Probably nicer then my Honda but I can’t bro by myself to ever by a can am lol. Those 700s already have motor mount problems
@kyleharriss73675 күн бұрын
What’s your trailer setup? Liking the straps! Can you make a video on it?
@nicomg606028 күн бұрын
BONITA CUATRIMOTO
@mudmonkeyatvs2 ай бұрын
Great meeting and riding with you John! Hope to see you again soon
@kevindamaso43382 ай бұрын
Good video look forward to explore the trails around here shared your video with a bunch of my friends 👍
@BackyardATV2 ай бұрын
Nice! Thanks for the share!
@mavuooo2 ай бұрын
I'm looking for a winch switch like this, but I can't find it, do you know the number of parts?
@BackyardATV2 ай бұрын
Im not too sure, I had my winch installed through the dealer and one of the reasons I did so was for that integrated switch. Maybe get in touch with your dealer and ask them if they can order it in.
@crazymcgee36042 ай бұрын
Just bought an XT two weeks ago. It's my first quad and I'm loving the heck out of it! The trails and most of the paths around my way are mostly gravel, exposed rock with a bit of marsh and sand so, while the XMR was tempting seemed to be overkill for the local terrain. On a serious note, is there anywhere on the bike to mount a license plate or do I need to buy an aftermarket adapter?
@BackyardATV2 ай бұрын
Yeah I was torn between the XT and the XMR. Decided on the XMR because of the raised snorkel and rad, never know what your going to find yourself in and that peace of mind goes a long way. Also the XMR has the locking front diff and not the viscolok, which kind of sealed the deal. Regarding the plate, the dealer installed mine, I have the full bumper at the back and it did seem challenging to get it mounted but it's there.
@wallyklw53 ай бұрын
Thankyou. My synthetic rope broke and upon inspection was looped under other strands and cinched down tight and the works were frozen in place. Let me tell you, getting it off the winch at -10F was a real pleasure. I don’t have a heated garage-I put a torch to the spool and melted the synthetic. I’m doing your fix tomorrow-hoping for smooth sailing next winter
@BackyardATV3 ай бұрын
Happy it helped! Just make sure that you get that spool and duct tape warmed up too when you apply it.
@johnh38593 ай бұрын
hey how’s the xmr holding up after a month?
@BackyardATV3 ай бұрын
So far so good, just finished with the break in period and no complaints at all for now.
@albertolobo66084 ай бұрын
Hello bro, does your XMR 700 have any kind of squeaking noise?
@BackyardATV4 ай бұрын
No Luckily not, from what I have seen from others is that it may be the back sway bar that causes it.
@albertolobo66084 ай бұрын
@@BackyardATV Exactly. I was going to buy an XMR 700 but I saw that that squeaking noise happened to many and I decided to wait a little longer. I will be watching your videos if your XMR700 doesn't make any squeaks I will go buy mine
@chrosobrien3593 ай бұрын
My 700xt has a squeak but only to 10km/h so u don't hear it that often
@albertolobo66083 ай бұрын
@@chrosobrien359 Can you make a video of the noise and upload it to KZbin?
@charliebeck14484 ай бұрын
That’s the one to put the snow plow on never get enough snow to stop that rig !!!
@BackyardATV4 ай бұрын
I know right! Im tempted to put a plow on but the budget doesn't allow for it considering what size driveway I have. Maybe next season.....
@charliebeck14484 ай бұрын
U said u used a 1/2” eye bolt doesn’t it call for m12 in the instructions that is metric for 7/16” not quit as big as half inch not trying to be picky or anything but I want to ordering one of those lifting eyebolts but just need to know the correct size
@BackyardATV4 ай бұрын
You can use 7/16" if you want, 1/2" fits just fine on mine, I didn't have to do any modification. Try and get a Stainless steel eyebolt if possible, the carbon steel rusts up relatively quick. Im not sure where you're from, but you can also get a m12 stainless eyebolt on Amazon if that works better for you.
@charliebeck14484 ай бұрын
I’m here in Newfoundland Canada a small town called St Lawrence. I am glad to hear from u and yes i now have a couple ordered of Amazon M12 eye bolts Bit longer than I needed but the price was very good I’ll just have to trim them after I get them in place once again thanks for getting back to me u have a good day !!!!
@BackyardATV4 ай бұрын
Right on. I had to trim mine too. I think you guys had a bit more snow in the east than we did here in Ontario this season.
