Snow plowing w/ Taco, Tow or Off Road package?

@Noelie84

 

I have a plow in my 2017 ordcsb. It’s a snow way full hydraulic lexan plow weight is about 275 the v6 or will be more than enough and if your not slamming into snow piles you will be fine. I live in the north east and plowed plenty of 6-12inch storms with little effort and little stress in the truck it’s all in how you do it.

 

Suggest either an old beater full size truck or a compact tractor with a bucket, plow or blower.

Used compact tractors are available and are not terribly expensive. Plus it can be very handy on your property for the heavy work.

 

I live in Maine it snows. I plow with my Tacoma my dirt drive way is a 1/4 mile so 1/2 mile of plowing plus clean up. My plow is a Fisher Homesteader I plow slowly in 4 low with a manual trans, if you plow like an idiot you are going to brake some thing, I don't care how big your truck is and with a big one it's probably worse because of the weight coming up against some thing like frozen snow. I can't begin to tell you how many broken plows/mounts I have seen by people in a contest to see how far they can throw snow at 30MPH! I own a tractor (33 HP) it takes 4 times as long and snow banks have a tendency to push the front end sideways unless you have a 50 plus HP tractor. Pushing snow, blowing snow with a wind chill below zero on a tractor sucks.

 

But your a maineah.
We don’t close our windows till 15°. Lol..

You are right.
Plowing like an idiot creates issues..

 

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Fisher plow for a Tacoma under $1500 If you can find a used "yard truck" for any thing near $1500 in Maine it will have to be towed to your house because it will not pass inspection and be prepared to spent some money on it.

 

To get the snow into the woods when it's really built up I do use the tractor and a 60" snow blower (shear bolts are easy to replace) dressed in full snowmobile gear!

 

Sometimes you gotta pull out all the stops.
Always have that backup plan.. lol

 

Fisher with power angle is roughly 4K here. Yes a homesteader without power angle could be had for less but what a PIA it is to have to get out and reset the blade. I’d plow with my Tacoma if I had to but I commute 20+ miles one way each day and don’t want that banging in the front on my way to work (CT roads suck). Instead I found a quad (88 Polaris 4x4 trail boss) that has a 48” plow. Hasn’t let me down yet and for the few storms that drop a couple of feet, I need to use a snowblower anyway.

In my younger days, I used a CJ5 with a Fisher to plow tight driveways. That thing could move snow without any problems and spin on a dime.