ATV Plowing 3 Feet of Snow: Kawasaki Prairie 400
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- I noticed there are a lot of videos of people plowing 2 inches of snow... So I just had to contribute... Fast forward to 4:10 if you're impatient. Be sure to subscribe if you want to see more videos of me making a fool of myself!
Awesome video. I bought my first atv in 2014 and put a plow on it. I love it. Now I have fun removing snow instead of looking at it as a chore.
Kawasaki 360's and 400's were/are bulletproof machines. Good weight, good power. All a bigger cc'd machine will do with the same size plow is spin the tires faster. Good job!
My man what a challenge there !, it actually looked like more than 3 feet of snow, you certainly conquered it though, well done, and thanks for sharing !.
The Prairie 360 and 400's have a locking front differential. When you are pushing heavy snow that makes a huge difference.
I can't believe how much snow that little 400 engine could move. Nice!
+PC MR low geared is the key. smaller engined atvs can often push the same as bigger bores, due to the gearing.
If the snow fell that rapidly, there's a good chance it was as fluffy as it appears in the video. In fact, that's sometimes harder to snow than if it had been wetter, denser snow, because it flows all over the damned place like water. You can't corral it as easily, and it doesn't go where ya want.
I've been using a 700lb ATV, with a 210lb "me" riding it, with a 4-foot plow attached, to clear off my Wisconsin driveway for 20 years. It works great most of the time, and is very fast. We do get our share of heavy snows (not "mountain pass nightmare-strength" snowfalls, but still pretty ugly). But damn, when it gets this bad, or you get 15-20 inches of the wet heavy stuff, it's not nearly as much fun. Actually turns into WORK!! It's even less fun when it's -10F!!
Props to Mountain-Adventures for pushing the envelope. I would've given up sooner, had my snowblower out for 30 minutes first, to get a viable path started, so the snow had somewhere to go, and minimize the ATV bottoming out. Then I'd go back and finish the job with the ATV. You just dove right and and gave 'er hell.
As for people saying "get a truck"... well, I have a 4x4 truck. It fits in my driveway. It fits in my garage. But it does NOT fit everywhere I have to clear snow!! Fixed obstacles and tight spots exist! Sometimes you gotta make do with the next best thing. I'm actually pretty impressed with how he managed, given the depth of that snow.
EastCoastATV 400 cc is not a little engine
Faumer Contreras compared to a 1000 it is small
EastCoastATV. I have a 2016suzuki 400 4x4 with a moose plow can I push heavy wet snow ?
I watch this video every year at Xmas now! Impressed
I think it's insane that a little 400 could plow three feet of snow like that. Hats off to you, and kawasaki!
click on my account I have a Honda 300 that eats snow
I agree with you on the snowblower. I use a 420 Honda Rancher with a 60" Moose plow and I can clear my entire driveway and our backyard in about 30 minutes, vs about 3 hours with the snowblower. Moving 3 feet of snow with a snowblower would take forever....not to mention it's not as much fun. Give me the atv any day.
WOW - good Job!
I start up the D4 when its that deep. it dont even care if there is an ice burm in its way.
yeah got a truck too, But the 4 wheeler plowing has really peaked my interest as it might not plow a wide swath,
then the CAT gets to come out and play ;)
Great video - WOW I never thought the wheeler would do so well!
thanks for showing that it can be done. :)
Dammit. I want your toys, sounds fun haha
That's a lot of determination. I don't think your problem is the 400, you just need chains. You won't believe the difference. I use a Honda Foreman with 432cc 4x4. Haven't had more than a few inches but I plow up some steep gravel driveways. Never slipped an inch. I prefer to finish a bad set of tires through the winter rather than put use on new tires. With v - bar chains it just doesn't matter. Good luck.
man, screw all the "professionals" this is the most fun I have seen on a 4 wheeler plowing.... Most I did with mine was 15"... this looked like a good time, not sure if you got anywhere with it.. but at this depth, it doesn't matter!!
cheers from Montana!!!!
when you do this for 4 years like i have done in the UP of Michigan the ATV plow setup works great on small driveways,but it does amaze me how well they work and easy to get in tight places
Good vid and impressive little machine. All the youtube experts are just jealous they still shovel. With that much snow all you can do is beat down a path and keep working it. My sportsman 550 is a absolute tank and i put vbar chains on the back. Much more maneuverable than a pick up and can push banks way back where the truck would just get stuck
Thanks for the video. Apparently we aren't getting snow this year so I have to watch other people plow. Lol.
Looks like more fun than shoveling all of it.
