Today (7/20/2023) the temperature in Phoenix is supposed to be 119 degrees, and just may reach 120. We have had 21 straight days of temperatures over 110 degrees, and the forecast is for another week of the same. In short... I needed this video very much, and plan to watch the whole lot. You had a "Crazy Blizzard", but it goes so well with our "Crazy Heat". Thanks for an awesome video. I love all your work!

@TheChristianHardscaper

10 ай бұрын

Very funny! 🤣 That is hot... I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the feedback! ✌

That’s a seriously beautiful truck

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I love it! ✌🏻

Nice video ...Massachusetts here lol next week we my get some

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

Sweet, Im hoping for some snow.... crazy winter so far.

You may consider shoe skid foot assemblies for the plow. The cutting edge will wear up. I know cutting edges are expensive to replace from first hand experience. With a new edge and skid feet, I left a 1/16 inch gap for the cutting edge wear down and the on the skid feet. I lost minimal cutting effectiveness. Just a suggestion. Happy Plowing!

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

I have seen them before, I don't plow many gravel driveways at all. Basically my house and 1 or 2 others. I just try to be careful when I am on the gravel. Those skid shoes do work nice though ✌

We had about 12 inches here in Maine from that same storm. I use a tractor with a blower but man that plow is fast..

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

It certainly was a good storm, I love this plow but I'm sure that tractor and blower can do a lot of things this truck and plow cant.... ✌

Nice scraping! That truck and that Fisher plow, best combo there is!

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother, I totally agree! I have been running Fords and Fishers for almost my entire plowing career. I used Snow Doggs and Boss for 2 years and don't miss them at all....

@charliedecker1105

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper I care about the scrape and the mass quantity, like what you did in this video. Snowdoggs work for more sophisticated and delicate jobs. But if I have a clump of snow and need to get down to the barest pavement, give me a Fisher and an F150/F250 all day baby!

@charliedecker1105

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper This is good driving/tactics too. I’ve seen so many people with good equipment but the driver has his head up his ass and ends up stuck or spun out or damages the plow. Got to know how to operate it.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and I definitely know what your saying. I see a lot of videos on here of $60,000 rigs with $8,000 plows and they are very slow and inefficient…. It’s not the arrow, it’s the Indian! 🤙🏻

Expensive truck, nice plow, why no warning lights?

@TheChristianHardscaper

5 ай бұрын

I have a very hard time with strobe lights, they make me sick after awhile...

..... That’s a really nice truck and plow set up!!... I’m really impressed at how much of a difference that rubber snow foil makes... Great operating skills, sir👍... You made all that look easy, and short work...

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! The snow foil helps a ton... I love plowing, Been doing it for 15 years now! ✌

I run that same plow setup with the trip edge, I like it for pavement and smooth ground but it sucks for trying to blaze trail thru hard packed snow on logging roads.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, I love Fishers. And those gravel back roads are always a tough ride….. where do you plow out of?

love the plow, I live like 15 seconds from fisher in Rockland Maine

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, I would love to walk through their facility… and there’s no better place to manufacture plows then up there in Maine.. how’s winter treating you guys up there? Been very mild here in Massachusetts…

@user-sx4vt9xg7f

2 жыл бұрын

bout the same as you all down there!

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-sx4vt9xg7f yea, hopefully the storm coming at the end of the week doesn’t flop out…

We live in Massachusetts too. We are out of Easton. We took some footage of the storm too. Just subbed to your channel. Keep up the great work and stay safe!

@berndtslawncare4906

2 жыл бұрын

m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGGbj5myiMzbYaw.html

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, it was a very good storm for us plow companies! $$ Thanks for the sub, I will return the appreciation. It’s nice to see another Massachusetts company on KZread! 🤙🏻

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

I used to do Lawn Maintenance work for years but I have been doing Landscape Construction and Hardscapes for the past 8 years. That’s mostly what my channel is about but these plow videos sure are fun!

Ya have a snow plow. Pretty cool!

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

I think so too, thanks man!

@Eatadikcommiepig

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper threw my back out shoveling now i cant shovel. How much something like that cost?

