[Rickk]

I have a 2007 personal Snowbear plow which works great. This year I seem to have developed a problem where the skids are digging into the drive. I use a remote control and it makes it hard to raise it just enough to control that. It appears like the skids may be bent back a tad, but not sure where they at to be to start with.

Any suggestions appreciated
Thanks

 

[BUFF]

I have a 2007 personal Snowbear plow which works great. This year I seem to have developed a problem where the skids are digging into the drive. I use a remote control and it makes it hard to raise it just enough to control that. It appears like the skids may be bent back a tad, but not sure where they at to be to start with.

Any suggestions appreciated
Thanks

A picture of the plow / shoes would be extremely helpful.

 

[Rickk]

Hope these help. Let me know if you would like a different view

 

[BUFF]

They help a lot...

The tab the shoes are mount to needed to be heated and bent so the threaded stud that bolts the shoe to the moldboard is perpendicular to the ground.
I would suggest fitting some 1/4" X 1 1/2" flat bar to the shoe mount and the plow frame the shoe mount is welded to and weld it in place Kind of like the pic below . This will help share the pressure load when the shoe hooks something.

 

[Rickk]

Thanks. I thought they looked bent, but didn't want to fix something not broke

 

[SHAWZER]

Try raising the skid shoes up . Looks like they are a lot lower than the cutting edge .

And yes the mounting brackets are bent .

 

[Rickk]

Thanks for the reply. I have the blade up so it doesn't pick up so many driveway stones. Seems if I get it lower the stones stick to the sow, especially wet snow.
Now for a dumb question, Since I do not have a torch and need to take the brackets somewhere to bend, are they to be bent at a 90-degree angle? I found some new brackets, but they come with the skids as well and are over $100.00, so if I can salvage these, that would be great,
Thanks again for your responses and patience.

 

[Scholzee2]

I am guessing that's all factory. My Western shoes have washers so they can spin or rotate, those look like they bolt tight to the bracket ? Not sure if that makes them easier to dig in.

 

[Hydromaster]

Is the ground frozen or soft?
Because from the gravel on your plow the ground looks soft/ muddy:unfrozen.
if so there going to dig in.

 

[T70]

Had that exact problem years ago on my truck. It turned out that the plow frame on the front of the truck had developed a slight bend that was causing the problem. You couldn't see it with your bare eyes but when you put a straight edge along the plow frame under the truck it was out just slightly. Threw the geometry of the plow completely off. I would check that out first.