The X-595 Diesel is an awesome piece! It handles the 3 acre property just fine! If I invested in a Cab, & a Snow blower, I am sure that I would be over $3800.00! Heck, the front loader attachment was 3G's alone! I would just rather have a plow for the pickup, & be warm & toasty listening to music!....(LOL)........

 

Anyone I've talked to who's run the homesteader hasn't been overly thrilled by them. Nice concept but physically a bit small and not too rugged. The new HT gives you many of the features (downforce for one) but with a more useable size plow. Fisher's HD plows are too big, but you're over looking their SD (standard duty) plows. I'm on my second truck with the 7.5' SD. It's great. Works well with the GVWR of my truck (7200 #'s).

Venture over to www.plowsite.com for more detailed conversations about all sorts of different plow brands and all. It will fill your head with many choices as well as give you a better picture of the challenges folks are faced with when it comes to owning a certain brand plow.

2 important things to note when adding a plow to your truck. It needs to be added to your insurance policy. You surely don't want to play any games on coverage if you accidentally hit someone else or something. Plus, be prepared at trade in time for dealers to try to stuff it up your .... when it comes to trade in value. Ford dealers can be real pains in the butt because they know a F150 is not rated for plowing and Ford does not reommend it. Absolute BS if the plow is sized properly. But still something that I've encountered over the years. One dealer said my truck was worth half of it's regular trade in value due to the plow...

Cost is surely a key point with plows, but finding a good plow dealer is worth more.

 

Suit yourself.

But for the man (or woman) sitting around watching the snow pile up by the hour, sure makes a lot of sense to me to make a pass every so often ... moving snow off the long drive in smaller increments with less strain ... than waiting until all 28" or 34" is piled up and then going out and trying to move it all at once with a big plow ... with the added stress on your truck.

 

I would not even touch my Insurance Policy, because the plow will never be leaving my own property or be on a public roadway!....... It's just for my own personal use as stated......

 

what if someone steals it from your property then your out the $$.. just a thought.

 

Plowing does not nessessarily hurt your truck. It operator abuse that does the real damage like bent frames trashed trannys because you cant wait to shift from d/r or r/d. Yes front end parts will wear out more quickly. If you are not hard on your truck and take it easy and use your brakes when stacking the snow instead of just ramming the pile you shouldnt have to many problems. And yes things will break. But everything breaks at some point. I plow with my 98 F250 light duty.

 

wouldnt home owners insurance cover that?

 

I have one of the "plow prep" F150's .

It has a different frame, etc etc etc, and even then Ford says plow and push plated have to weigh under 750 pounds and Fisher says you need at least 250 pounds of ballast in the bed to get the truck to balance out to the Federal requirements.

I have a MM2 light duty plow on mine, and if I blow it up, Ford can not void my warranty.

I also have 4.10 gears and the 10 1/2 inch axles
I can push snow easily, very rarely having to put it in 4 Low.

Replace your front springs with the ones for the plow spec truck, put a Fisher MM2 7.5 LD on it, and push slowly, and always come to a complete stop between gear changes Drive to reverse. Oh Ya 300 pounds of weight in the bed.

I am plowing on the stock all season radials btw.

 

Thats what I was thinking........

 

Curious to find out if anybody here with a 04-08 with plow mounted....Did you loose the front tow hooks upon installation of plow mount?.....

 

dont know I dont own a home.