Receiver hitch snow plow

[Fordy20]

Never seen anything like this and can't imagine it working all that well. Seems if any amount of snow between plow and truck you'd be stuck. Can't be good for the receiver hitch with that amount of bending. Don't think they are designed for that kind of a load.
Plow

 

[Tony in SD]

Thanks for posting. Where did these contraptions pop out of the woodwork from? This is the third post Ive seen with a receiver hitch mounted snow plow. None of them looked like they would work very well for the intended purpose. Not to mention the under engineering that is apparent with all posts.

 

[Tgrasher]

Not that much different than me plowing with my 300 Case with a rear blade. Blade would have to be angled a bunch to work and truck weighted down. Biggest problem I see is the driver can't see what's going on without a camera.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

It's meant for pulling the snow away from garage doors, not plowing large amounts of snow.

Watch Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek on youtube and you'll see how useful rear plows are. You will be surprised and educated.

 

[David G]

It is IMPORTANT to note that there is a big difference in strength between compression and tension. These hitches and blades are designed for maximum strength when pulling (tension) and will tend to bend or buckle when put under compression. This is also why you should watch out when you reverse a back blade and push with them, as they are not designed to handle the same amount of stress.

 

[David G]

This design is intended for tension, the one posted earlier on the jeep was in compression.

I am better with this.

 

[JK-NY]

There are a few of them in use around here, referred to as back plows. Usually used with a front mounted plow on the truck too. I am in an area with 130” or so average winter snow fall. As barnyard engineer mentioned, they are usually used to pull snow away from garage doors or similar use. They would be useless in any deep snow as you have to drive over the snow to plow it. There are other options in newer plows such as down pressure on the blade or a back drag cutting edge that mounts on the plow blade behind the cutting edge which is why the back plow never caught on.

 

[paul]

It’s a ‘this is easy’ type of thing, and you got something that moves a little snow but not really accomplishes anything.

See 2-3 around here in winter every year, rarely on the same vehicle one year to the next as folk figure out it’s not all that. Just a toy.

For the amount of snow such a thing could handle, I just put the pickup in 4wd and forget about moving it.

Paul

 

[rustred]

i think those engineers are in wonderland designing these contraptions.

 

[DRussell]

A lot of the personal snowplow builders like Snowbear are going to receiver hitch mounts for their plows. This looks like one of those. It's fine for light use. Not so much for lots of heavy snow or commercial use.

 

[FrankM]

check out Hitch N Plow on youtube where you use your own cat 1 rear blade to move snow .attaches to lower pins and tilts or lifts blade using a winch attached to top link

 

[RayP(MI)]

I had a friend who had a lease truck. No possibility of putting a real plow on. He had a light duty receiver hitch plow lifted with a marginal electric winch. Practically useless for any serious snow deeper than a couple inches. Not recommended! I could plow circles around him with my basic front mounted plow.

 

[Pete in Holland MI]

Seen similar things on plow trucks around here. They are not for main line plowwing. Mostly used to pull the snow away from the garage door so the front plow can get behind the pile and push it out of the driveway.

 

[Brian G. NY]

The newest thing for light trucks and SUVs is a front mounted receiver hitch to which a plow is attached. Probably works OK for light duty work.

https://www.etrailer.com/snowplow-2014_Toyota_Tacoma.htm

 

[John in Mich]

I had occassion to use a truck set up with a plow on both ends. It was for Condo sites with garages that you had to back up to the garage doors and pull snow to the street and then use the front blade to clear the street.
My depth perception, especially at night, was terrible. When I thought I was about to hit the door, I got out to look...4 to 5 feet away.
I do suffer night blindness and when I took flight lessons in 1964, my permit said, "no night flying or by color signal".

 

[K in Iowa]

I have this one for work around the house.

Actually works very well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlcKBVL6MFE

 

[Old560]

I thought about making something like that years ago but decided it would twist my hitch assembly all over.

 

[Bill(Wis)]