@charliebeck14484 ай бұрын
Yeah we have a huge snow storm coming in the next 3 day up to 80 cm but where I’m to we are getting 15 to 30 cm take care
@BackyardATV4 ай бұрын
please send some this way! Stay Safe
@charliebeck14484 ай бұрын
Like to see your update when u add the new push tubes
@BackyardATV4 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, I’ll definitely do a follow up. Don’t think it will be this season though. I don’t see much snow in the forecast.
@G-Boyz.Outside4 ай бұрын
You're gonna love this XMR 700 best bang for the buck
@charliebeck14484 ай бұрын
With that eye bolt there for your hook will the blade still pivot left to right ????
@BackyardATV4 ай бұрын
Yes it pivots easily, just dont tighten the nut at the bottom too much and you're good.
@charliebeck14484 ай бұрын
I bought Longer arms for my koplin Atv snow plow which brought the proper mounting hook out far enough so the winch was pulling straight up
@BackyardATV4 ай бұрын
Ive been looking for longer arms but can't find any, I was thinking of getting some steel profile and fabricating a new plate to attach to for next season.
@charliebeck14484 ай бұрын
I went to a metal fab shop and bought 1.5” 10 guage square stock and cut mine 38” seems to work out fine original push tubes are only 31 1/4”
@BackyardATV4 ай бұрын
I was thinking about this, did you have to make any modifications to the mounting plate?@@charliebeck1448
@charliebeck14484 ай бұрын
@@BackyardATV there is a video on KZbin kolpin Switchblade Plow: Part 2 The Fix by Figs Outside u can go as far as 38” log with your push tubes and the back bracket will still fit but u might still have to drill 4 holes in the new push tubes
@billmalec5 ай бұрын
2wd lawn tractors have been doing it for decades.
@BackyardATV5 ай бұрын
I know, I know. This video was in part trolling the guys posting similar videos with big bore 4x4 atv's asking if I their machine is any good at pushing some snow. Surprise a 2wd 250cc can also do it.....
@jayone74375 ай бұрын
What brand of ATV is that. A set of tire chains would really help in those conditions. Great video.
@BackyardATV5 ай бұрын
It's a Powermax 250 Desert Storm, a Chinese clone of the Yamaha bear tracker. I have made some cosmetic changes with the lights and paint, also threw on some bigger wheels and tires. Tire chains would certainly help and so would a set of decent mud tires, but where's the fun in that!
@TheSlagman05 ай бұрын
I have done the same thing but l used a 1 inch lifting strap , everything works great ! The seatbelt idea sounds like it would also work.
@BackyardATV5 ай бұрын
Yeah, 1 inch strap would also work. I just didn't want it to bind up easily, that's why I got a 2 inch
@charliebeck14485 ай бұрын
Around here we use seat belt straps they are lots of long and also have a metal eyelet on the end to hook your plow to
@BackyardATV5 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, if I had a spare seat belt strap lying around I would most definitely use it for this.
@johnplasse27815 ай бұрын
You could do that with one wheel lol There's like 1cm. Wonder if it would work here
@BackyardATV5 ай бұрын
I know, I know.... I have been praying to the snow gods to deliver a decent dump here in Ontario so that I can really test it out, but I think I'm doing it wrong. The snow and the cold is just not arriving the way it should.
@RZRDunesandSnow5 ай бұрын
Nicely done!
@BackyardATV5 ай бұрын
Thanks! It's slim pickings here in Ontario. Haven't had much snow at all this season. Still holding thumbs for a good dumping of maybe a foot or two before winter is over.
@Serpico11525 ай бұрын
Good video, thanks I truly appreciate it! I've been waiting 2 years for enough snow here in Maryland to get back to using my Craftsman tractor plow set up which I had converted over from manual hand lift to a Harbor Freight Badlands ZXR 2500 winch but wasn't out there a half hour last week before I snapped the wire rope cable so I had to pull it back into the garage and re-install the hand lever locking linkage so I could get all my plowing done. Since then I watched a lot of videos about using either synthetic ropes or tow straps and came across your video, I was just about to order a strap online today then remembered that I've had a brand new Harbor Freight 20 foot Haul-Master tow strap similar to the one that you used in the bottom of a tool box in the garage so I dug it out, cut it in half, and tested how much I could install on the winch comfortably before it started binding around the spool frame area or the built in cable tensioner plate on the backside of the spool, and settled on 5 foot which is more than enough, afterwards I tested it a couple of times and it looks like it's definitively going to be the way to go. 👍
@BackyardATV5 ай бұрын
It's a pleasure! I've been out with mine a few times now and haven't had any issues with the strap. Time will tell though.