We had an 85 Honda 110cc three wheeler, so much fun towing saucer sleds hooked to a rope behind it in the snow. Play king of the sled, get the sled whipping and people diving at you was awesome! 🤘
I had an 02 400 4x4 and that thing has gobbs of low end torque. Love it
Why did you wait until there was 20" of snow?!?! You really need to attack this AS it's snowing so you don't beat the crap out of yourself/machine.
Why would you get up at 3am to plow your driveway only to have to plow it again in the morning? I'm guessing you don't live in a snowy climate but these machines can do this for years, my 86 fourtrax is still plowing out harsh Canadian winters. Plus pull 10 cord of wood per year and be driven all year round.
@@ec6052 if thats your mindset stick to hiring professionals lol. I work with state of the art equipment. The most durable machines gets ABUSED in conditions like this. Think of how heavy that snow is especially on a small sidewalk machine like this. For one he’s already gonna need a new cutting edge. Especially if you get a temp drop and it all crusts over fast.. then your screwed. You must be new to a snowy climate if shoveling every 4-6 hours seems redundant.
Because that makes a boring video.
@@WorldSpeculator Lol You're funny kid. If that's your mindset then you obviously don't live North enough to see any snow. What do you call specialized equipment? Sidewalk crawlers? LMFAO We use 12' blowers on front end loaders because after two storms there's no room left to push it and nothing else can do the job but Everyone uses ATV'S with plows or snowblowers on their property... People with miles of roads do. I'm positive my 7 year old has moved more snow than you've ever seen because you definitely don't live in the north if you don't think ATVS can do this lol That was your giveaway because thousands in my province use them regularly for this LMAO 🤣 (FYI the population is only in the thousands)
Shift work. Get home you are tired so you do it In the morning.
I got 18 inches at my house one storm this year. I plowed it with my ATV because my truck was broken. Never again will I plow that much snow with an ATV. It takes forever and makes a mess. You can find plow trucks for under 2 grand on CL. That is is the way to go if you ask me.
i have a honda 420 4x4 and it works awesome in 1 foot of snow but ive never attempted 3 feet ever . hats off to your kawasaki it is a little beast. great video
NICE! That is the way to do it. Saw another video with 4ft of snow, a 1000cc machine, with tracks....you made it look easier then the other guy.
The 360 prairies and 400s are so cold blooded which sucks haha but i still love em!
nice job, that's a pile load of snow! looks like fun. that's alot to ask any atv to do, heck for that matter any plow truck! good thing it wasn't a wet / heavy snow.
Kawasaki's are beasts. 14,000 miles is awesome---you must maintain it well. Good video and good quad.
First rule for snow plowng, keep your footing clear or you will need to use a shovel ,you proved it!
Get on it Jr! 🤣😂🤣 nice little work horse! Nice job. Thanks for sharing
Maybe you guys hate doing this, but this is one of my dreams..
Me too. I love snow wors :D
On a atv it is fun. If you have a shovel you will hate snow and winter with a passion lol. Especially when its below zero and you have to scrape the ice off your windows on your car, and you don't have gloves because you forgot them or there wet from the previous day you scraped the ice. Then your car door is frozen shut so you have to get a bottle of hot water to thaw it out. Then it freezes again by the time you get to work so you have to slam your body into the door to get out of the car. You get mad because you got frozen inside your car so you get out and slam the door and when you do you slip on ice and fall on your ass. lol other than that is ok
+laplante149 the truth sounds funny until it happens to you. lol
Me too
I love it
It actually did really great in the deep snow
Good point about the two inch plowing. I didn't realize an ATV could move so much snow. I could tell by your editing that there were problems, but everything considered, this is an excellent way to move snow.
Mother: Jimmy do you wanna help plow some snow?
Jimmy: Do I? Yippee
Don't wait til the snow gets that high. Do it every 6 inches or so isn't so thick all at once. Much easier to do it that way and most likely save time in the long run.
Have to say, I would have allowed it to warm up quite a bit longer. When the snows that deep it looks like a lot of work, holy smokes!
put chains on rear tires and some weight on it. have fun.
WOW that's a ton of snow and that thing is pretty impressive!
Awesome video..I used to have Kawi 400(miss that machine),I have a 650 Praire now that I plow with and it kicks ass...no more snowblowing for me.
Cool, I plow with my 400 kawasaki. It's versitile set up and loads of fun doing it.
That is awesome. It is fluffy snow, but it is still amazing.
That's hard to believe but I am seeing it with my own eyes. I though plow 3 feet of snow with a wheeler, sure mack. It did it yaa team Kowie.
Thank you... I had fun. Hi from Midland Canada Jan 2019 :-)
Hope you guys are having a good winter! Down here in the lower 48, this is the first truly snowy winter we've had in 5 years.
If that is the case then you have to adjust scrapper higher. TORO snow blower does not have shear bolts to be broken because they built heavy duty augers.