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that man, that’s no good. The plow itself goes for $1200-$2500 used. $5000 new, + the cost to wire up the truck side

Very nice. The Ford did a fine job. We plowed for the state on Interstate 395/290 for many years.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I love that truck! I am 3 minutes from 395 in Oxford so that is very cool. I just peeked at your channel and subscribed. Congratulations on 1000 subscribers! Looks like you have quite a few interesting videos.... I'll be checking them out ✌👍

@BuildALotAcres

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper Thsnks man. Very kind of you. Yes, we did Oxford and Auburn from about mid 90’s-2014 or so.

@BuildALotAcres

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper Thanks man. Very kind of you. Yes, we did Oxford and Auburn from about mid 90’s-2014 or so.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@BuildALotAcres Wow, you must have know the route like the back of your hand at that point... Why did you stop? just got tired of it?

@BuildALotAcres

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper We closed our family business and decided to do new careers

i was over in mansfield and it always seems to get more than most. good 2 to 3 feet with drifts as high as 5 feet. i wish i was exaggerating. i ran out of places to stack snow half way through then it became a nightmare after that. if it wasnt for having a skid steer on site i would have been in trouble. the worst part was trying to find shovelers. had enough for the first half but once they left we struggled to find replacements to finish it out. luckily we have some 40 degree whether and rain right now which is melting a lot of it away. all in all mass is a nice place to plow unlike central ri...

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Damn... I bet, I seen that the areas closer to the coast like Mansfield got slammed! That amount of snow really pushes people to there breaking point... The three of us plowed 28hrs but I'm sure you guys closer to the coast had a few days of work for sure.

I have that same plow. Love it. I have the wings on it and it makes the plow sit at 10 foot exactly and I heated up the the wings to bend them in more so I have more of a scoop. I have a mix of commercial and residential. Im in southern Maine I plow South Portland bye the mall. I had to take off one of my wings in this storm to help wing sides back with less push back makes a huge difference but man I've run both. If I had the choice I'd pick my blade over a v blade. V blades are nice and I will have one in my fleet soon nothing can beat a v blade on a long ass driveway or privet road or camp road that has not been plowed in a storm like this. V it and go wing each side and go. With a straght blade omg it would take alot of beating but doable. Great video. I plow with a 06 2500hd 3 inch lift lots of work done to her just dropped 6k into her

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome Jesse, if I ran a lot of commercial I would definitely be putting money away for a 9ft V Plow but with 95% Residential the straight blade is the way to go! Extremely simple, less buttons and moving parts, easy to maintain and Cheap to buy... I have plowed with V Plows quite a few times and I honestly enjoy running straight blades better. But again, like you said, depending on the lot or long road, a V Plow can save a lot of time....The only thing I cant stand is that 90% of V Plows leave that damn strip of snow down the middle of every pass, especially when the snow is wet... drives me nuts!

@brittonfeulner9002

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper Expandable style (wide-out or XLS) beats a v blade in most any situation expect for opening up a long driveway with tons of snow on it. For sure its nice for that first pass but thats about the only time you will ever use the V position. 95% of snowstorms it will never see v mode. I would much rather have the ability to put the plow in scoop, and also be able to angle the moldboard, allows you to carry snow around corners which you cant do efficiently with a V. Just my 2 cents.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@brittonfeulner9002 I certainly agree, I would be more interested in a fixed scoop plow then a V blade. I have been running these straight fishers so long though… they are very affordable and you can find them everywhere in my area. But like I said, if I start getting into more commercial plowing, something different than a straight blade will definitely happen

How come the plow is picking up all that black stuff under the snow. Is not your driveway asphalt? Just curious.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

My driveway is gravel on one side and asphalt on the other.... The area where I'm pushing all the snow is gravel so I don't mind a little getting scraped up so that I can get it nice and clean.

FYI should delay after going forward then backing up slight delay in neutral will help out transmission

@geolovett1808

2 жыл бұрын

other wise great job on plowing

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@geolovett1808 Thanks, sometimes I do jump the gun giving it gas for sure. I certainly try to be as easy on the transmission as possible 👍🏻

@geolovett1808

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper i have remind myself to slow down also even though we are in a hurry. snow removal very expensive, that why we need to charge alot

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@geolovett1808 isn’t that the truth, most people don’t know how much time and money we put into this work…

@jimh.412

6 ай бұрын

Yep on my side by side when I plow my driveway, I'll count 5 seconds before I shift from forward to reverse while it is in neutral to help take the heat off the transmission. Reverse is the weakest gear and heat is the biggest transmission killer.

