made a temporary winch to see if the plow would work to remove ice ... of course, I didn't work very well but its no fault of the snow plow. This video youtube.com/watch?v=rcKWPSyog04 and this short: youtube.com/shorts/q77jEIIsbZc
On day 3 of attempting snow removal, I added weight to the snow plow front trying to get it to "bite" more into the ice and also hooked the grader up on the rear of the atv to see if the scarification teeth would break the ice up and the plow could just shove it out of the way (video coming soon) youtube.com/watch?v=jZ3kJVEOH0I
Lemme tell you something I learned about snow removal on an atv, you get a lot of snow blowing back in your face when it works and you are increasing the wind chill which was already below zero. Add the wind from the atv, and I could only go about an hour at a time before having to come inside to warm up.