The important thing is that you have fun plowing whatever
Very cool, amazing how well the little ATVs will work
That's one major dump of snow. No critique on the plowing, but in cold weather, you need to let the machine have a 5 minute warm up before you work it like that. It will save your engine a lot of wear. Nice job though. I have a 28" snow blower, but my Grizzly with Warn plow does the job in a fraction of the time on a 5 car length double wide driveway. And I'm in Ontario and we DO get some snow here.
Freakin great video man!! I think you were having way too much fun on that thing tho! Awesome video!
I wish our snow was this soft and fluffy.
1.1 mil views and only 1500 likes? The little 400 that could!
best video on the internet
so funny ...
good job dude !!
The video that made us buy a atv
Very cool that's a lot of snow
nice job man so far the most ive plowed with my grizzly 660 was about 2/12 ft of powder love these machines
Wow a lot of snow. I would have done it during the storm if possible. Pretty good considering how deep it was
Good job! I plow with a rancher 420 and a 48" blade.
Yeah I totally get that, it is ture what you said that snowblowers pick up stones and gravel. I run mine on a gravel driveway and every year I rake bake the gravel but if I used a plow then I'd push all the gravel up and away and do the same thing.
i learned how to control it uptake of stones and it seems to work.
In all I'd use a snowblower on blacktop as it does not scratch
Best thing really is not be lazy and shovel it. In winter most get fatter then and any exercise is good.
I am sure I am not the only one that thought the snow was gonna pull him into the 4x4 s that hold up the roof , wow that sucker has nuts,🍻
hey lighten up,he had all dam day to clear it off,plus look at the fun he was having hehehe good job gilpin
THAT WAS CRAZY DUDE!!!!
The snow one that one. Honda makes great snowblowers.
You have to understand, I live in the ROCKY mountains. There are rocks EVERYWHERE. Guess what happens to a Honda blower when it sucks up a 4 inch diameter piece of granite? I started out with a snowblower 15 years ago, but I had sold my snowblower before this snowfall hit, because it was useless. All it did was suck up rocks, break the shear pins, and bend the auger. Nowadays, I do have a snowblower that I've custom-built from a Toro Powershift 824 frame. It uses a drum auger that doesn't mind the rocks, just don't aim the chute at any windows lol.
Why are you pushing the snow back onto the part you just plowed?
Man, it would be nice to get snow that light & powdery. One of the mixed blessings of coastal Maine.
A snow blower would work on rocky gravel if you could keep a layer of ice/snow locking that material in place, but a couple freeze/thaw cycles puts you back to rock chucking.
Have you tried chains out? see if it helps? It doesn't look like the torque is having an issue with the snow but more the weight and the traction. I wanna get a quad and try doing this lol. Also try putting some sandbags on it. Since you have a cargo holder it seems.
Nice work. I haven't had to plow a storm that big with mine yet
This is confirmation that a 400 n ⬆️ machine can handle plowing large snow fall… 3ft snow storms are rare in 95% of 🇺🇸 Knowing this size class machine can handle it.. good to know
Nice work, I just hooked up my Grizzly with a plow and cant wait for the snow to even drop a few inches, most of my neighbors have snow blowers and I cant wait to see there faces when they see me push the snow off my driveway in no time flat sitting on my ass..
at my farm, several years in a row, it drifted in up to six feet deep, thawed and refrozen layers. My boss plow wouldn't move it at all unless i shaved it...then limited to where i put the snow. so i got a skidsteer with heated cab, snowblower, and still just have utility bucket...but now it hasn't snowed much for two years. if i had a nice fouir wheeler like that i would just drive on top ha ha
Looked like fun but I felt sorry for that quad! Deep snow like that is a death sentence on your clutches. Atv's do a good till you get into heavy snow like that.
I have the same setup on my Kawasaki Prairie 360. I'm thinking of upgrading to the front plow mount from the center mount - in hopes of better clearance... Great Video!
Ya, front mount would have it's advantages. The Prairie's have no preload adjustment on the front shocks so they dive like crazy when you raise the plow, killing your clearance. I added an automatic switch on mine so the winch stops when the plow reaches maximum height, it's been a huge help.
Damn bro when is the last time you had the valves adjusted???? Sounds like a sewing machine from the 70s my grandma used to run. Thats some serious snow pushing though. Cheers 🍻
That's what a CVT belt-drive sounds like with 14,000 miles on it. It's not the engine, the belt drive clutch gets loose and noisy with that kind of mileage. I've since replaced it with a Comet clutch.
@@MountainAdventures1 I've got a '97 and yeah the clutch rattles like hell
That thing is A BEAST!!
