Exactly, my friends company said they could get the plow for my truck too. I do need new ball joints, but his cousin owns a shop and he said he could do them for me. Once I get new ball joints I'm willing to put the plow on the front. They pay is just too good.

 

What model/ price on the plow? I like the residential line of plows that are lighter weight but they don't offer much down force from what I've heard

 

I think the main advantage of the 7700's were the suspension and 4r100. Other than that not much difference

 

A plow shouldn't put that much strain on a truck should it?

 

The personal use ones aren't too bad on the front ends. I know some of the personal use ones are 350lbs or less.

I had a commercial grade meyers and it was fairly heavy. I typically carried a ton-2ton of salt in the bed, so the weight was offsetting. I wouldnt suggest doing that, but a personal use one shouldnt be to hard on it, if you arent using it daily.

 

You had this set up in your current truck? I'm guessing I'll need commercial grade setup

 

Yes but my truck was anything but factory at the time

 

FYI, you can upgrade to 7700 torsion bars. You will just need to unbolt the cross member that holds the torsion keys and move it back. The holes are already there.

Wayne

 

Good luck then. Plowing with anything less then a 3/4 ton is stupid, especially if it's a truck you care about. If it's a crappy old truck a few years away from a scrap yard go ahead but if you plan on driving it don't bother. It'll break everything eventully over time. A 7700 has a heavier transmission and a beefier front end, get one of those if you want to plow or an f250 (or bigger). We used to plow with a half ton, every part of it broke at some point or another, the transmission went and the frame broke.

It's not the weight of the plow as much as it is the weight of what you're pushing. You're attaching a pretty good sized peice of metal and all the things to support it to the front of your truck which already weighs a lot and then you're moving large quanities of snow. Most people don't realize how heavy snow really is, it puts a huge strain on your entire powertrain and is just asking for problems. We have a 1 ton v10 here to plow with and it barely revs and stuff is holding together far better then our previous half ton plow rig. Not only that but the transmission, differential and suspension are much heavier and better to stand the abuse.


Plowing is hard on stuff. Don't plow with a truck you care about

 

True story.