In this video and article, we will go over the importance of Kage’s unique trip edge on the moldboard. This feature is much more efficient than a trip moldboard for several reasons. For one, the trip absorbs the impact of encountering curbs and hidden obstacles and it protects the operator and the equipment from injury and damage.Lastly, with the trip edge vs the trip moldboard, you wont be wasting time as if you were going back to plow snow you dropped with your trip moldboard!
A Trip Edge With A Smooth Ride
As an operator who cherishes his or her forehead, what do you hope you have when you are plowing snow and you encounter a protruding manhole cover? The answer is not a helmet or good insurance! No. You hope that the plow has some kind of trip mechanism. The trip mechanism absorbs the impact of encountering curbs and hidden obstacles.
Trip Edge vs a Trip Moldboard
Tripping is crucial because it protects the operator and the equipment from injury or damage. There are two common types of snow plow trip systems, one is where the entire moldboard trips, the other is where only the cutting edge trips. Kage uses the trip edge method.
Benefits of a Trip Edge on a Skid-Steer, Wheel Loader & Tractor
A trip edge is superior to a trip moldboard because when the entire moldboard trips you lose some of the load of snow you were carrying. And you waste time because you have to back up to get the blade to reset. Not so with Kage’s aggressive trip edge. On our SnowFire model Kage’s trip edge is a full 8 inches tall while the SnowStorm is 9 inches. This allows the operator to blow right through a standard concrete curb with no adverse effect. The SnowStorm trip edge is split in the middle so only one-half of the edge trips when a smaller object is encountered.
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