Arctic Cat plow or Moose

[DFH]

Hi,

I now have it narrowed down to an Arctic Cat plow for $330.00 or a Moose
plow for $345.00. Does anybody have any experience with the Arctic Cat
plows? The Arctic Cat plow is made of high density polyethylene with a
reinforced steel frame and the moose is made of 11-gauge steel.

Any comments would be helpful!

Thanks,
Joe, WI

2001 Arctic Cat 500 manual
A2000 Warn Winch

[TerryWood]

moose. With the plasitc on the other plow, you may be able to plow snow but
if you hit a rock with a 20 degree temp it will crack (i work with these
plastics all the time as i make artificial limbs)

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[Nathan W. Collier]

fwiw, when i first considered buying an arctic cat i was really sceptical of
its polyethelene skid plate. over time it has earned my trust and i wouldnt
have anything else. having experience with both i now am fully convinced
that a polyethelyene skid is superior to steel in every concieveable way.
in fact, id love to find one for my jeep. :-)
i cant speak from first hand experience with a polyethelene plow but if its
half as tough as the skid plate you cant go wrong.

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[TerryWood]

the reason your skid plate works well compaiured to a full plastic blad is
surface area. Wit ha 1/4 inch thick skid plate, there wont be very much flex
to this when it is cold. How ever, the longer the sheet is, the more flex
there is. Whe nthis occurs the more likely it is to snap.
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[Nathan W. Collier]

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> the reason your skid plate works well compaiured to a full plastic blad is
> surface area. Wit ha 1/4 inch thick skid plate, there wont be very much
flex
> to this when it is cold. How ever, the longer the sheet is, the more flex
> there is. Whe nthis occurs the more likely it is to snap.

terry,
im not quite following exactly what youre trying to say here. im a lot
harder on my skid plate than most other ATV riders since i ride rocks
exclusively. i dont even use ramps going on and off my trailer, i just
slide it up and down on the skid. tellico will test your skid plate like
no other place i have found and my skid is still 100% functional. ive gone
airborne many times (unintentionally) and landed the skid on huge rocks. im
very impressed with how this skid has stood up to everything ive drug it
over.

[TerryWood]

the skid is thicker and uses a very strong mouting syster so the runs
between frame rail to frame rail are not huge, this means there will be
minimnum flexing and its a fairly thick plastic. ON the other hand we have a
plow with a frame that leaves the plastic to handle most of the weight and
it causes a lot of flex. When cold,exspecially with frozen snow, the plastic
would have a tgendency to crack unless they used a heavier thickness

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[S.H.]

Go with the Moose. It's the strongest on the market. The weight of the
metal will keep it on the ground where you want it, and not riding up on
the drifts.

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[contra...@webtv.net]

Look at the bigger picture they've been using poly plows for years on
trucks. Advantages: Look better longer because they don't rust, snow is
supposed to roll off better because of the slippery surface.
Disadvantages: Heavier-takes more steel to reinforce the plastic, If you
hit something solid and crack it, the plow is junk, with metal you can
trow the welder at it and go-which leads to use in the summer as a
grading blade. If all you have to plow is snow and that's it; poly plow
might be the answer, but if the plow will ever see med.-extreme duty go
metal.