The Ideal Snowplow Truck.

[Honest Mike]

OK, I know this has been discussed a long time ago, on a "different" site, but not here so I figured it would be a good thread to get started. Whats everyones idea of the perfect snowplow truck? If you were going to buy one brand new truck and plow and money wasnt a concern, what would you buy and why? What namebrand truck, plow, and spreader? What motor and trans would you have in it? What options would you definitely want or need? What tires would you put on the truck and why? For the guys who bought new trucks already and used them for atleast one or more seasons, what would you change about the truck you bought and why, if you could do it over again? Is the truck too long?? Was buying the gas motor a mistake and you wish you went diesel? Anything you could add or change, please say. This could be a really great thread to get started. Lets hear what you guys have to say! Mike :)

[JohnnyU]

My ideal truck would be a 2003 Chevy 2500HDDuramax, Alli combo, Reg cab, long bed. I'd want to swap in a SFA, but only have it riding at about 3" higher than stock. I'd use a Dana 60 probably and lets say Ford X-code springs. I'd have a set of BFG All-terrains 285/75, Limited slip rear, and front, Atlas T-case for a 4:1 low range. I'd go with the 9'6" Western MVP, and Proflow1 spreader, 911ep led lights mounted on rear and sides of toolbox (like stephen's truck) Ecco or Whelen mini lightbar, Backrack or headache rack with backup lights, Heated seats, wipers and mirrors, soft cloth bucket seats.... and auto pilot!

[wyldman]

Late 70's chevy crew cab long bed.500 HP Cummins twin turbo diesel under the hood.47RH mated to a NP 205 Case.D70 with an ARB up front,D135 locking rear.Blizzard 8611 run off central hydraulics.

[Honest Mike]

Sounds good to me John, but I think the auto-pilot is a bit much to ask for! :p Come on guys, 22 views and only 1 reply? Maybe I should have named this thread The Ideal Girlfriend? LOL! That would have gotten alot of hits Im sure. Mike :)

EDIT: Ok 2 replies, just read Chris's! :D

[Crimedog]

I would get a Dodge Ram with the 02 body style, of course the new HO Cummins, (maybe I'd just get John's motor:D )Reg. Cab. Short Box. It would have a Dana 80 SRW rear, and Dana 60 front. 5 speed automatic, worked over by DTT. It would sit on 33's in the winter, and 38" TSL's in the summer. Blizzard 8611 on the front, with 47/48 springs, timbrens, and lots of ballast! PM Pirhana LED's lining the sides, and back. Whelen full size strobe bar, hiddens strobes. I would take an Eaton electrac locker in bothe front and rear, and have a 60,000 lb. tow strap for pulling out the other guys :D :D I have been good this year, so maybe Santa will bring me my wish:greenange :D

[Joey D]

Ex-cab short bed GM Diesel, allison, 4 wheel steering and a blizzard plow

[Honest Mike]

Im amazed at how many guys mentioned putting on a Blizzard plow! I guess they are really catching on. I dont see any at all here, but I guess that will soon be changing. Hmm, no one mentioned a Ford yet or even a PowerStroke diesel motor. ;) Keep the replies coming! Mike :)

[Joey D]

I need to add a few things,
BFG AT's
Liquid de-ice in the rear
Fully loaded Leather interior
Detroit in the rear
E-locker in the front

[John DiMartino]

what wyldman said only with a short box,and a built 48RE.Oh yeah,out a 2" body lift on it,so you could squeeze the 8.3 Cummins in too:D .

[cat320]

The ideal truck would be a chevy 80's style with solid front axels and all the nice modern features of todays truck with a big old diesel/allison combo. To much for me to list but that is just the basics plus the most important one that it will never brake down and it will always make you :cash :burnout

[chtucker]

Dear Santa:

Long wheelbase Wrangler from AEV conversions in Montana (6 foot bed), 5.7 dodge hemi, dana 60s front and rear, ARBs F+R, 4.56 gears, Atlas II 3.0 transfer case Springs/airbags to hold a 8611 and a sidewing. Heated wipers, seats, mirrors. 200 alt. and a tailgate 2 stage spreader. On board air for running air tools and a mobi welder for welding. Quick hitch winch with 150' of amsteel rope, Snap on bed mounted tool boxes with a complete set of tools.

Thanks,

little howie

[GeoffD]

I think if I could build the perfect "1 ton" i would focus around low maint, and that means stainless.

