DanG
Senior Member
- Location
- Rensselaer,NY
I was just curious to see what some of you guys started with and have used over the years.
Being from upstate new york and country(farm) boy at heart heres what I started with and have used over the years.
I grew up with a homemade "doodle bug" model A with a flathead 4cyl. and 10.00x20.00 truck rear & tires on it.
It had a slightly angled 2 way plow on it and no type of cab at all. Used to freeze!!!
Also had a wheel horse tractor with blower.
I used the Model A to do all of our neighbors with.
Used a Farmall 560 gas with 2 way plow on the front on the farm I worked on to remove snow. Also used a backhoe or loader at times to move piles if needed.
First "real" plow truck was a 1977 ford bronco 302 3 speed on the column.
1974 dodge power wagon w/rack body 318 auto with 8' meyers(Blew and burnt it up)wasn't pretty.....was a beast thou
1979 dodge power wagon short bed 318 with tailgate sander(took plow off other truck) never plowed as well as the 74
(sold truck and plow for 200.00 after it got T-boned and totalled out plowing one night) kept the sander and just gave it away
1987 S-10 2.8 auto with a western uni-mount 6.5' (bought the plow off of a wholesale truck at the dealer for$500)(junked truck)
1994 dodge power wagon 318 auto with a sno-way 8' and daniels pull plow on the back(use now if needed)
1997 S-10 ZR2 4.3 auto(use now mostly)(I took the plow off the 1987 chevy) had to modify the frame mounts to get it to fit
I know I'll catch flack for not using the full size dodge with the back blade, but for the majority of the jobs I have it's overkill
Being from upstate new york and country(farm) boy at heart heres what I started with and have used over the years.
I grew up with a homemade "doodle bug" model A with a flathead 4cyl. and 10.00x20.00 truck rear & tires on it.
It had a slightly angled 2 way plow on it and no type of cab at all. Used to freeze!!!
Also had a wheel horse tractor with blower.
I used the Model A to do all of our neighbors with.
Used a Farmall 560 gas with 2 way plow on the front on the farm I worked on to remove snow. Also used a backhoe or loader at times to move piles if needed.
First "real" plow truck was a 1977 ford bronco 302 3 speed on the column.
1974 dodge power wagon w/rack body 318 auto with 8' meyers(Blew and burnt it up)wasn't pretty.....was a beast thou
1979 dodge power wagon short bed 318 with tailgate sander(took plow off other truck) never plowed as well as the 74
(sold truck and plow for 200.00 after it got T-boned and totalled out plowing one night) kept the sander and just gave it away
1987 S-10 2.8 auto with a western uni-mount 6.5' (bought the plow off of a wholesale truck at the dealer for$500)(junked truck)
1994 dodge power wagon 318 auto with a sno-way 8' and daniels pull plow on the back(use now if needed)
1997 S-10 ZR2 4.3 auto(use now mostly)(I took the plow off the 1987 chevy) had to modify the frame mounts to get it to fit
I know I'll catch flack for not using the full size dodge with the back blade, but for the majority of the jobs I have it's overkill