After plowing snow for 10 hours on my tractor yesterday i have decided i need to put a plow on the 3500. What brand, model, and any other info that might be helpful thanks,

-Ltrain

I love my Western pro-ultra mount easy on easy off and hardley nothing showing in the summer

What kinda plowing will you be doing?

i own a landscaping company and have used about every plow there is out there. we now run only bose snowplows and love them. we liked them so much we are now a dealer. if you have the money get a v-plow. we have one bose v-plow that is almost 8 years old without a single problem and these plows are getting used hard for we have about 30 contracts.

Ltrain, if your going to put it on the truck in your sig, it doesn't leave much of a choice as you have to go with a fairly lighter plow to compete with the weight of the D/A combo. Find out what the front of your truck weighs and deduct it from the FAGW, or front axle gross weight(sticker on door), and it'll give you an idea of what you can work with as far as weight. I know people who put on huge plows and say the truck will handle it, but be prepared for a dealer to not offer warranty service on breakage if its plow related...Just my .02

I like my 9' Western Pro+ too.
The plow works very well, no problem's in 2 years, the electrical isolation module makes wiring very easy, only the turn signal wires have to be spliced in, everything else is plug in, I didn't have to cut my lower air dam to get the sub frame installed, and there's not much of the subframe showing in the summer.
Western and Fisher are owned by the same company
The plow rolls the snow off the blade very well, and if you hit a large curb the whole plow trips over it instead of possiblly stopping on it like I had happen with my Fisher on my old truck. Almost went through the windshield a couple of times with that one. :(

If you are a part timer check this out

http://dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21871

i own a landscaping company and have used about every plow there is out there. we now run only bose snowplows and love them. we liked them so much we are now a dealer. if you have the money get a v-plow. we have one bose v-plow that is almost 8 years old without a single problem and these plows are getting used hard for we have about 30 contracts.

I would expect a BOSS plow dealer to at least know how to spell it.

Heard a lot of good things about the Boss plows but Fisher/Western also make great V plows.

I liked my Boss 8'2" Power Vee. Heavy, but TOUGH!!!

I would go with a blizzard 810 if I were to buy a new plow today!

Thanks for all the reply's, I will be doing my driveway which is 300ft long, plus my familys company parking lot of 300parking spaces.
Thanks

-Ltrain

Well since you wont be plowing fast or really aggresivly a BOSS V would probably work for you. Good plow and a great controller other than the fact I would like to ask the people at boss why in the hell they made a full trip V plow:confused: -:t

Western and fisher V's with a trip edge trip in every positionwell unless you hit something higher than the trip point but thats with any plow). I love my fisher and how it trips and have ran a western V with simmilar results.

If you want to spend the $$$ a V would be cool:cool: but for what your doing its not as big of a deal. Blizzards are trick too but overkill for light use and really heavy. Thier regular straight bllades seem to be well built.

If you have a western dealer close........

I might be apt to get a 7.5 western standard weight http://www.westernplows.com/standardmid.asp and throw some pro wings on it. Pro wings will make your blade wider and make clean up much easier. Dont know if pro wings would be worth the 200$ to you or not? If you get pro wings pitch the rubber edges and get the urathane. Also pitch the plow shoes or dont buy them unless you are plowing gravel. This is if what you say is all you will do. The above mentioned package with wings would still make for a pretty wide plow but it will be nice and lite, western makes good stuff, and with the wings you will still have a pretty wide blade and clean up will be a snap.

Remember that you have a loooooong wheelbase. You can run a narrow plow if you are just plowing straight but if you start plowing while turning you will end up running over snow.

Remember insurance co.s get flakey about plows and plowing. Your covered if its for personal uses but if they catch that your making money they will balk quickly.

Blizzard, boss, western, fisher all make pretty good straight blades. Fisher is a trip edge and for what you are doing I think a full trip(if its a STRAIGHT blade) is better, hence why I recomended western. I like western and fishers mount better than the other 2. Hence why i recomended western over them.

thanks ratlover!!!!!!

eek! just saw that you have a 3500 and not a 2500. You definatly going to want to run some wings or a wider plow with the duals in the back.

Dont forget to throw a few hundred pounds in the bed behind the rear wheels. Bags of sand or bagged water softener salt work and if you put a 2x6 or something in that little grove deal in the bed behind the rear wheels it will keep it reasonably secure.

I run Blizzards- Love'em.:ro) After 15 years of plowing with just about every thing I can say that they cover the most ground in the least amount of time. Not the least $$ but if you want to be in the truck for the shortest time they are hard to beat. Mark sure that what ever you pick- the dealer is there for you. I run 2 810's on truck and 1 on my skid loader.