So lets see:

1. Ford F 350, F 550 if you want a spreader in the body.
2. 4x4 Diesel and Auto trans.
3. Rubber floor
4. Cloth seat
5. AC
6. Heated and power mirrors
7. Heated wiper blades.
8. Power Windows
9. Led Lighting on the body
10. Whelen Stobe system
11. Stainless body.
12. While i am not 100% sure on the durablity of the x-blade, i would have to go with a Fisher x-blade.


Now this spec is much different that what I would have speced in the past. In my new line of work, we keep trucks much longer 12 to 15 years is the norm. With the EPA and DEP cracking down on storm water and air quality laws. The old days of wasing the truck down outside are over. This used to remove much of the salt and sand from the body. The days of being able to repaint a plow or body inside the shop with out a piant both are over as well. By going stainless, you have ellimanted some of these problems, yes its more up front. Only if you figure the cost spent repainting blades and bodies every 3 or 4 years. The cost of stainless is easly recovered when you figure in down time, painting and the cost associated with it.

Geoff

[Honest Mike]

Geoff, are you serious about not being able to wash down a truck covered in salt? Its that the law everywhere? Whats the fine for being caught doing that? That sucks, because the salt is eventually gonna get washed off anyway, even if it rains when you have the truck parked outside, or if you take it to a carwash and let them wash it for you. Mike :headwall

[szorno]

OK Santa, Here is my wish list:
2004 Dodge reg cab 3500 DRW 4x4 Cummins automatic with Blizzard 8611 plow, rhino lining in the bed, and a Kois Ice killer 400 gal. Mag spray system. The truck would have an air locker in the rear, cloth seats with rubber floor mats, killer stereo, whelen light bar with extra backup lights and strobes in the corners. It would have BFG-At's all the way around on American Racing dually wheels. It would have a computer in the console with a satellite network system back to base and a small on board printer. Ther would be a bank of comm gear starting with FRS radio, Cell phone, CB Radio, and my Search and Rescue police radio. Oh yeah, it would be the metallic purple from a couple years ago Dodge and have license plates " snowgrp" (snow-grape) Yeah... :rolleyes: :D :D

[cat320]

Stainless hmm what a good idea truck makes would hate it but they would last longer.I think would take a little from what every one said. All good ideas.

[GeoffD]

Originally posted by Mike 97 SS
Geoff, are you serious about not being able to wash down a truck covered in salt? Its that the law everywhere? Whats the fine for being caught doing that? That sucks, because the salt is eventually gonna get washed off anyway, even if it rains when you have the truck parked outside, or if you take it to a carwash and let them wash it for you. Mike :headwall

Ok here is how it works with the storm water laws:

We can was our trucks inside, however no sand may enter our floor drains. For no sand to enter we must line the drains with fabric like what is used in a silt fence. This provides for very slow drains, so we use less water. Our floor drains must be hooked upto the sewer system to prevent the contamination of ground water.

We used to just park the trucks outside use a 1.5" line and flush the sand and salt off them. However the EPA says those days are gone.

Geoff

[kawdude]

3 Words

Never

Breaks

Down


:D

[cardoctor]

im a simple man with simple needs

how about the ford dump at the bbq

all you need to ad is a salter and a v-plow

john

[JohnnyU]

I'd like to make a few additions to my truck.

I want to add
~Bucket seats are designed by Lazy boy 'engineers'
~Laptop with cellular internet, or long range wireless network, so I can work on files at home, while in the field.
~GPS and satellite weather (since I can't have the auto pilot:grinz
~Heated/cooled cupholders, so the coffee or iced tea would stay hot/cold
~Glove/sock drying rack behind the seat- we all hate to be cold and wet.
~Wouldn't mind having a tv, but you cant really watch and plow at the same time, so 10 disc CD changer will have to do. I wouldn't mind a set of 10's either.

Last but not least: I'd like to see wipers on the rear window as well, when the snow is really flying, hits the window and melts, it leaves all that water, It'd be nice to be able to see out of it....:rolleyes:

[jt5019]

Ford f450 dump 4x4, either 9 foot fisher x blade or blizzard.Would want the built in spreader like in pelicans snow fighter. Led brake lights in the dump bed, Led warning lights in the rear.. 2 Led slim lights in the front grill Nova mini bar on the roof.Good heat and 2 way radio.Also Alpine cd player.

[W-n-K Landscaping]

UNIMOG

With an extended cab, all the attachments, set up to run either liquid or sander for de-icing, snowblower attachment for pushing back banks, V-plow for the fron, maybe a back blade.

