ATV snowblower attachment

[grizwald]

Does anyone know if you are able to put a snowblower attachment on the front of an ATV? If there is, for what brand of ATV and how do they work? My dad will be retiring to a lake in the next year and is planning on getting an ATV. He would like to get a snowblower for the large drifts that form on their long driveway. Thanks

[ice_shack]

Since I can't post links do a google search for atv snowblower. It will give some answers. I just tried it out of curiosity and got quite a few.

[mechanictim]

I have seen exactley what you are looking for in the polaris accesories cataloge. It has it's own engine and is about 48" wide. Some of the other manufacturers probably have the same thing.

[sledhead]

Yeah you can get them for just about any atv, Kimpex I belive makes them. They are a 48" blower, The one on our showfloor has a 13 horse honda motor on it. You do need a Winch to pull it up. It doesn't put much weight on the machine for it pivots on a set of caster wheels that are attached to the unit itself. Sure looks like it would throw snow like nobodies business. A little on the pricy side but we've sold 3 and the customers love them.

[TV BOY]

Hmmmmmm.... if you could put a blower on the back and a blade on the front.......? you could have some fun moving snow

[lawdog]

Back in the early days of 4 wheelers, Yamaha had a model with a PTO on it and then you didn't need to buy a blower with its own motor or a lawnmower with its own motor or a tiller etc. The idea never caught on though I guess and no manufacturers have had PTO's for years. I actually always thought it would be nice to have. If I remember right, that was called a terrapro or something like that.

Anybody remember these units?

[tripper]

Griz. My bor. has one that he mounts on a 325 pol. expedition. It works great for him and the only problem he has had is that is vibrates so much that about twice a winter he has to replace some bolts on it. His is one of the early models that the company put out so I would imagine they have done something about the vibration by now. As mentioned above it has it's own motor, has a 48 inch cut and throws snow and rocks a long ways,so becarful of where the exhust shute is pointed.