Guide Gear Plow Attachment for Lawn Tractor and ATV, 48 Inches Tow-Behind UTV/ATV Plow

Straight forward assembly took about 45 minutes. Used it to tear up the school yard at my church for replanting. Did the job better than I had hoped.

Parts bag broke open, missing some hardware luckily had replacement bolts and washers on hand, other than that I'm happy with it 😊

This seems to be a well built design. The assembly was simple, took me about 2 hr. Directions are not the best. Shipping was on time. I watch what I get that is not PRIME, but am pleased with this. I have used it with good results. The grass does get caught up and you need to clear it from the blades, but I would expect that. I have used big equipment in the past that does it all. This is a good simple Plow Attachment for small jobs. I am very pleased with this plow. The ground I was using it on was hard as a rock and full of deep weeds. I started light to get the weeds out and had someone clean the weeds up as I plowed lightly. After that I was able to add weight and then more weight. The final outcome was great for me.

It would be a better piece of equipment if there were better wheels on it. I should've known better when I opened the package and seen plastic wheels

First off assembly directions could be a whole lot better. Product comes in cardboard box that's zip tied together but most all zip ties were busted loose because it's all Heavy equipment. The bag they used to hold all nuts, bolts, washers could be better so be careful opening up the box cuz you could have these pieces coming out. This product works great for its purpose. As you can see in the photos I could not use my four-wheeler today so I hooked it up to the truck and pulled it around a Sandy field that I'm turning into food plots. You can tell that it pulls all the dead weeds I have already sprayed out and digs just enough to move the sand to plant seeds when the next rain comes. Now granted this is not a tiller so without weight the plow only digs in a couple inches and I feel that's what it is used for mostly. I will update this when I can hook it up to my four-wheeler and put weight on the plow and do some real work. Now granted if you look at the plow close up picture you will notice I have the handle bolt in the wrong spot but I was ready to get this thing in the dirt. The bolt belongs in the center hole.

Missing parts, phone number on manual to call for missing parts is disconnected, the phone number for Sportsman’s Guide gave me a number for GUIDE GEAR is in CANADA. They don’t answer, just a recording. DON’T BUY THIS ITEM, and AMAZON should stop selling this item, it’s a joke to get service from SPORTSMAN’S GUIDE and GUIDE GEAR.

This thing is solid! We've been trying to get grass to grow in the front yard of our five acres for a couple of years now. It's mostly clay. The builders disturbed the whole right side, about 3/4 acre. I had some light thatch going last year but needed to get the seeds in better this year. I'd been using those flimsy aerators you buy and put together from Lowe's. Total junk. This thing is amazing. It made nice little grooves and disturbed the soil just enough for seed planting. Tips on assembly that I wish I'd had: It looks worse than it is. The instructions could be better, but the pictures are super helpful. I'm a novice, so counting all the pieces and learning the names of each piece was really helpful. YOU NEED A GOOD RATCHET SET!! Make sure you have the larger attachments. I used cans of soup to elevate the plate while assembling. Also need vice grips or plyers as well. After getting the tines/blades on loosely, I flipped the plate so as to get the best depth on the fitting. Also get a stool to sit on while you work. It took me about two hours. I'm extremely happy with the end result.

I was immediately impressed by the robust construction of this implement: nice, thick steel. Other reviewers have commented on the fragile plastic wheels and somewhat confusing instructions. My main comment has to do with the choice of hardware the designer used, and therefore bears on the instructions.The "axles" are simply bolts, fitted with a combination of washers and nuts, both standard and nyloc, and you're left to guess which goes where. Some of the nuts are intended as spacers, and some are placed adjacent to each other. Maybe I put mine together wrongly, because some of the nuts turned during operation, and caused the wheels to bind. Also, the combination of threaded axle and plastic wheel soon led to grinding and degradation of the hub. I replaced the hardware with suitable hubs (steel wheels with bearings from Tractor Supply; 1/2" axle bolts, bushings [you could use a stack of washers as spacers instead]), and imperial nuts to match the axle bolts, and got vastly improved function. Also, the combination of pins and holes, which allow you to raise and lower the wheels, did not really have an intermediate setting: wheels were either all the way up or down (the intermediate setting is actually a duplicate full up), so I added a hole. Works great now!A comment on use with a lawn tractor: I found that power was not the issue, but traction most definitely is. With wheels up, those curved points dig right in. Starting from a stop was a real problem until I attached the implement to a different tractor, one with pulling tires.One response to the question of clogging with branches said it wasn't a problem: the kids followed her and removed them as needed. I had no kids, so had to stop regularly, detach the implement, and clear it myself...a consideration you want to bear in mind if the area you are working has lots of debris. Do yourself a favor and rake first!