😊👍✌️

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

✌🏻

Man!! I wish I was there!!

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

It was a blast plowing this storm! we were out for 28 hours straight... $$$

New Subscriber here. Love your rig!

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support man, I absolutely love this truck. Had it for 2 years now and its a work horse! Very smooth ride also...

@markschmaus5580

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper looks like it does an awesome job! I use a Tundra now. Been looking to upgrade to a 3/4 ton.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@markschmaus5580 Nothing wrong with that Tundras are nice trucks. This is my 4th truck since I started. 1st was a 95 F150, then a 97 F350, then 2012 F350 and now this 2017 F250. I love the aluminum body and will be keeping it for a long time…. 🤙🏻

@markschmaus5580

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper Oh im sure thats awesome! I use a John Deere with a loader also to plow snow with. Do lawn care with a 26ft enclosed trailer. Tundra does a great job! But a 3/4 would definitely be a good addition to the stable

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@markschmaus5580 Nice, I still have not plowed in a loader to this day. I really want to try it though. I use loaders a lot for landscape construction but not plowing...

nice setup im right in new hampshire cold.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, you guys been getting much snow this winter?

@60338

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper yeah

@60338

2 жыл бұрын

rush for me i gotts get by the units at a storage before the pickup come threw i use a atv snow plow setup its a rush.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@60338 oh nice, I have always wanted to try an Atv plow setup, must be a blast!

Nice rig, never understood though why people have to pick their plow up all the way every time they back up

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and its kind of a habit when your pushing big piles back...

looks like you got a bit of snow there

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

We certainly did, about 16” in the areas I plowed…. The coast got 20”+ ….

@shanebaer2901

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper wow. Looks like it was pretty much fluffy which is always a good thing in my opinion. Hoping we get another good snow fall end of this week! Cant let New England have all the fun hah a

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanebaer2901 Fluffy is always good, I love storms like this one. I would take 18 inches of fluff over 10 inches of wet snow any day... I hope you luck out on the next one and get something to plow. It's looking like a wet sloppy one coming next....

what town do you live in. I I've in Scituate

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

I love in Oxford. South Central MA

I'm in Maine just plowed my plow rt of 15 inches and if your mail box is 38 inches of the ground then the snow would be half way up your post not a third I say less then 10 inches max

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Louis, the 16” I’m referring to is how much the storm snowed in total. I had about 13 inches on my driveway at the time I plowed it in this video. It snowed another 5 hours after I plowed it and dropped another 3 inches… but thanks for being particular…🤙🏻

Why are you straight pushing and not angling the plow so you don’t have inefficient snow trails?

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

With this much snow it does not matter. You get the bulk out of the way then you clean up. Even angled you would have to use only a 1/4 of your blade to prevent snow trails.... which takes just as long, if not longer....

@fortonk

2 жыл бұрын

Ok cool thank you for the response. Cheers

@rustrtal

2 жыл бұрын

Have you ever tried a set of wings? Game changer on big lots and long pushes. Reduced my seat time between 30-50% when I added them.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@rustrtal I would love to try some man, I have been looking around for ones that will work on the Minute Mount 2... Any suggestions?

@rustrtal

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper I used the universal ones from Northern Tool. I believe they were made by Buyers but it has been 16 years since I plowed. I see almost all manufacturers are making some version of their own now...

just wondering why no warning lights.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

I have just never used them, The strobes mess with my eyes and make me sick after awhile....

Fisher plows are the best I have a boss now hate it going back to fisher!!

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree Dan, I have run Boss and Snow Dogg plows, Fisher beats them by a mile! Plus Fisher is always reliable when you take good care of them...

@harrypederson4597

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper i dont have a plow but i have always liked western which is like the sister co to fisher but i am starting to like the fishers a lot

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrypederson4597 I have never used a western but seen them around… I will always be a Ford and Fisher guy! They are what I have always used and have no reason to change. I would recommend Fisher to anyone 🤙🏻

