I recently came from the local Ford dealer in pricing a new 2008. There is a 'plow prep package' from the factory. Doesn't include a plow - that is extra.
The plow prep package include a much stronger front end - and must be included with an 'heavy duty package'.
It is quite expensive from the factory. Not including the plow.
Can you plow with a regular F150? Sure. But you will wreck your front end. Of course, if it is just your own driveway and it is flat, maybe ok.
I have a buddy w/ a '96 150 and when he first got it (used) he bought a plow and was doing that on the side for 2 years but he was constantly working on the front end, ball joints, tie rod ends, etc. And oh yeah, watch that transmission!!
I have a 99 f150 with the 5.4 and I've been plowing with my truck for 2 winters now. My dad also has a 05 f15 and plows with it and they've been great. Plus we dont do little driveways but driveways for big businesses such as all the verizons in phialdelphia. If you've never plowed before I wouldn't suggest it because theres alot of things you have to watch and you gotta know the limits of your vehicle and what your doing. Also Its not uncommon to see my truck filled with about 800lbs of salt in the back with the blade on. O yea my truck is not the 7700 either.
Hmmm I am slightly interested.... how much $$$ do they cost and where do you get them?
They are all over the place in northeast Wisconsin when I ride my snowmobile. You see a lot of people with Rangers, S-10s and Jeep Wrangers who use them for plowing. Any place that sells snowplows should be able to hook you up with one.
Meanwhile, back on topic...Yes, you can plow with an F-150, but its really hard on it. You would want some kind of helper springs for the front suspension to support the added weight of the plow. Even then, IMO its just not a truck thats built strong enough to extreme heady-duty use like that.
For about the same amount of money you could just buy an F-250 instead of an F-150 and have a truck that is actually built for extreme heavy-duty use.
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I believe Blizzard and SnowBear make some pretty light-duty plows. SnowBear ones are less than $1500 too.
ewww, that was about double what I was hoping for. For that price I could get an old ford 8N, or Ford Fergesen 20, tractor with rear blade and bush hog.
I may check ebay later..... and again closer to winter.
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ewww, that was about double what I was hoping for. For that price I could get an old ford 8N, or Ford Fergesen 20, tractor with rear blade and bush hog.
I may check ebay later..... and again closer to winter.
I just did a quick search for it. Maybe those plows aren't what F151 and Octane were talking about. Hopefully one of them will chime in to point you in the right direction
$1500 for a new Blizzards is actually pretty cheap.
Heres a link to a place that sells Western, they got for over $2000. http://www.snowplowsupply.com/cart/s...dProduct=19527
I personally think the Meyer, Blizzard and Western are the best brands.
Snowplows are definetely not cheap. Thats why we used ATVs to plow our driveway instead of having a truck with a plow on it. You could buy a new ATV for $7,000 and a plow for it for about $300, which is a lot cheaper than spending $2000-$3000 and paying the gas milage penalty of driving a 3/4 ton truck and having to replace the truck fairly often because of how hard plowing is on a truck.
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$1500 for a new Blizzards is actually pretty cheap.
Heres a link to a place that sells Western, they got for over $2000. http://www.snowplowsupply.com/cart/s...dProduct=19527
I personally think the Meyer, Blizzard and Western are the best brands.
Snowplows are definetely not cheap. Thats why we used ATVs to plow our driveway instead of having a truck with a plow on it. You could buy a new ATV for $7,000 and a plow for it for about $300, which is a lot cheaper than spending $2000-$3000 and paying the gas milage penalty of driving a 3/4 ton truck and having to replace the truck fairly often because of how hard plowing is on a truck.
Yea thats what I'm thinking too, like I said I'm just 2wd as well so add alot of wear and tear and limited capabilities on top of it. A used tractor with blade or ATV I can use all year so makes more since for me. My drive is only 50-75 yards long, so won't take very long with anything. We dont get enough snow to buy new plow and do it as a side job. It'd take 3 years to break even for the plow not counting gas and wear and tear.
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Yeah, you really dont even have enough truck for plowing. If you wanted to do it as a side job youd probably be better off to buy an older truck that already has a plow on it. We used to have a '78 F-150 4x4 with a 351M, C-6 tranny and an old Meyer plow on it. The truck got 10 mpg on it's best day and the pump for the plow lift leaked so much fluid that you had to top it off every time you plowed, but we got the truck for free because it needed work, so how can you go wrong?
If you just have a small amount of plowing to do you would be better off with a tractor or an ATV though. If you get a tractor make sure it has a bucket or a blade on the front though. You obviously wouldnt want a blade on the rear because all you would do is get yourself stuck.
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Yea I just heard Plastic, to me plastic = cheap, so was thinking hey, light weight, cheap, $500 maybe... if that s all it was then it might be worth it. Like I said my driveway is pretty steep, just doing my driveway I could start at the top and plow down, use gravity to my advantage, really wouldn't need much power/traction from a vehicle. So 2wd would probably work for my personal, thats all I'd ever do, since demand for any type of professional removal is so low here. Ussually places just hire excavators from construction crews, they can't work on construction sites in snow/ice anyway, and they've got the big front end loaders and dump trucks so can haul it off.
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