The 9'6" western v can only be installed on the 450-550 series truck. If you have a smaller truck than that the boss is the only way to go. IMO its no choice at all.
Western all the way. The full trip on a v plow simply doesnt work period.
Dino
I plow with 2 dual wheel trucks with the 8.5 mvp, and the tire issue is minmal at worst. Trust me, compared to the pounding your truck will take with a boss v plow, the 6" one way or another wont really matter. You have to be on a very sharp curve for the tires to track outside the plowed lane.
Dino
I have never seen a western go down during a storm. their a frame and quadrant are very strong. On the v plow they are even stronger. On the boss plow I am sure they are built very strong, they have to be to take the pounding from having a poorly designed trip mechanism. Once again I will repeat what a boss engineer told me. We know we have a poor design, but it will cost to much to change it. If that doesnt settle the issue than what will. It is a design issue pue and simple. Just because you like to pound your truck, doesnt mean it isnt a viable problem. For me I will use the wimpy trip edge and keep my trucks in one piece.
I am not uneducated, in fact due to the fact that I have spoken at length to a boss engineer, might make more educated that others. Glad you got snow.
Dino
Once again I have to laugh, that people are so quick to knock a product they have never used. It just stands to reason that just maybe, someone else has improved upon the boss idea. I have spoken with many boss operators and they all say the same thing. The plow will beat the living **** out of you and the truck. The trip edge design if nothing else, is a good back up just in case. Now I am sure the boss is a great plow, and if the operators are carefull enough to not hit all the little obstacles that are hidden, then I am sure it wont hurt the truck. I have never seen an operator capapble of this, no matter how good they are. So again just extra insurance of a trip edge is just good sense.
If like the boss I think that is great. But when someone is weighing the issue between to different plows, then I think that it is only prudent to show both the strenghts and weaknesses of both plows. Again just because you like the non trip action of the boss doesnt mean everyone will. If the western and fisher were only one year old, I could see some skeptisism, but thyer are now on the 5th winter with no major problems, will they last as long as your boss plows, I dont know, they havent been around as long, but so far so good.
If your only experience has been with straight plow westerns, then you are missing the point. The western v plow is totally different than a straight blade western. They use a different trip design and power unit. the only shared components are the uni mount.
I have no ajendato sell western plows over boss. They both make good plows, but IMO the trip edge is key on a v plow. And if the boss engineer agrees with that, than that should tell you something. If the guy who builds and designs it, thinks that the trip edge is a good idea, than he may be onto something.
Dino
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