An excuse to pull out the plow

jaf2976

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With the snow, I finally had an excuse to fire up the Willys. I only forgot to put the chains on it. NDTs will only do so much with about a ton on 'em.

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Yeah, beautiful place you've got there.
 
Thanks, y'all! I love any excuse to pull out that old Jeep -- it runs kinda rough at first, but settles in really well. It's just a bit slow to drive (top sustained speed is only about 35) anywhere.
 
I am going to show my six year old these pictures, Man he loves a snow plow. We took him to Boone when he was two and he saw a Jeep plowing a parking lot. He was amazed by it. Since then he has looked and not seem one since so this will make his day. Nice Jeep and Plow. He has asked me many times when we are going to get one. I just tell him the 30 feet of driveway will just have to be shoveled for now. :lol:

Thanks for sharing
 
Do must of the pickups with plows use winches to raise and lower the plows? Also, Ive always wondered, what material is on the bottom of the plows that they are not torn up by the pavement?
Peg-n-john, how much does that plow weigh and how is it mounted?
 
The plow on this Jeep is made of steel, and had a replaceable edge on the botom. It weighs about 300 pounds. As for the mounting: There is an "A" frame that attaches to the front frame rails near the suspension mounts and a support that is bolted to the frame rails behind the bumper, with a chain welded to the "A" frame (for an ajustable preset height). The system uses a power up, gravity down hydraulic lift with manual (pin) angle settings. Modern snow plows use hydraulic systems to raise, lower, and set the angle.

--John
 
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