Snowplow rat

[gashuffy63]

Serious case of 'cabin fever' here, remember when corner filling stations used ex-military jeeps to clear out the snow? This one reminds me of those days. Cheers

 

[JoeyMac]

nice! I'd imagine a studded tire in the back would also help...

 

[johnny nightwolf]

How's it work for ya?

 

[gashuffy63]

How's it work for ya?

Not so hot at first, not much pedal clearance so I swapped the orig one for a crankset with shorter arms. The shovel actually is mounted to cut Varsity drop bars mounted to the fork ends so it glides along pretty smoothly. Cheers

 

[maddogrider]

Looks like you might need a 5 horse Briggs and Statton engine on there :mrgreen:

 

[johnny nightwolf]

I like that! I don't think I'd want to try plowing my driveway with it, but very cool idea!

 

[GodHatesCleveland]

Hmmm..I wonder if a straight bar instead of the apes would put more down force on the plow-better for clearing snow but harder to push, hence less traction on the back tire. Any thoughts????

Nice rig, by the way...

 

[BLUEMEANIE]

should make it a fixed gear too, then you can back it up when making multiple passes.

 

[schwinnmesa]

That's so Cool!

 

[GodHatesCleveland]

should make it a fixed gear too, then you can back it up when making multiple passes.

Excellent point.

 

[Firewalker]

:roll: :lol:

FW

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Ok yall have way too much time on yalls hands. That is so silly ...everybody knows it has to be a three wheeler :wink: :wink:

 

[brucebruce]

I demand a video of this bad boy in action

 

[roadmaster]

now thats a great ratovation. now to resist the temptation to build one of my own. hmmm... wonder if you could make the front "blade" able to move up and down via some brake cables, a lever and some creativity and mount little 3 or 4 inch wheels to the fork behind the blade? that way you could get a running start b4 you drop the blade to plow, had the front weight of the bike on two small wheels vs all the weight on the blade or...