I'd have to hook up with Johnny D to see what we could tweak out of the motor though!!!

Bill

[castle]

Juiced Rigs...............

Should have named this thread the "trucks on roids" I guess u guys r more interested in looking good than making $$$$.

Have u heard of cab forward?? My Mits-Fuso 4WD Deisel can turn figure eights around all u boys. With my 9 foot Western Ultra and stainless V-Box in the rear, she just spews green all night long.

:cash :cash

[windmill]

Road trip . . . . I want to be behind castles truck when it's working. :) I sure hope the green is BIG denominations!:D

[Honest Mike]

I wanna make money but look good and have fun while doing it, if that makes any sense. This was just a fun thread I started, to see what everyone would like to have, or how they would spend their money. Welcome aboard Castle! :) Mike :argue

[Pelican]

My ideal driveway truck:

An F-350 SRW shortened 2 feet
Cummins engine
Shuttle type transmission like on backhoes
air locking rears
central hydraulics
Blizzard 810 with solenoid valves
XLT package
heated mirrors
heated wipers
heat grid at wiper park area
cooler
microwave
laptop
lapdance
On spot chains
Air compressor
strobes
Mafia block in back
Cooper Discoverer MS tires;)

[Honest Mike]

Pelican, sounds good, I like your ideas, but I dont understand one part you wrote, lapdance? :D Whats that, and why would you want or need it?? :D Mike :shades

[W-n-K Landscaping]

LMAO!! I love that one Pelican!!

I agree with you- I like your list , the only thing I might change is to make it a Chevy- but I'm a bowtie man- just had better luck with them than Fords. I really like the shuttle shift, and the lapdance! They would defintiely make life easier, and Warmer:D
LOL!

Bill

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Mike- c'mon, you're kidding right?

You've never heard of a lapdance?

Ask your significant other- if you're lucky she might try and show ya!!

LOL!!

Bill

[Pelican]

Just seeing if you guys were paying attention!

You gotta have something for entertainment to keep you going!

[JohnnyU]

LMAO Bill!


I'd like to have a Hydrostatic trans, like on the JD Compact tractor line. That would be IDEAL, I think for driveways. Not much for top speed, but great for direction changing w/out doing hardly anything :drinkup

[Snoworks]

My idea of a good plow truck - is a paid off, plow truck!!!!!!!

;) :p :D

Chuck B.

[Prosno]

Ford F-650 or equivelent International Stainless dump body, stainless sander, Dont kmow about the plow though mabey an 8611, 250 hp Cat or Cummins, Aluminun wheels and Stacks! Stacks are a must ya! Stacks. Big chromes ones, loud, tall . And did I mention Stacks yet? ya Stacks.:grinz

[cat320]

Prosnow that black 650 at the show looked pretty good you would just have to add your stacks .:burnout

[windmill]

And to go with those stack? Oh, let's see. Hmmmm, I've got it lots of graveyard shift workers in a densely populated subdivision. (Imaginge the Ar, ar, ar of the toolman here) :D

[ratlover]

Mine :D with some additions, some of wich i am working on, some of wich I would do if I hit the lottery ;)
Upgraded allison so i could run the 215HP quad tune instead of the wimpy 125 juice I got :burnout
Those contractor box beds that look like regular beds with doors in em, I decided not to spend the extra 4k at time of purchase :eek:
need to put the rest of my sound system in it.
And some leather heated seats, why GM thinks someone in a reg cab dosnt want em is beyond me :headwall
the grill outa a SS and for the freaking CI hoods to come out so I can replace the one that got mangled in my accident :mad:
Heated grid in the wiper park area
Heated wipers
One of those espro heater doodads
A cute navigator that would also help keep me awake ;)

[chevy guy37]

Heres what I would go with!

1. Ford f-350 regular cab long bed power stroke diesel. WHITE!
2. Fisher X-blade
3 Swenson V box spreader
4. Whelen strobe lightbar with front hide aways and rear oval strobes.

:shades

[Honest Mike]

Chevy guy, I like your idea, F350 regular cab. :D Welcome aboard to the site! Got any pictures of the trucks listed in your signature line? Mike :)

[chevy guy37]

Thanks! Yes, I have a web page with some pics.
http://hometown.aol.com/ultimatelawns1/index.html
:shades

[HerkFE]

Hmmmm....F-350, Supercab, short bed, 7.3l Powerstroke with some Banks goodies, Blizzard plow in front, 225 gal liquid deice spray tank in back, hide-aways, remote starter, and...oh yeah...that part about paid off!