@matthewsimon73746 ай бұрын
I am setting up my plow for the first time this week. new plow, new winch. I am going to try this setup from the start as I wont use a winch except for this. How many feet of tow strap did you use about, or how much do you think it will fit on the winch before its too much?
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
It's a relatively easy process changing out the strap for rope when you don't need it for plowing anymore. The strap I used was 20ft which I just cut in half. 10ft fits on the spool just fine and to be honest you wouldn't need longer. I also wouldn't go shorter, ive seen some guys complain that it slips doing it this way with the tape, but I'm sure it's because they aren't using a longer strap.
@Alexb_17756 ай бұрын
How did you wire in the pod lights on your handlebars? I want to do it with my grizzly.. any tips would be awesome.
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
I had to change out the switchgear so I wired the 7" bar to be high beam, the small work light below it to the park light and the two 4" pods below the rack to the main beam, so I can switch each individually. Took a bit of head scratching to figure it all out but it works great. Im not sure how the Grizzly wiring is, but patience and a multimeter is key to figuring it out.
@TopG.n.ur-mom6 ай бұрын
What brand is that atv?
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
Its a Powermax Desert Storm 250cc, with some aftermarket cosmetic changes...
@davidvoller7266 ай бұрын
Only suggestion is to replace your roller style fairlead with an aluminum style slide fairlead. The rollers will eat away at the synthetic ropes and straps especially if you originally had a steel cable.
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
Im going to swap over to the hawse fairlead soon. I found that the roller fairlead actually worked better with the the synthetic line for plowing purposes, but ive noticed that's not the case with the strap.
@ATVfnatic6 ай бұрын
I'm going to try this today, my synthetic cable broke for the last time I hope. I'm in Ontario Canada.
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
I have been out plowing about 6 times now since I've installed it and so far no complaints.
@Rob-Erto6 ай бұрын
I appreciate this video a lot. I'm really curios to know how well this holds up over time. Hopefully you've finally had the chance in Canada to test this out. I'm also wondering if snow and ice build up on the strap and bind and cause problems on the spool. Thanks for this idea. Keep up the good work
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
Thanks! I have been out plowing about 6 times now since I've installed it and so far no complaints. Was hoping to get some more snow by now but unfortunately it's been a mild winter. Haven't had any issues with ice build up on the strap.
@Rob-Erto6 ай бұрын
@@BackyardATV thanks for the update. I'm going to give this a go 👍
@TN-ez6lz6 ай бұрын
I can't wait to try this!
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
makes life much easier without breaking your synthetic lines that's for sure.
@dexxaz16 ай бұрын
Nice ride..... 😅
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ethanw4796 ай бұрын
Hey man love the videos! Can we get a tutorial on how you mounted that hook onto the plow? Looking to do the same with mine. Thank you!
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
Thanks! Ill get working on a vid to show hook.
@TheSlagman06 ай бұрын
I used a heavier 1" strap ran through the eye on the hook then doubled it back on its self . You can use small bolts or rivets to tie it together . Works great !!
@dexxaz16 ай бұрын
I did the same on my atv a month ago,also tested with tape but it will slip on the aluminium spool. I drilled and tapped 4 m5 screws into the aluminium spool.....not slipping anymore. We have 65 cm of snow here in Dalarna,Sweden,started snowing 21/12 and continues..... Happy New Year!!
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
Good to know, I'm hoping it won't slip, but as I said, time will tell. If it does I'll certainly drill it out and screw it down. Here in Ontario Canada we haven't had any significant snowfall yet, let's hope some of your snow migrates over this way. The snowmobile and ice fishing guys are losing their minds here because it's been so warm and absolutely no ice.
@Rust7656 ай бұрын
Seems to do just fine 👍 I would dump the snow at my own property though
@noworriesmate59036 ай бұрын
Set of chains on the tires will solve the traction problem. Cut a piece of pvc length wise slide in on the cutting edge of the plade will solve the yard digging problem.
@BackyardATV6 ай бұрын
Im thinking about getting a set but from what I've heard they can seriously scratch up an asphalt driveway. The pic pipe is next on my todo list for sure.
@DirtyJakTheDustyBean7 ай бұрын
Nice trails and riding
@RZRDunesandSnow7 ай бұрын
What tire PSI are you at? I only run about 6 in the snow and dunes, might help with the traction. Nice job with the video!
@BackyardATV7 ай бұрын
Im running 5 PSI all-round. I also have 2 44lb bags of salt on the back rack. traction isn't much of a problem, only issue I have is that the plow mount is so damn low it hangs up on almost any ridge or dip.