You push the upper right button which I believe is the power and the turtle and hold it down it will start as green and turn to Red in the LEDs

To bend it just clamp it to a table and heat up your bend area with a heat gun and slowly bend it to where you need it.

Imo the faster speed is worth it. The boss feels so slow after getting off the ventrac. Also the plow control on the ventrac is on the right, whereas the boss is on the left side. So if your right handed the ventrac is way easier to run. The salt spreader controller for the ventrac is easier to access too while you're driving which is super important. I flip that switch probably 80 times in a night when i go around 90 degree corners. As far as the broom goes, i never use it for the places i do with it because it's so much longer and heavier than the plow. If you have big long commercial warehouses or shopping centers it would work awesome but not in tight places

@@lancegee7490 Cool! I appreciate the input. Now all I have to do is make my case to my head boss and see how it plays out haha.

@@FostaFunk the labor and salt savings alone are worth it. I've put 50 hrs on the ventrac between last winter and this winter. So if it does the work of 3 people in the same amount of time, that's essentially 100 man hrs of time saved in 2 years. At 25-35$ an hour, thats 2500-3500$ saved in just labor in 2 winters. I also use about 8-10 bags less of calcium each snow because of it's efficiency so it adds up. They're definitely worth it, but you need a decent operator as they can be a little tricky to get efficient. I hate shovels now lol

I believe in the video i had the spreader turned up all the way so yes it was dropping a lot. But you can regulate how much it uses with the controller for it. We've had no issues out of them. They are slow compared to the ventrac but i guarantee it'll outwork 3 guys with a shovel

It's made of polycarbonate i think from lowes. It was the thickest stuff they had. With it being bent and bolted around the corners it doesn't move a bit. To bend it just clamp it to a table and heat up your bend area and slowly work it to where you need it. I'll be making some for our snowrators soon before the snow hits

@@lancegee7490 awesome thank you.

They are kind of a pain to load. Have to pour half the bag in, push it to the other side then add the other half. We will probably make a chute on both sides to load easier. I'll make a video of the ventrac during the next snow since it's on my crew. The snowrators go on other crews

@@lancegee7490 Thanks for the reply, looking forward to seeing the video!

This thing works awesome! I really doubted the spreader but that's the best part. No more pushing at a spreader or carrying a bucket. I have no complaints with it other than it's kinda tough to fill the spreader. I totally forgot to make a video of it working but lets just say our biggest site used to take ~4-6 hours to clear with 3 people with shovels and 2 of us did it in 3.5