plow question

[concreteguy]

Its good to have conversations, you learn alot. I, in the many posts, have figured this out. Well I think. The mount is the factory mount for the FG, I have the manual. Its the harness that I was unsure of. It stands to reason that the entire package was bought and installed, and since the unimount was the only plolw I had on hand, he used it. Not to say he didn't splice something together and got it to work. I just was wondering if you guys thought it possible to be the correct harness for the ultra mount. I thought, because my partner had a two wire ultra mount for his excursion. Well, as usual, i've had my questions answered on this site, which at times, is priceless. I appreciate all the reply

[basher]

Originally Posted by jasonv

Do you even know what 'snoway eis' system does? LMAO, no relays or switches, because instead of putting a nice clean relay or switch on it, you are quite literally UNPLUGGING the truck's lights and PLUGGING IN THE PLOW LIGHTS... which is, guess what, EXACTLY the same thing that a switch or relay does.

No S*** Sherlock, the difference is ZERO failure rate, no extra switches in the cab and you have to plug in lights anyway. saves a whole bunch of wire and keeps under hood clutter to a minimum.

The point you have lost in your theoretical dissertation is reliability, simple in field repairability, and equipment interchangeability are all important to plow contractors.

I am not arguing that your concepts would not work, but they are either expensive to pay someone to install or time consuming if you do it yourself. Why waste the time reinventing the wheel and building a system only the installer understands when proven equipment can be purchased, installed and repaired quickly and relatively inexpensively?

[jasonv]

Originally Posted by basher

No S*** Sherlock, the difference is ZERO failure rate, no extra switches in the cab and you have to plug in lights anyway. saves a whole bunch of wire and keeps under hood clutter to a minimum.

The point you have lost in your theoretical dissertation is reliability, simple in field repairability, and equipment interchangeability are all important to plow contractors.

I am not arguing that your concepts would not work, but they are either expensive to pay someone to install

CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP.

or time consuming if you do it yourself.

Yeah, it sure is time consuming to change your signal bulbs with LED. Takes about 20 seconds each, INCLUDING lamp disassembly and reassembly.

Why waste the time reinventing the wheel and building a system only the installer understands when proven equipment can be purchased, installed and repaired quickly and relatively inexpensively?

Nobody is reinventing anything!!!!
Step 1: unplug power hog incandescent bulbs.
Step 2: plug in low power LED.

And only if you're absolutely paranoid about absolute protection of EVERYTHING, do you SNAP IN inline fuses when installing the harness.
EITHER WAY, a conventional harness is better than that trash you're suggesting.

Are you SO INEPT that you can't even REPLACE BULBS???

Reliability is best when you don't have your MAIN HEADLIGHTS AND SIGNAL LINES hanging out IN FRONT of your vehicle, frequently OPENED TO SALT AND DEBRIS and the possibility of being ripped apart by a minor collision by a drunken kid in the middle of the night, thus requiring an expensive tow by a 2wd tow truck that can't even make it to where you are stopped, when otherwise you might be able to just drive home.

[basher]

Guy called emailed me about a wiring harness for his truck, ˆ told him you don't need a harness just put LED bulbs in the plow and it will work fine.