Everything, down the floor and out the door; tax, install, labor, lift/leveling kit, complete plow with up-grade to LED, blah blah blah. 5200. Western was 6300 with no alignment-no thanks. Snow dog was right about the same as boss but a little less. Didn't consider any other brands.
I just saw this now. Glad you went with the Boss, Dave. The Snow-Dogg is a Buyers product, and they are crap from what I have heard. Just take it easy on that half ton and plow with the storm and you will be fine. I beat my Meyer / Diamond trip edge plow like a pimp beats an ugly hooker. I got it for $300 for the off the truck side only about 10 years ago. Aside from tearing one side of the truck mount clean in half after hitting a parking bollard that was hidden just inside a snowbank way too hard, it has never really let me down (even then we just jacked it back into place and welded it back together) A few solenoid failures, and an angle ram mostly due to my fault, and thats it. Its getting pretty sloppy in the pivot pin these days, but it only does a handful of driveways now.
As I understand, buyers products have been making plow parts for other companies for years and then finally decided to build their own versions of plows.
I try not to get into discussions about which plow is best,they all have made good and bad designs.The right plow for the job, and how you use it is more important. If you buy an extendable plow,then constantly do rough roads,and/or slam curbs,of course you will hate it.The biggest thing for snow removal contractors is local immediate service,in the case of a breakdown,so they do not always use the brand they prefer.Oh,Buyers has been around since the 40's,I think,making truck stuff,and Meyer has been making plow stuff since the 20's.
Cool.No pics? Anyway,first time you have to drive it to town,with the plow on,in a storm,you will see what I said about the deflector.They are not just for plowing.
I'm kind of notorious for being neglectful on the pics department..... But, this is not my first plow. I have had plows decades ago and have driven them at highway speeds without any deflectors on the blades with no problems. Unless they have re-engineered the angle of the blades, I don't for see any issues. Where I am during the winter in relation to where I will use the plow requires a drive on the highway for a bit. I have no intention of driving down there (cottage) to plow it out during a storm; rather, I would wait until the storm is over and then drive there to plow. One more added benefit of being retired! You hail from a nice part of the country. Sometimes, I feel like selling out and moving out west.
There's always the risk that I get the plow truck stuck, right? I better have her hang on the the shovels!!
Absolutely! Always put a shovel in the back, and a good amount of ballast would be beneficial too. I only got stuck once that I couldnt power my way out of, and that was because I high centered myself on part of a massive snowbank someone left in a customers front yard when I hit it at ramming speed. 2 mins with a shovel and I was off it.
99 lbs wakes up, looks outside, sees no snow and tells me "looks like you have to wait another day t go play!"
Yup. Last time I had one was the mid 2000's. They have always been Western brand up until now. As far as getting stuck, I don't plan on getting that "aggressive" while plowing! And, if I do, I always have the "Chevy Recovery Vehicle" (Jeep Wrangler) to rescue myself!
