84" Glacier Pro Plow Hydraulic Swivel Short-term Fix

[Tkelly1250]

I recently bought an 84" Glacier Pro Plow with the hydraulic swivel system for my new Ranger HD 1500 Northstar Premium. In playing with it, I discovered (and have since confirmed with the dealer) that Polaris shipped a number of these plow systems with the wrong hydraulic actuator that swivels the plow. The one I have only reaches out 150mm versus 250mm. This means that the plow nicely swivels left (when the actuator is retracted) but cannot swivel right at all as its reach is too short. Polaris is backlogged in replacing the hydraulic actuator with the proper reach one so I fabricated a bracket as a short-term fix should we get snow before the new actuator is replaced. If anyone wants my pencil sketch of the bracket I made, just lmk and I'll post it.

I fabricated two 1/4" thick steel brackets as shown in the pics to ride on the top and bottom of the factory brackets attached to the Glacier frame. I used a 1/2" bolt and nut where the 5/8" locking pin would be, and drilled a 1/4" bolt and nut on the side (only real modification) to make sure the temporary bracket would be rigid in place. The distance from the original pin hole to the new pin hole measures 85mm which allows the plow to swivel completely left and right. When the new hydraulic assembly comes in, it'll be easy to remove my brackets and replace the hydraulic assembly. Hope this idea helps if you have a short actuator!

 

[Big Red]

The length of my actuator is just right, thanks for asking Just joking of course. Very nicely written and the pics are great. Looks to be a great mod to help get by until Polaris gets their shit figured out.

 

[Clubin]

Haven’t used mine yet. So I didn’t know it wasn’t good. Thanks for the info I’ll be sure to check it out once the snow comes.

 

[pueblogary]

I recently bought an 84" Glacier Pro Plow with the hydraulic swivel system for my new Ranger HD 1500 Northstar Premium. In playing with it, I discovered (and have since confirmed with the dealer) that Polaris shipped a number of these plow systems with the wrong hydraulic actuator that swivels the plow. The one I have only reaches out 150mm versus 250mm. This means that the plow nicely swivels left (when the actuator is retracted) but cannot swivel right at all as its reach is too short. Polaris is backlogged in replacing the hydraulic actuator with the proper reach one so I fabricated a bracket as a short-term fix should we get snow before the new actuator is replaced. If anyone wants my pencil sketch of the bracket I made, just lmk and I'll post it.

I fabricated two 1/4" thick steel brackets as shown in the pics to ride on the top and bottom of the factory brackets attached to the Glacier frame. I used a 1/2" bolt and nut where the 5/8" locking pin would be, and drilled a 1/4" bolt and nut on the side (only real modification) to make sure the temporary bracket would be rigid in place. The distance from the original pin hole to the new pin hole measures 85mm which allows the plow to swivel completely left and right. When the new hydraulic assembly comes in, it'll be easy to remove my brackets and replace the hydraulic assembly. Hope this idea helps if you have a short actuator!

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My hydraulic plow angle works fine. I zoomed in on the label of yours and saw that the part number is different than mine. Below is a photo of the label of mine. I recently used my 84” plow to clear 2 1/2 feet of snow from our 10,000 sq. ft. concrete driveway here in the Colorado mountains. The hydraulic plow angle works great.

 

[oneal]

I recently bought an 84" Glacier Pro Plow with the hydraulic swivel system for my new Ranger HD 1500 Northstar Premium. In playing with it, I discovered (and have since confirmed with the dealer) that Polaris shipped a number of these plow systems with the wrong hydraulic actuator that swivels the plow. The one I have only reaches out 150mm versus 250mm. This means that the plow nicely swivels left (when the actuator is retracted) but cannot swivel right at all as its reach is too short. Polaris is backlogged in replacing the hydraulic actuator with the proper reach one so I fabricated a bracket as a short-term fix should we get snow before the new actuator is replaced. If anyone wants my pencil sketch of the bracket I made, just lmk and I'll post it.

I fabricated two 1/4" thick steel brackets as shown in the pics to ride on the top and bottom of the factory brackets attached to the Glacier frame. I used a 1/2" bolt and nut where the 5/8" locking pin would be, and drilled a 1/4" bolt and nut on the side (only real modification) to make sure the temporary bracket would be rigid in place. The distance from the original pin hole to the new pin hole measures 85mm which allows the plow to swivel completely left and right. When the new hydraulic assembly comes in, it'll be easy to remove my brackets and replace the hydraulic assembly. Hope this idea helps if you have a short actu

Nice job and write up

 

[Mr.C]

My hydraulic plow angle works fine. I zoomed in on the label of yours and saw that the part number is different than mine. Below is a photo of the label of mine. I recently used my 84” plow to clear 2 1/2 feet of snow from our 10,000 sq. ft. concrete driveway here in the Colorado mountains. The hydraulic plow angle works great.View attachment 1533

I took note of that part number, when they become available again, I’ll make sure the part number matches what you have.