I have been using my 225DR to plow for the past few years now. I made a custom plow that lifts and lowers by a winch on the front rack. Always worked fine. This past summer I got a great deal on a 250es and a plow with it. I have been using the ES for plowing this year. I hated running a winch on the DR. It was slow and drain batteries quickly. So the hand operated ES plow works fantastic for speed and no battery to drain. Biggest problem I see with the ES plow is with the plow in the up position you’re still plowing snow if it’s more than 2 inches. Which is every snowfall we get in Minnesota. It would work fine if you only get a half inch of snow but when we get 8 inches no matter what I’m pushing snow. I messed around with it slightly and got it to lift slightly higher but not enough. Has anyone ever modified one to lift higher. I don’t want to use the winch method because the ES plow is substantially heavier and I cannot steer with the plow up. Any ideas or discussion would be great.