EZSnow
12-27-2004, 12:17 PM
IF I were to install a sidewing on my truck, I have a wiring idea that may help others out. I say "may" as I haven't used a 'wing, but as I imagine using one, this would help:
In a long-push-into-a-stack kind of situation, both plows are pushing to the right, both are down, and both are lifted at the end of the run, both are dropped at the start of the run. What if the "lift" and "drop" functions were linked together? For instance, one relay each for lift and drop, which, when energized by a separate switch, triggers both plows to raise and lower together. In this configuration, either control would operate both plows, unless a diode were installed to allow one of the controls to operate independant of the "joined" control. For instance, of one wanted to be able to raise the wing independant of the main blade without disabling the "link", it could be wired just so.
Maybe just the lift function, maybe just the drop funtion.
Run the idea through your heads and through your routes, let me know what you think.
In a long-push-into-a-stack kind of situation, both plows are pushing to the right, both are down, and both are lifted at the end of the run, both are dropped at the start of the run. What if the "lift" and "drop" functions were linked together? For instance, one relay each for lift and drop, which, when energized by a separate switch, triggers both plows to raise and lower together. In this configuration, either control would operate both plows, unless a diode were installed to allow one of the controls to operate independant of the "joined" control. For instance, of one wanted to be able to raise the wing independant of the main blade without disabling the "link", it could be wired just so.
Maybe just the lift function, maybe just the drop funtion.
Run the idea through your heads and through your routes, let me know what you think.