Given this would exceed recommended capacity, ratchet strap 3 bags of salt on the front and 5 in the rear, Im curious to see the difference in traction.
Impressive. That is a lot of snow being pushed around.
I'm in Maine and there is 2 feet of snow on the ground and more to come. I'm getting ready to plow with my Polaris 350
Wow that thing is louder then my lawn mower.
I had a Suzuki eiger 400 with a 60 inch warn plow I used for years. Now I have a husqvarna yth 150 with a 42 inch snowblower
Well, this is the right snow plowing!
It's that moment when you realize that you should've bought a snow blower.
We get good snow here from time to time and my 250 just got a plow! Can't wait to see how it goes....
IMHO, and it's just my opinion based on 40 years of snow removal, this much snow would be better handled by some kind of snowthrower to get the snow away from the edges of the areas being cleared. I agree that smaller snows are well- handled by an ATV.
Completely true. At the time I made this video I didn't have a decent thrower. I have one now, I'll make a vid of it the next time I get a chance. In most situations though, the atv plow is much faster than a thrower. With this particular snowfall, a blower to clear the edges first would have helped immensely.
dont let snow pile up that much storm like that 3 times runs easy. allows u to push it back more also.
Looks like you slept in a little too long. Kinda deep, surprised a 400 can do that! I just bought my first four wheeler and put blade on it for commercial use this winter. Hoping it does this well. Good video
Wow nice video man!
Looks like it's no problem for the Kawa!
After a few more like that, you will get a blower. Fun, but you will learn if you get enough snow. Plus that's not even 36 inches! Just fun, but if it gets hard at the berms, then what are you going to do?
maybe some people enjoy winter and plowing. i plow and i love every minute of it....... of course i plow more often so its not 3 feet but still.
That machine is an animal!
I had a 4x2 Honda with rear chains and a shingle bundle on the back rack for weight, and plowed this stuff...got a upgrade 4x4 rancher and now its a breeze...
Oh man... I can't imagine trying that without all four wheels crankin'. You were smart to upgrade.
Love it! Now, if I could just convince the wife, it's for snow removal.
Quite impressive, for a business I was think about doing smaller lots of snow removal. I'm trying to decide snow plow truck or atv, your atv tore it up!
You better park that and get the front end loader!
Ya, a couple of my neighbors have loaders and I have tractor envy :)
Such amount of snow... How much time does it take to clean snow with snow shovel only? Or how many property owners (when 1st one will die because of exhaustion)?
Haha, I love your interest in analyzing this! It's an impossible amount to clear with a shovel, believe me I've tried. That snow is heavy, despite the fact that it looks fluffy when the plow is pushing it away. And I'm an athletic person. I have occasionally had to shovel the snow off of my roof when it gets above 4 feet, as the weight becomes dangerous to the structure (for instance, doors in my house will no longer close because of the pressure on the frame from above). Shoveling the roof only involves pushing it off the side, which is much easier than lifting it and dropping it somewhere else. Even so, it is absolutely exhausting.
The best solution environmentally is to just wait for it to melt, but in some situations that is just not an option.
Look up v-bar atv tire chains, you can get basic ladder style chains on all 4 wheels for roughly 100-120 bucks. A small 250cc with tire chains will push snow easier than that 400 without, not a problem.
Just checked this. They were $120 for a set of two chains.
@@MartinHentges I paid $150 for a set of 2 tire chains off ebay, they're the Kimpex diamond v-bar style. However, during my search I came across some of the basic ladder style chains for $50-$60 per set.
Great video
That's impressive!
If you get this much snow regularly then you may have to invest in a track kit...or a set of tire chains. Still for all, it did well all thing considered.
Nice Video! To all you haters or "know it all" folks please just watch and STFU. He's plowing 3' of snow and still doing a kick ass job. Like Thomas Johnson said in a previous reply "Engine size doesn't matter if you have no traction". Also, you can have all the chains you want but if you're floating on the snow its not going to make a difference. The proper tread patterns on your tires will help you paddle through the snow when its this high.
amazing 4x4 working :)
Nice vid wow so i guess atvs can plow that much snow! Nice atv
I run really agressive bar style tread on my 650 prairie and man it makes short work of 2.5 feet of snow
just a tip if you don't know try not to make your bike hop when your going along sometimes i noticed it was doing that a few times it will break something. but other than that great vid!
this looks like to much fun... stop having fun while working ;)
Wow that is some deep snow
I have a 2002 Honda Forman 500 with a County Plow and love it. Never had any issue with getting through the snow we get here in Southern Wisconsin. But I have never had 3 ft to go through yet. Great video of your machine and as far as anyone goes that says bad things about this video your just jealous because you dont have one. What state are you in. UP of Michigan?
That's a lot of snow to wake up to!