Plow shoes are a joke! They don't help on gravel unless it is frozen and if it IS then you don't need shoes. I never figured the shoes were there to support the plow anyhow but to help cut down on wear on the cutting edge.
I had shoes on mine but i took them off. now they
hold my garage door open.
my opinion is they are junk. They serve no
purpose. I would take them off and through
them in the corner.
I would have to agree with everyone in here. When we've tried'em in the past almost always the heads are ripped off of 'em in a few snows. Don't waste your time.
I use them for door stops and wheel chocks.I think they would make a good anchor for a small boat too.If you have a Fisher plow,and trip the edge real hard,the bottom of the shoes will dent the backside of the moldboard big time,they will put a dent in them about 2-3" deep,just one more reason to take them off,especially if you have Fishers like I do.
I use them to introduce people to welding. I clamp the shoes in a vice, bring out the 7024 rod and the auto helmet and tell the novice to stop when it is built up 1/2". Then we throw them in the pile with the rest of the shoes, and have a beer.
I have to agree with John. I have a gravel lot that I have to plow with shoes on. Tripped my 8' Fisher real hard and dented the heck out of the moldboard. If you can get away from em, do it!
SCL, put a urethane edge from Dino on your plow and you can use your plow shoes as a door stop too. We have them on both of our fisher v's and are very happy with them so far. They pretty much skim right over the srface and the hard trips have disappeared.
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