@nicholasbrown7068

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper Our long time Fisher dealer here has said that today's Fisher plows are not as good quality as even a few years ago. I have owned Fisher, Boss, Meyer for years. We still have two Boss V's, one is an 07 the other an 08 that have been bullet proof. Living in Atlantic Canada I've seen many long time snow guys like me who left Fisher plows after many years and went to other brands.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasbrown7068 Thanks for the input man, I certainly don't have anything against Boss. They make a solid product. Some day I will change out my plow, not sure what I will go with but Fishers have always treat me good. I really like the Dirt Monkey's Hiniker scoop plow... Unfortunately, Fisher doesn't really make a comparable fixed scoop plow so that may cause me to switch manufacturers some day...🤷‍♂️

I really believe that you could put your shoes back on that plow to help keep it up off of your gravel

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t like the shoes, I plow 90% asphalt and the shoes are just in the way at that point. I don’t care about a little gravel getting scraped up here and there, still ends up cleaning better…

@DeficatingBum

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper not about what you care about. It's about reserving the condition of your clients driveway. Each patch you creat another and another and another divit that'll just leave them with problems later. Put your shoes on for their driveway. Orr lift ur plow so slightly that your not digging and explain why their driveway isn't "perfectly clean" they'll appreciate that your saving them trouble and money.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@DeficatingBum geezee.... you are really worried about a 1/4 of a wheelbarrow of gravel getting picked up huh...? sorry man, here in Massachusetts, when you have a gravel driveway it is understood that there will be some gravel lifted up no matter what... Besides, where is the massive amount of gravel you are talking about anyway, could you point it out for me?

@DeficatingBum

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper you do you my man! Here in my state if my client has gravel we shoe up or lift the plow. We don't put 1/4 of anything from their drive. 1/4 a pass sure seems like a little til your hitting their drive 20 30 times a season. Again you do you. But that's why I get customers from people who put their speed before quality. 👍

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@DeficatingBum LOL I hear you man, just seems silly of you to comment something like that because you seen a few specs of gravel in the snow without checking out my other plow videos. If you think I'm not focused on quality then your just speaking out of silliness.... I have 0 customer complaints out of 38 that I manage but hey, you can't please everyone on KZread.... Too many critics out there....

MA bro yea

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

Yea buddy! ✌

@WISELAYNELIVE

Жыл бұрын

What part in mass

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

Worcester County area

@WISELAYNELIVE

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper o I’m in ludlow

Where are you out of in mass

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Oxford

We got easily close to 3 ft in plymouth from this storm I plow commercial lots and a couple of driveways I couldn’t get to my driveways till the snow stopped it was a pain in the balls trying to push 2+ feet of snow with a straight blade

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Damn…. You got buried huh? It certainly isn’t easy pushing 2 ft…

@ryanbrown5993

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper dude it was nuts some of the drifts were easily close to 6 feet in places almost completely burying doors and windows

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

😳 That’s freakin wild man! One for your record books huh?

Do not know which way your blade is going , why do double work?????

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Double the work? That’s a bit of an exaggeration… There is too much snow to clean in one shot, I keep my blade mostly straight to get the bulk and clean up snow trails after. Some people think using a 1/4 - 1/2 your blade saves time but I think they are wrong, you end up making just as many passes if not more…. With this much snow no matter how hard you try it leaves snow trails, keeping it angled and using half your blade just prolongs the inevitable….

Lift her up all the way when you're stacking

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Never thought of that…. 🙄

@Farmall450

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheChristianHardscaper I can tell

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

🤣👍🏻

you must be new a plowing snow.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 🤣

Do you not know how to back drag? Or even know what it is?

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

😂 Not sure why I would back drag when it can all be pushed forward.... No garage doors or obstacles on this driveway, can you tell me where and why you would ever back drag on a driveway like this?

All that money for that nice truck but a 1960s technology plow…

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

Do you want to buy me a new plow..? I owned the plow before I bought the truck. Why spend money you don’t have to? There’s a bunch of guy’s out there just dropping money so they can look cool driving down the street to impress the other guys… not me. Someday I will have a new scoop plow but for now I’ll keep raking in money on this 10 times paid for straight blade 👍🏻

Rhett

WTF was that ? Newbie no doubt.

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

🤣👍

@TheChristianHardscaper

2 жыл бұрын

I assume your the guy who uses 1/4 of his blade so there is no snow trails, thinking that saves time right?

this is why I refuse to watch snow plows having to go over the same area over and over.will only watch snow blowers. plows to me are useless. will never own one.

@TheChristianHardscaper

Жыл бұрын

I think saying plows are useless is a little silly.... thanks for feedback though ✌