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I plan to put one on my '12 Polaris 800 RZR before winter. It's a 50" model. Cabelas has their store brand with a lifetime warranty for $400 and only $5 shipping. It looks good but...all they say for fitment is that it fits "most" atv's & utv's. If you go to their Q & A on it, they have a stock answer that says nothing. How can they possibly have one that fits everything? Their 2 dozen reviews are pretty good but the few bad ones are all about making it fit.

Does anyone have any experience with it?

Another question for you guys with snowplow experience: how much wider than the vehicle should the blade be to allow for angle? With a 50" RZR, is 60" wide enough?

Personally I would not go to much wider, unless wide open and don't plan on going near anything.

The adapter plate that bolts to the bottom of your machine is the only thing unique. I thought they were sold seperate. But can't remember.

I don't use one my SXS, but my ATV. Sometimes I will throw 50lbs on front end. With the engine in the middle of UTVs typically, you may want to. But may be hard to find a place for it.

I bought mine from Cabelas, but it is a Warn, I believe.


Cabelas lifetime warranty, isn't always lifetime warranty. It is a period of time. When trying to return something, they gave me a few bucks, even though some similar was being made, and said they were changing the lifetime warranty policy.

It comes with a pretty good sized square plate that has several holes in it, but if they don't line up with your frame you will have to do some drilling. Maybe the plate, maybe your frame and maybe both. As above, sometimes they offer different adapter kits that have a plate you might not have to drill, but I believe the "universal" one like you are describing will 99% have to be drilled to fit. It actually is a pretty good set up once in place. Drop two pins and it is off and on the ground in a few seconds. Takes a minute to line things up when you put it back on, but still...doesn't get much easier once you are done with the install. Plan on spending a little time with the install though...not hard, just a little time consuming.

The reviews say that it might require some modifications to after market skid plates. I have one of those fiber ones that covers everything. I'd likely have to do a little trimming on that.
This one is supposed to be a universal fit with a one plate fits all.
They do specifically say that it won't fit the full sized RZR 570 but that's the only one they list. I assume it'll fit the 50" 570.

I've got a Warn plow setup that came with my Rhino when I bought it and it works great. I believe my plow is a 72" that swivels by using a lever to lock and unlock it, it can be a pia sometimes if it ices up but I've had no issues pushing it with my machine unless there is a couple feet on the ground then I have to make a couple runs at it to get it pushed back out of the way.

Can't move snow with a Razr...........

You need a Rhino..............

my Rhino blade is 60"

push all the snow you dare.........

I got one question answered, whether it will fit my RZR. I watched their installation video and they were putting it on the exact same model as mine.

rock chuck I wouldn't go wider than the machine. they are great, but they are not a bulldozer.

esp if you get wet or heavy snow


Sycamore

I figured the best width is the width of the machine when the blade is angled. So, a 60" should work fine on my 50" RZR...I think.

I'd say snow blower Rock Chuck. A local guy has a plow on his quad and he spends more time backing up and hitting the snow banks than he would if he would have just blown the snow up over the top and out into the yard. Another neighbor picked up a nearly new 12 hp Toro snow blower at an estate sale for only $300.00. What a deal!!! I had a blade on my K-5 Blazer and found out real quickly that you need to weigh more than what you are pushing. Plus it is really hard on the vehicle. I hit a bank at my place up north and the back of the truck came off the ground and the bank never moved. Blowers will put snow where ever you point it and with enough horse power... way far away. My Honda 928 will throw snow an honest 50 feet. With a blade you need to leave enough room for all the rest of the snow that you plan to put in front of it for the rest of the winter.

We don't get enough snow to justify a blower. A 4 to 6" snowfall is the most we get most of the time plus it's usually dry snow.

Most Four wheelers and side by sides are not heavy enough to move a serious amount of snow without a lot of weight on the front end. The best plow set up I have seen had a bracket bolted on that held tractor weights. The fellow who owned it said without them it would not move much heavy wet snow. He also chained the tires up to get some traction. Make tire chains an accessory to put on your list.

The first push has to be back farther than one thinks they will need. If not, you're in a jackpot.

With my Razor, for traction possibly the best place to chain is the rear, for 2 reasons. 1st, if the rears haven't slipped, it's a 2x4. If it slips, even a little, the fronts engage. It's like a limited slip from back to front. Next, there's space in back for weights and it's heavy on the rear anyway with the rear engine. Steering might be a problem, though.

Plows on trucks work real well for parking lots, but the lament for lots of home owners is that the guy with the plow scalps their lawn when they put the snow far enough back for the rest of the winter.

Ironbender, I see that you are an Alaskan guy down around the Kenai. What a great memory that was when six of us flew up your way to play with your fish in the Kenai River. It was the first time that I ever blistered my hand catching salmon!

Almost all atv plows have adjustable skids that prevent scalping. They leave a little snow under them but that's livable.

If you have the added real estate to put the snow, the room to manuver a plow, and will plow as soon as the snow falls and before a vehicle drives on the snow or before a berm is set at the the start of the driveway, then a plow will make for a quick job of clearing off a driving surface.

For most homeowners a blower is a much better tool for the job. Speaking of which ours is pretty much shot after 20 seasons and time to break down and get a new one.

Happy to hear you had a good time!

I have lots of room to pile it and we don't get all that much snow. I've been doing it with a garden tractor and a front blade for years but it's too hard on my tractor. It wasn't designed for that and I want it to last a long time yet. The RZR can do it a lot easier.

I generally never plow the first snowfall unless it's more than a foot of snow. I like to get a good layer of packed snow in my driveway before I start using my plow. Something else I've found that works well is to put stakes along the lawns edge so you know where to stop pushing snow.

Report on Cabela's store brand plow

I bought and installed one. The 'universal' mounting plate isn't universal at all. It was too narrow to fit my '12 RZR 800. So, for the price of a $10 piece of 1/4" steel , I made one to fit. It was just a matter of welding on some brackets to hold the push bar and drilling 8 holes. Getting the holes in the right place was by far the hardest part. Just to be safe, I bolted on the brackets then welded around them. I'm not an expert welder.

We haven't had much snow yet, under 6", but for what we've had, it works great.It's plenty sturdy for my purposes but I can't speak for how it will do pushing 15" or so.
I was concerned about whether I'd need chains but so far, it hasn't slipped a bit. I helped the neighbors who have a steep driveway and it pushed right up it. Of course that has nothing to do with how well the plow works.

Supposedly you can leave the plate mounted year round but it hangs down too far. I put on a 2" lift kit last year and it's hangs down lower than what it was before the lift. So, come spring off it comes.

x2 not much wider than machine

Based on research on snow plows and utv/atv's i paid around $100 to have heavy duty brackets installed for plow mounts but i move a lot of snow and big steep driveway.. chain rear wheels like you.

Had to have neighbor over last year with tractor and blower to move snow because ran out of area to move snow. Was really heavy snow fall last year