HLA 3500X Series 96-Inch Expandable Snow Pusher for Skid Steers🔵 Mid
✓ No hydraulics required
✓ Fits most skid steers, including small-frame
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Overview
The HLA 3500X Series is an expandable snow pusher — the pusher can hydraulically extend and contract its width, allowing a single attachment to cover varying clearing widths depending on the job. This flexibility is valuable for Canadian commercial operators working both open lots and areas with obstacles where a fixed-width pusher is too wide. Ontario-built by HLA Attachments. The 3500X maintains balanced cylinder performance and a trip-edge for frost heave protection.
Canada Availability
Available in Canada through HLA Attachments and HLA Snow dealers. Ontario-manufactured by Horst Welding.
Key Facts
- Nominal width: 96 inches
- Feature: hydraulically expandable and contractable clearing width
- Balanced left and right cylinder performance on inner mouldboard
- Spring trip cutting edge for frost heave protection
- AR400 high tensile skid shoes
- Compatible: skid steers and compact wheel loaders
- 2-year commercial warranty
- Typical weight: 450–580 lbs
- Hydraulic flow: none required — passive attachment, no auxiliary hydraulics
✅ Specs sourced from hlasnow.com · Last verified: March 2026
Is This Right For You?
✅ Buy if…
- You push snow on flat commercial lots, parking decks, or loading docks with a defined push perimeter
- You don't have room or budget for a blower — pushers cost far less and maintain well
⛔ Skip if…
- Your site has no windrow drop zone — pushers pile snow that has to go somewhere
- Wet, heavy Ontario snow is your primary challenge — heavy packs reduce machine traction with a full pusher
🔍 Also consider…
- Sectional pusher if your site has frost heaves or uneven pavement you need the wings to follow
- Snow blower attachment if bank height from repeated pushes is becoming a problem
🔧 Machine Compatibility
Compatible with all skid steer brands via universal SSQA quick attach. No auxiliary hydraulics required — operates off the loader arms.
About HLA in Canada
HLA Attachments is an Ontario-based manufacturer that designs and builds attachments in Waterloo, ON, with a dealer network spanning all provinces. Backed by a Canadian warranty and local parts availability, HLA is one of the most trusted names on Canadian job sites.
Care & Maintenance
- Inspect the trip-edge blade for wear before each season and replace when worn below the wear indicator line — a worn-through trip-edge transfers full impact to the blade frame
- Grease all trip-edge pivot and hinge points after every major pushing session, especially after work in extreme cold where grease migrates out of joints faster
- Check side board welds for cracking after frost heave strikes — box sides bear significant impact forces during high-speed frost heave hits
- Rinse salt off after every use and before extended storage — road salt accelerates rust on unpainted steel edges and frame members faster than people expect
- Store off the ground on blocks or a pallet to prevent the cutting edge from sitting in standing water and rusting from below
How to Connect
- Back machine into push frame receiver
- Lower boom to slide trip edges into receiver arms
- Engage mounting pins or latch
- Raise slightly off ground and test trip edge reset manually if accessible
⚠ Safety NoteSnow pushers are passive (no hydraulics) on most models — mounting is mechanical only
❄️ Before You Buy a Snow Pusher
Snow pusher sizing is machine-dependent — an oversized box overloads your loader arms; undersizing means extra passes on large lots.
- Match pusher width to your machine's ROC and tipping load Attachment sizing guide →
- Trip-edge vs sectional edge — trip edge for paved lots, sectional for uneven surfaces Snow pusher guide →
- Buy before November — Canadian dealers sell out of popular sizes by mid-winter
Find a Snow Pusher Dealer →
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✅ Last checked: March 2026
Source: skidsteerattachments.ca/catalog/snow-pushers/hla-sp3500x-snow-pusher-96/
