looking to buy a plow truck

[Wessel]

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/1376357392.html

hows this one sound? there is too many options! i cant decide!!!! its really starting to piss me off. anyways enough of my ranting..... input much needed! not just on this truck in the link any truck. im not out to spend a shit load of money either.

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[Yaj Yak]

fuck dodge trucks.

i have had 3 buddies with dodeges of that body style... and just problem after problem...


heres what you should get...

short wheel base... k5 blazers are the small plow business/operator's wet dream

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/1371544233.html

 

[Wessel]

ha ha ha i was just looking at the k5 too!

 

[PANDA]

fuck dodge trucks.

i have had 3 buddies with dodeges of that body style... and just problem after problem...


heres what you should get...

short wheel base... k5 blazers are the small plow business/operator's wet dream

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/1371544233.html

Our 02 Durango has almost 95K, and besides regular maintenance all we replaced is the battery and a idle air controller. That's pretty good for a Dodge

Dad had K5 blazer for snow plow one year, solid truck, no issues, got it cheap. Truck was "paid off" in no time from plowing.

 

[AlmightyBirdman]

My buddies dad has a bunch of 4th gen Bronco's sitting out in front of his shop because they do plowing for Naperville. I have no idea which ones run and which ones don't but I could see if he's selling any of the running ones. It would be cheap too, and the ones I've been in run nice cause he does all the maintenance at his shop.

 

[skeezer]

brrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Yaj Yak]

Our 02 Durango has almost 95K, and besides regular maintenance all we replaced is the battery and a idle air controller. That's pretty good for a Dodge

Dad had K5 blazer for snow plow one year, solid truck, no issues, got it cheap. Truck was "paid off" in no time from plowing.

hardly used as a truck though... :wink:

 

[Wessel]

Every brand has its ups and downs when it comes to plow trucks that's what's making it so hard.

 

[Yaj Yak]

short wheelbase for plowing ftw...

 

[madscientist]

im just looking for a plow

 

[PANDA]

hardly used as a truck though... :wink:

Tows boats, cars, sleds, hauls junk inside constantly, only real truck thing it does not do is go off-road.

 

[Yaj Yak]

hardly used as a truck.

 

[PANDA]

what do trucks do?

 

[Wessel]

The wheel base won't reall matter for me as will be mostly doing lots and alleys not small lots.

 

[Yaj Yak]

ah then big is good. get some weight/power behind ya.

even still tho... having a decent turning radius can hurry stuff up

 

[Wessel]

That's is true, but still too many options! I'm gonna go crazy trying to figure out what I want

 

[LSx S10]

std cab short bed k1500. I would plow with this over a k5 any day. These are kind of hard to come by but you wont find a better truck for driveways. The one we use can do the same amount of driveways as our ext cab shortbed in about half the time.

 

[Yaj Yak]

why over a k5?

 

[LSx S10]

why over a k5?

Mostly because any k5 i've seen used for plowing doesn't have a floor anymore, and the body mounts are also missing lol. There is that, and how useful is having a back seat when your plowing? I think you get a lot more use out of having a bed instead. This way you can just toss in open bags of salt, some shovels and a snowblower and still have a decent cab. I guess i just prefer k pickups just because thats what we use and see great results with.

 

[Kbrown]

k5

 

[Yaj Yak]

Mostly because any k5 i've seen used for plowing doesn't have a floor anymore, and the body mounts are also missing lol. There is that, and how useful is having a back seat when your plowing? I think you get a lot more use out of having a bed instead. This way you can just toss in open bags of salt, some shovels and a snowblower and still have a decent cab. I guess i just prefer k pickups just because thats what we use and see great results with.

understandable... the companies that i know of with k5's wouldnt give them up for the world... you are right about the floors tho... then you just put loads of salt in tha back of it, and as you plow, the vibrations from lack of body mounts, and holes in the floor- boom you got a salter. :wink:

 

[Eagle]

then you just put loads of salt in tha back of it, and as you plow, the vibrations from lack of body mounts, and holes in the floor- boom you got a salter. :wink:

ROFL!!!

I miss my K5. :wtc:

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I've driven some real shitty plow trucks. K5 blazer, bronco, 1500. I'd say the 1500 was indeed the best. I hated the blazer but that was because above the windshield was rusted pretty bad and would leak water on my leg. A rag and 2 things of silicone did the trick. Haha

 

[LSx S10]

understandable... the companies that i know of with k5's wouldnt give them up for the world... you are right about the floors tho... then you just put loads of salt in tha back of it, and as you plow, the vibrations from lack of body mounts, and holes in the floor- boom you got a salter. :wink:

ahaha exactly! My buddies k5 didnt have a single solid section of floor, but the worst was a giant hole right above a bad exhaust leak lol. He was always a little loopy after a night of plowing. Oh yea and there wasnt a working seatbelt because all of the belt anchors rusted and broke off. What a gem

 

[RebelGTP]

I once considered putting a plow on the '88 Grand Marquis Station Wagon that I used to have...

(the above post is for the lulz)