i have an 04 with a fisher 7'6"LD minute mount 2, currenlt have100k I plow 8 driveways. I think its 490# has a 26" blade its been good to me.

 

ok, now that we have had 3 1 foot plus snow storm this winter, I have had some time with the snow sport.. i like it but now i can see why I should have waited and got a real plow..it would have really been nice to angle and lift the plow from inside the truck and also I think it would have done a better job.. all the hard pack being left behind is from the fact that when you back up, the plow sorta glides across the top of the snow.. but at the same time sorta packs it down and then going forward to plow, you run over it and thats when your done... now it wont move till it melts. Does anyone make a normal mount plow with a smaller sized blade made out of Aluminum? And by smaller size blade i mean smaller in height, not length.

One other thing, Im wondering if I bolt a piece of steel, maybe 2" high that runs along the length of the blade like a scraper, to the bottom of my plow, if it will do the trick and "Scrape" up more snow?

I could also mount two "Feet" to it to keep it up maybe 1/4 or 1/2 inch? there are no cracks or holes in the driveways and both are pretty much just straight runs. Snowsport sells a strap you can put on it to keep downward pressure on the plow so it will scrape.. I tried it useing a ratchet strap..it didnt do squat and broke the second time i used it..lol SS says you need to file down all sharp edges first.. really? lol

 

I didn't look up your plow, but do you have any skis or shoes on the bottom of your plow that you can adjust the height of? Maybe you can lower it a bit that way without going through the effort to bolt extra metal on it.

I don't think it would help anyways. To me, it sounds like your plow is floating. Most plows have springs on the bottom which allow them to rotate forward (useful for when you hit an object that doesn't want to move). My guess is that the light weight of your plow combined (seriously, only 150lbs?) with the push of your truck is making the plow rotate forward and float over the bottom of the snow pile you are trying to push. Maybe some more weight on the plow would help. Try loading it up with another 100lbs or so and see if it helps any.

 

I remembering reading in my manual that you CAN NOT plow with a screw. Ford offered at one time, not sure if they still do, a plow package for the regular cab only.

 

I actually saw a guy in an Avalanche with a plow on yesterday
Man, did that look strange.
His front bumper was down to about curb height.

 

thanks!! heres a link to the plow... http://www.agricover.com/index.php/p.../category/C24/

it is basically just a small aluminum plow with a thick rubber strip that rides on the ground. the plow just floats on a push frame that is mounted to the truck via a front trailer hitch. its made to fall forward when pushing snow and then since it doesnt raise, when you back up it falls backward and the plow edge sorts floats over the surface. it works great in the videos on the link above...lol i actually think i figured it out. on a plow guy forum everyone was saying to another guy with the same problem to, push less snow either by doing the job 1/2 and 1/2 instead of trying to push the whole length.. or angle the plow so you arent pushing the full brunt of the snow (which I was doing... hitting it straight on and trying to go the full length of the driveway... ) They suggest that pushing it too much at a time would force snow under the plow and thats when youll get hard pack.

 

I saw several '04+ F150's with plows during the last snow storm we had and some were plowing commercial parking lots.

 

I see them all the time here... I see 1/2 ton GM's And Dodges too.. and little Jeeps..lol

What I want is a 7 foot snowblower for my truck...that would be fun!!

(maybe mod two or 3 Garden tractor snowblowers together...lol)

 

There used to be an '80's Dodge with a big snowblower mounted on the front instead of a plow around here a few years ago.