RockyNY
Gold Member
Regardless of whether you manually angle or power angle all snow plow moldboards should be tilted back at an angle of 21 degrees measured at the cutting bar which results in reducing the steering effort needed to control the vehicle. The 21 degree tilt of the mold board is allows the snow to actually roll more easily to the side. And I won't take any credit for this piece of knowledge since it was imparted to me by an engineer that worked for a major plow OEM. I met him while designing snow removal equipment for a major metropolitan agency. And unless someone has a heavy truck most light duty plow sales people are not aware of this angle setting. And looking at the photos in some of the posts shows the plows have no tilt back angle whatsoever! Hope this helps. :thumbsup:
That's an interesting (and potentially very valuable/often overlooked) piece of information.