Need to mount snow plow to quad

[tanman44]

ok i need to mount a snow plow to my quad. My quad is a 1996 Polaris Sportsman 4X4. I have no winches. My snow plow is about 4 foot wide john deer. nothin special about it. my grandpa has the welder and the metal just need to know what to make. can you help?

 

[fat tire]

ok i need to mount a snow plow to my quad. My quad is a 1996 Polaris Sportsman 4X4. I have no winches. My snow plow is about 4 foot wide john deer. nothin special about it. my grandpa has the welder and the metal just need to know what to make. can you help?

Well if you have a plate...cut some 3/8 holes in it and make a template for your frame then all you need are a few u bolts and a couple of pin connectors to pop the plow on too....... the front could rest off your rack ( as you don't have a winch)....... need to see what your machine looks like to give you better directions.

 

[TheLonelyIsland]

ok i need to mount a snow plow to my quad. My quad is a 1996 Polaris Sportsman 4X4. I have no winches. My snow plow is about 4 foot wide john deer. nothin special about it. my grandpa has the welder and the metal just need to know what to make. can you help?

no winch? no problem! just get some round toobing and a peice of regular rod bend a hook on one end of the rod , drill a hole through both and bolt them both together and bolt them both to the rack , and on the round toobing to the front, make a bend and weld a peice of square toobing on the end with a notch at the top of square toobing , and on the plow put a loop on it , but make sure to put a peice of chain on before you weld it and then hook the chain on the notched peice of square toobing and then hook the already hooked peice of rod on the front rack to hold the plow up! not sure about the mounts to the atv tho. let me know if you need pics and i'll post some of the one on my dads bruin that we mounted. thats for the thing to lift the plow.

 

[fat tire]

no winch? no problem! just get some round toobing and a peice of regular rod bend a hook on one end of the rod , drill a hole through both and bolt them both together and bolt them both to the rack , and on the round toobing to the front, make a bend and weld a peice of square toobing on the end with a notch at the top of square toobing , and on the plow put a loop on it , but make sure to put a peice of chain on before you weld it and then hook the chain on the notched peice of square toobing and then hook the already hooked peice of rod on the front rack to hold the plow up! not sure about the mounts to the atv tho. let me know if you need pics and i'll post some of the one on my dads bruin that we mounted. thats for the thing to lift the plow.

I would get 4 small u bolts......3/8 or better...... find four spots on the frame of your quad...hang the u bolts and make a template...... take the template and cut the holes so the u bolts fit ... then voila...you have your mount brackrt for the frame ..... then line up the plow frame with the bracket make a couple of marks ont the bracket..... weld two guides on there ( drill holes in the guides and the plow frame .... I used the quick pin connectors...some guys use bolts..... and voila you have your plow mounted...... use what the other guy said about the tubing....... good idea. ( or instead of a frame bracket you could just run it back to the rear axel ( there should be a trailer hitch and then make up a braket for that ....... maybe easier then the frame but not as tough.

 

[TheLonelyIsland]

I would get 4 small u bolts......3/8 or better...... find four spots on the frame of your quad...hang the u bolts and make a template...... take the template and cut the holes so the u bolts fit ... then voila...you have your mount brackrt for the frame ..... then line up the plow frame with the bracket make a couple of marks ont the bracket..... weld two guides on there ( drill holes in the guides and the plow frame .... I used the quick pin connectors...some guys use bolts..... and voila you have your plow mounted...... use what the other guy said about the tubing....... good idea. ( or instead of a frame bracket you could just run it back to the rear axel ( there should be a trailer hitch and then make up a braket for that ....... maybe easier then the frame but not as tough.

yah i figured out how to mount it to MY atv just not sure about his sportsman! and yah u-bolts work good!