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Connecting and Disconnecting the Plow

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Building a snowplow truck

What happens here

Tim demonstrates the quick connection and disconnection of the snow plow to the truck. To disconnect, the truck must be in 'float' mode (no down pressure) for the plow's hydraulic system. There is a red flip lever on the plow that allows for locking and unlocking. To disconnect, unlock the lever, and then unhook the two chains from the plow. After disconnecting the chains, operate the plow's hydraulics to lift it off the truck's mounting system. Finally, disconnect the 13-pin electrical connector and two power wires. To reattach, reverse the steps: connect the electrical and power lines, position the truck to align with the plow's mounts, use the hydraulics to lift the plow, reattach the chains, and lock the flip lever.

Goal: Demonstrate the quick and efficient process of attaching and detaching the snow plow.

Tools and materials

  • BOSS DXT Snow Plow BOSS Snowplow — The snow plow being demonstrated
  • Plow Hydraulic System BOSS Snowplow — Lifting and lowering the plow
  • Power Wires BOSS Snowplow — Supplying power to the plow's components

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gets here when is he on his way yeah yeah let's unhook and hook let's just show these guys if they if they're not familiar with boss let's show these guys after you show me the connect and disconnect we'll go all Tim your truck is here mhm we're going to look at what Tim did with his truck because we're going to do the exact same thing and I want to find out from you because on when you change the ride height of your truck you've got to change your uh you got to change your snow plow to make sure that it it's cutting right it's not just a do it set it and forget it and it's all magically going to work happily together cuz that's not how things work yeah that Center on your Mount that Center hole should be at 15 and2 on a standard 15 and 1/2 in from the ground up get any more adjustment or like if he lifts it it can go down another well if we go down another hole we'd want to put another um another plate on it it just as you go farther down get you about a/ inch right there huh you to yeah it's a I think they're one in between yeah all right well let's uh should we connect and dis and reconnect Cody yep so over here you can see there is a basically a flip lever a lock and an unlock okay there's only one of these red ones it's just to tell you that it's another secured latch um truck must must be in float so the red button red light must be on no down pressure yep no down pressure but still has to be in float that's the only way that this switch is active so then once you have that you press up and then you'll see when they're new they're a little they pop a little bit just a new powder coat then you power this down and then un connect your take your 13 pin off and your two wire and that's all there is to it and then to put it back on same way put those over to the lock button okay and then this one's a little new so it takes just a little bit to get that powder coat so is a size 12 boot required to kick that on no once you drive it down the road once it'll actually take that the little edges off the powder coat okay and once we drive it out of here and run it a few times it it'll come right out yep okay so pretty straightforward pretty simple yeah I mean there's uh nothing to them they call it the uh what what what is it called the the smart hitch smart hitch

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