This is my 2nd year with my boss plow on my duramax. I like it alot. I also have a 9' on my f555 and another 8'2 on my dodge. They have all been good to me. Cory

If money is no issue then go for the boss. They are built like a tank. The Blizzard 810 would be my second choice. If $ is the deciding factor go find a used plow, diamond, meyer, which are a lower end no frills plow will do fine. My Boss has been trouble free, we have a Blizzard 810SS for our skid steer, nice plow but we can't keep the hyd fittings tight on the wings. Where are you located, that makes a difference. Don't worry about service with a boss plow the only time you will have to go to the dealer is to buy cutting edges. If that 300 space parking lot is gravel then think about a urethane cutting edge.

9'6" EZ-V from Fisher! We have only had Fisher so it may be biased.Great dealer service and the factory is only up the road from us.:cool:

I just bought a Fisher stainless steel X-Blade for my truck. Fisher is the best IMHO.
Having said that, if I were to plow commercially, it would be hard to find a more versatile plow than a Blizzard 810.
This plow makes the "V" plow seem archaic.

A Fisher EZ V will beat a Blizzard on a country road any time.Nothing will bust through better than a V .

The truck in the pic is using a 9'6" EZ V Fisher.


http://dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22774

I would go with a Western/Fisher, Boss, or Blizzard. If you don't plan on plowing a lot, you might just stick with a straight blade, but that's up to you.

We have a blizzard 810 and a Western 7.5' with wings. The blizzard can move some serious snow. 8' transport position (also nice in tight areas) 10' expanded position, and the wings pivot in to make a bucket.

http://0ryan0.home.mchsi.com/gmc/gmc23.jpg

Our western straight blade with wings will move a decent amount of snow also...

http://0ryan0.home.mchsi.com/snowplowing/sp05.jpg

Damn...a Blizzard 810 and a Crew Diesel....Heaviest setup I've seen in awhile...

so you ready to move some snow yet? We need to see some pics;)

Get a Blizzard or the Fisher V 9.5. I have the 810 Blizzard and it saves so much time compared to a strait blade. Busting through is fine and the V will do it better but once you bust through the V advantage is gone and the Blizzard will out perform it. Plowing with the leading wing folded out and the other wing fully extended you can clear a larger path than the V plow. Your talking about a parking lot which also will need constant clearing so the busting through theory is out. Check out www.snowplowingcontractor.com for some good info about plowing and read away.

The Blizzard is nice. Just a bit much plow for what I do. The V is a nice compromise but still versatile.

One nice thing about V mode is you can run down a parked up street and split the load in half so on side of cars doesn't get all the snow. Same deal in other places where you don't want to throw all the snow to one side.

Your talking about one narrow street Hoot. In the V your plow is about 7' wide.

Your talking about one narrow street Hoot. In the V your plow is about 7' wide.

You can put it anywhere you want it. You don't have to go full V. I was down on the outskirts in Chester,Pa.. on the good side (Widner University) area. I plow a church lot there. The surrounding neighborhood was snowed in. Narrow streets with cars parked on both sides. While doing the lot I would come out one end, run around the streets with the plow in V . Got a lot of waving hands. Then a few times I came up to a couple of rough looking dudes who had just dug their cars out an shoveled the snow into the street. I don't know where they thought that snow was going to go but I certainly wasn't going to plow it back against their car.... solution... just before getting to their car I swing the V into the scoop.... plow past and swing it back to V.... getting a thumbs up along the way. That happened a bunch of times.

The V has some neat advantages. You might not even have been able to run your plow down those streets.

To be honest Hoot, I was very doubtfull about the Blizzard having much advantage over the V plow. I was set to get a Fisher V but last minute change to go with the Blizzard. Unless your plowing lots or streets the ability to get WIDE won't do any good. Like you said the V is a nice compromise and still more efficent than a strait blade plow.
What kind of cutting edge you running? Have you looked at Urethane?

I'm just using the steel it came with. What is the advantage of urethane? I know some contracts call for it. Saves the blacktop?

It will outlast steel and does not catch on things like sewer covers or pot holes and they are quiet. It does scrape well but on some lots it may not scrape as well. I have been using them for 3 years and overall they are well worth using.

not trying to start anything but why are you guys recomending a 900+ # and over 4k$ plow for a guy that will be plowing his drive(and maybe a few friends that sucker him) and his families lot? I'm all for overkill but thats a bit much even for me.

For what I do I almost wish I woulda bought a blizzard. But the fisher V has served me well.