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How to Attach and Detach a Snowplow from Your ATV

Posted by Natalie Hackstock

Oct 6, 2020 11:34:00 AM

Attaching and detaching your plow in cold weather is a process you want to be smooth and easy. Follow these simple instructions and diagrams below to help guide you through the process!

 

Mounting the Snowplow

Note: The vehicle must be running before starting
this procedure.
1. Activate the FLOAT feature on your plow controller.
2. Line up the vehicle with the snowplow and drive forward until the lower pin contacts the pin receiver (Figure 19).

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3. Set the parking brake.
Note: If your vehicle does not have a parking brake, chock the wheels.
4. Turn the levers on the couplers to the ATTACH position (Figure 20).

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5. Remove the electrical-plug dust-covers and connect the plow wire harness to the vehicle wire harness (Figure 19).
6. Activate the FLOAT feature on your plow controller.
7. Using the coupler handle, push the coupler tower upward until the coupler spring pins snap in (Figure 21).

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8. Ensure that both coupler spring pins have fully engaged the coupler (Figure 20).
Note: Move the coupler tower until the spring pins engage completely.
9. Pull the kickstand handle outward and raise the kickstand (Figure 21).

 

Removing the Snowplow

Note: The vehicle must be running before starting this procedure. Set the parking brake. If your vehicle does not have a parking brake, chock the wheels.
1. Activate the FLOAT feature on the plow controller.
2. Pull the kickstand handle outward and lower the kickstand (Figure 22).

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3. While putting upward pressure on the coupler handle, turn the levers on the couplers to the OFF position (Figure 23).

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4. Using the coupler handle, lower the coupler tower completely (Figure 24).

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5. Disconnect the plow wire harness from the vehicle wire harness and secure the
electrical-plug dust-covers (Figure 24).
6. Release the parking brake and slowly back the vehicle away from the snowplow.

 

Before the season starts, follow this simple process for attaching your plow and when the season is over, 

 

 

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