How strong is the hitch on the newer style sportsmans?

[Rubberdown]

I run my snow plow off the rear hitch ball on my 04.5 model 500, its got the older style, big heavy duty steel in the back. Now if I want to make a plow for someone with a 2006 500 X2 and it has the slide in style reciever, is this gonna be strong enough to support a push tube for a snow plow?

["Bankrupt"]

i would say yes. ive pulled a small trailer (made for pulling a 4 wheeler) with mine and had no problems. i think they have a rated weight sticker on them. not exactly sure what it is though.

[Bigdog800EFI]

I think they are made out of the same material as the frame. Should be strong enogh.

[Atomic]

Should be no problems RD...Landscaped the yard last year. Pulled small utility trailer full of beachstone all around the yard. plus numberous stump removals. I made a hitch from 1-1/4" solid square stock and bought a 5/16" pin at crappy tire. Its seen its fair share of work with no problems over the last two yrs. If you use 1-1/4 square stock just dont leave it in there for long periods of time, not much clearance. Dirt and crap builds up and makes it a bitch to pull out.(add some clearance if you use a peice of 1-1/4.)

[Rubberdown]

Heres how I push my plow....
You guys would trust this method on the newer style? It just didnt look as strong to me, i dont know, what do you guys think?

[Atomic]

Here's the two I made RD...no problems to date and they both have seen lots of action.

[Rubberdown]

Thanks Atomic, I made a similar one for my buddy when he had an 800 SP.

[800Stealth]

RD, I move my bassboat around my yard with mine alot, the boat and trailer come in at about 3200 pounds, don't tell my dealer lol. This is the ball mount I fabbed up to get the ball high enough to move my trailers, as you can see it has quite a bit of rise to it and it's never given me a problem.

[popomonster]

i pulled a 5' cultavator (disk, seeder, roller combo) with mine. the rig was about 900lbs. we planted about 2 acers. no trouble.

[Rubberdown]

Cool, thanks guys.

[SCRAMMYTODD]

I pulled a 18' camper around a campsite last year. It was a little light on the bars, but it pulled it without a problem. And the Glacier 2 plow setup is the best one I've ever used. A little pricey but well worth it.

[Rubberdown]

I pulled a 18' camper around a campsite last year. It was a little light on the bars, but it pulled it without a problem. And the Glacier 2 plow setup is the best one I've ever used. A little pricey but well worth it.

Thanks, I'll be making this plow, I already have the plow frame built, the plastic for the blade is here, all I need is a push tube and a clasp, then I have to make a hinge for the front like I did on mine and its done, probably under $200 complete.

[OnlyPolaris]

me and our neighbour at the lake pull our 30' inclosed quad trailers loaded up with ours to park them