Honestly, who's being childish here?? Anyway, the "toy" truck can carry a 7200lb pallet of whatever you want to put in there. Some of us live in the city or suburbs and maneuverablity is important. Obviously other manufactures have recently found it important as well as they're making one.. Other's have family's that we need to haul around and the 4 full sized doors make that a lot easier. I bought it for Both of those reasons.

I guess the question is, What can you get in a 6.5 foot bed that you can't in a 5.5 with the tail gate down?

 

Me!

I will be using my 6.5' scab for camping, I'd like to get a screw but I would have to curl up to sleep...no thanks.


BTW, you can only disabled the passenger side airbag on the regular cab. All others are automatically enabled/disabled depending on the passenger's weight. I don't beleive the driver's airbag has the weight sensor to disable the airbag, how many 7 year olds will be driving it?

 

Well, actually the *on topic* question here is why fitting a snow plow to a new F-150 SuperCrew is not recommended.

The answer to your rhetorical question has been discussed at length in this thread.

 

Heh heh.. My bad.

I think it's because of the extra weight of the cab. Personally, I wouldn't hesitate putting one on myself, but I'm a rebel like that. You can always throw in some stiffer springs if the stock one's aren't up to par.

 

The reason Ford won't let you put a plow on a Super Crew F150 (or a Super Cab or Crew Cab PSD) is they assume every where you go the cab will be full of people. And at 150 lbs a piece, which is Fords guess, the 900 lbs will be to much weight on the front end. It's all about the FAWR on the door sticker.

 

Thanks for all the replys. I wasn't planning on putting a plow on my truck but feel it would have been nice if my salesman would have mentioned to me that it is not reccommended for the SCREW.

And by the way the SCREW with it's 5.5 ft bed is a real truck.It may be more appealing to the eye and have the interior of a luxery car.But believe me a car can not do the things this truck can.


I LOVE MY TRUCK

 

I on the other hand have been teetering with the idea of putting a curtis 8' plow on. I have had very mixed reviews. My local dealer even said they would warranty the truck. THey said, "its a truck, ford expects people to do things like that." I did ask about the upgraded front springs, that was the only option reccoemnded. I already have a 7200 upgraded package. I guess that includes the trailer tow pakcage, 120 amp alternator and aux. tranny cooler. So, if I already have all that, what is left to deter me from putting the plow on. I plan to see how the truck sits...if it needs springs, I will put springs in it.

I have a 2004 F150SC with the 5.4 3.73 read dif.

WHat yall think. FYI, I am only plowing my house and my small business. Probably less than 100,000 sqaure feet of asphalt.

Mike

 

Go for it. I know of atleast 10 04+ F-150s with plows on them. A city near me has 4 shortbed XLs with plows they use to plow the elderly's driveways. I talked to a ford tech at a Lincoln dealer yesterday who has a 04 scab 4x4 with a blizzard plow on it and he said it plows just perfect and did not change anything majorally at all. He did no suspension upgrades eather.

My ATV can not keep up with the more and more snow we here in Cleveland have been getting. Next year Im going to bolt a blizzard on the front of my 150 and the only thing I plan to do is get a set of springs from the F-150HD trucks just so it does not squat so bad. Oh, I will also be going to 285/70-17 BFG ATs for added traction and the load range D to carry the plow (ok, and for looks )


Anything can plow if you know what your doing and set it up right. My company has a totally beat to hell 93 Chevy S-10 with a plow that we use to do our warehouse and store lot. Its ugly as sin, but it plows like a dream. If a old *** S-10 can plow, then my big F-150 sure can.

 

Just got done plowing about 5 inches of snow with my 05 screw with a 7.6 blizzard plow, works like a dream.

 

I used to plow snow in minnesota (really alot in October of 91--look it up!)

The first thing we did after getting the plow rig hooked up to the truck was grab a bobcat and dump a load of sand into the back of the truck. Plow rigs back then were heavy--enough so that the front end sank at least an inch when you lifted the plow off the ground.

I don't know if it's still a problem but we regularly fried transmissions in the fords plowing with OD on.

I've got an 04 SCrew and it's a different class of vehicle than those built back then; I don't think I'd use it as a plow truck, but damn it sounds kinda fun with that nice comfy leather interior instead of a crappy bench seat.

Nowadays get an F250 with the deisel in it in my humble opinion.

-Fatz

 

>A pallet of stone fits nicely in a Screw bed. But I'm sure you're right, it's not a truck....

Yes, and the local stone supplier accidently loaded 4000 + lbs in the back of my old 2001 Screw (verified on the scale)... I said to heck with and drove it home thru mountain roads anyway. Even thou it was a 4x4 with RoadMaster Suspension my 2" drop hitch was only a few inches off the road. I also pulled a 7500 lb bobcat on my 1800lb car hauler thru the same mountains with no problem, ditto for my brothers broken Toyota Tundra SC 4x4 on same hauler. Also took many trips with 2 Sport bikes, or 2 Dual Sports, or 2 Dirt bikes in the bed and more. Just because it has a 5.5ft bed doesn't mean it ain't an F-150 TRUCK!

Hmmm maybe this is why it ihas been sitting in my driveway since April with a blown engine at 100k, regardless it had nothing to do with being a Screw...

 

Ford does not recommended it, but you can do it, for your own personal use only! And you will still have your warranty for non-stupid acts. :santa: :santa: :santa:

 

the screws a truck.......... put down the gate and it will take a stack of 8 foot plywood with no problem. just have to tie it down. no biggee.

how about using one of those rear mounted plows. mounts into the hitch. would this be a viable alternative?

oaw

 

This is another option if you dont have alot to plow. Its great if you are just doing yours or your neihbors driveways.

http://www.mysnowsport.com/