MULE 2510. What can make a vehicle so USELESS in the Snow?

[Rustyiron]

I think they get high centered.
I hope the chains just do not get you stuck further in.

Yes to the high centered, with the tires virtually suspended any tire-chain on any wheeled or tracked vehicle is done for. With snow coming in any imaginable consistency and various layers, then it will change also, deep snow is a challenge to "read" and once you're dragging the bottom..... And your right, the more capable your (fill in the blank) is, the more stucker it can get, mud, sand or snow. :thumbsup:

 

[timswi]

This is odd. My neighbor has a Mule, 4 series I think, and he never has any problems plowing and all of the driveways we do are on minor to significant grades. My RTV1100 will move heavier, deeper snow better only due to the weight difference between the two but his never gives up or gets stuck. Sure you 4wd is working correctly?

 

[Zebrafive]

This is odd. My neighbor has a Mule, 4 series I think, and he never has any problems plowing and all of the driveways we do are on minor to significant grades. My RTV1100 will move heavier, deeper snow better only due to the weight difference between the two but his never gives up or gets stuck. Sure you 4wd is working correctly?

Plowing, he is moving the snow out of the way. Big difference verses trying to drive through deep snow, rather than plowing it. A friend has Mule 4010 (what I think the 2510 became) that he plows with. He said the rear wheels will spin with a heavy push, so he added fire wood to the box for weight.

 

[yanmars]

zebra I do believe you are correct

 

[timswi]

Plowing, he is moving the snow out of the way. Big difference verses trying to drive through deep snow, rather than plowing it. A friend has Mule 4010 (what I think the 2510 became) that he plows with. He said the rear wheels will spin with a heavy push, so he added fire wood to the box for weight.

I believe I said we plow snow, not just drive through it. I would imagine his would spin too if only in 2wd. In 4x4 he has no problems at all and doesn't weight the bed down.

 

[Zebrafive]

I believe I said we plow snow, not just drive through it. I would imagine his would spin too if only in 2wd. In 4x4 he has no problems at all and doesn't weight the bed down.

Are you plowing with a Mule? Or Kubota? Which I ASSUME is heavier. I ASSUME my friend is using 4x4.

 

[Rock Crawler]

I plow with a 1900 lb Mule Pro DX and also run down into the valley behind the house to check gas wells with the plow on it. While I would not call it a match to a high powered sport SXS, it gets down and back up the steep trails in snow as long as I am not trying to pull the near 1000 lb log splitter. That never works out well for me in the snow. I had a Rhino 660 Sport before this, and the much faster machine with ability to zing the tires i snow and dig hard while clearing lugs meant that the Rhino would eat the Mule Pro DX (Yanmar Diesel) alive, especially in deeper snow. What I do is walk the wells with the dogs if the snow is more than 6" deep. Where the Rhino would have been a zero concern, the Mule DX makes you think. I have a love/hate with the diesel. It is an easy starting, fuel efficient beast for hauling massive loads of firewood along with the splitter dragging behind, it is slower than cold molasses and has no ability to spin and clean the tires. You better find peace at 8 MPH floored going up hills... because that is all it has in it. But generally speaking, I don't have a "stuck" issue with it and we don't normally get more than 6" of snow at a time often in the Pittsburgh area.

The Mule series is for sure more a work tool than a play toy. That can be good or bad depending on your desired use.

 

[timswi]

Are you plowing with a Mule? Or Kubota? Which I ASSUME is heavier. I ASSUME my friend is using 4x4.

WTF? I plow with a Kubota..My NEIGHBOR PLOWS WITH A MULE..Geez.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Plowing has nothing to do with the issue of negotiating depths of snow. Almost anything can plow depths of snow, you can't "drive" in.

And it's just not the depth of snow. In virgin territory you often have layers of crust/ ice from freeze/thaw cycles just to make things interesting.

 

[timswi]

That's certainly true, you can beach anything in virtually any condition.