Just looking to see what everyone's opinion on snow pushers are...? We've been fairly happy with protech pushers(good bang for the buck) but may get either a Kage system or an Arctic sectional for our Cat 908...just been 50/50 on both...any thought would be appreciated...
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1999 Chevy 2500 - 9' western pro, Snow-Ex 525 spreader
1996 Ford F-250- Snoway V blade, 8' rear plow
1995 Chevy 2500 Diesel- 9.2 Boss V, Boss 1100 spreader
2000 GMC K 2500 1 ton dump- 8' western uni mount and pro wings
1969 Cat 922B Loader Boss BX12
Simplicity 24" snow blower
4 shovels
4 tow straps
lots of spare parts
It may cost more up front, but the Arctic will save a lot more in salt, time, labour. It cleans better, it's easier to push, easier on the manchine and turn with
If your doing a lot of back dragging against building, the cage wins that one
What Mick said. On all inclusive seasonal price the Artic will pay off, if you don't salt or they salt in house (our case with schools), the Artic costs you because it is often low bid and they cost roughly 3x the cost to run per hour over a basic rubber edge pusher.
I have both; an Artic 14' HD and a 12' Protec IST loader model. The Artic scrapes better espically if the parking lot is isn't level, the IST does a much better job than a rubber edge though and is a much more durable unit (can push into piles, stack with it, etc). When salting I can tell (even if I didn't know) which was plowed with what pusher (we run an Artic, an IST, the rest are rubber edged) Artics are cleanest, then IST, then rubber.
The site I'm in the market for a new pusher for is a busy truck stop with a ton of traffic, always congested, always bad packed snow. I would say that the lot is pretty level, would you say that the durability of the Pro-tech IST outweighs the better scraping of the Arctic?
The site I'm in the market for a new pusher for is a busy truck stop with a ton of traffic, always congested, always bad packed snow. I would say that the lot is pretty level, would you say that the durability of the Pro-tech IST outweighs the better scraping of the Arctic?
I do a 5 + ac 24 hour truckstop... there is no way I would use anything but the arctic for that site... Ive literally scrapped 2" of hardpack without the use of salt... these arnt little yugo's packing the snow down... they're darn heavy trucks (btw they park EVERYWHERE when a storms coming in ) ....ENJOY!.....LOL
The site I'm in the market for a new pusher for is a busy truck stop with a ton of traffic, always congested, always bad packed snow. I would say that the lot is pretty level, would you say that the durability of the Pro-tech IST outweighs the better scraping of the Arctic?
I would consider those two plows to play indifferent playing fields all together.
Alot depends on who you have operating the machine and the site. If I was running the machine I wouldn't hesitate with either one.
My experience with the Artic durabilty issues is we had a heavy wet snow the of the season we first bought it, we ended up breaking two blocks and bending both sideplate, we didn't hit anything it was just that much weight/presure and pushing into plies, the operator was new to using the Artic but not new
to pushing snow with loader/pushers.
My experience with the Artic is it is more of a snowplow than pusher, its not designed to hog large piles of snow, not to say it cant be done. While Artic says its drop & go, I've found with the RIGHT guy running it is an amazing plow, he has to know it's limits, and respect them, the guy running mine last two years hasn't broke anything but worn out cutting edges. My advise would be if you have long pusher, frequent heavy wet snow and don't run the machine yourself get the Protec. If you run the machine yourself, shorter pushes, etc., buy Artic.
I have been leaning towards the Pro-Tech we run rubber edge pushers now and guys are used to them. I will not be the one running the machine and I won't even be on the sight most of the time. I have seen videos of the protech and I think that the trade off might be worth it for it bieng bulletproof.
I may be wrong and I may regret it, I really don't know but that's just what's going through my head now.
Great conversation. We love to see what everyone thinks about our products and always look forward to the feedback. Our rubber edges of course work best in wet, slushy snow because they act as a squeegee to clean the surface. The IST is great for hardpack and is different from other steel edge pushers in that there are very few moving parts (urethane spring on the trip instead of springs). Both are very easy to operate and "bulletproof". I don't want to crowd this forum with a sales pitch so if anyone has questions about our products we are always available and would love to speak with you. Thanks and happy hunting.
I've been extremely happy with my Buyers snow pushers so far. I wanted to go with Protech but the ones I needed weren't available in my area at the time. I've been seriously considering a Kage for my tiny loader that does the detail work on the lots. That little machine could really benefit from the combo system.
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