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Perform Pre-Season Maintenance

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Westerns Plows have One major flaw- their cutting edge-which I permanently fixed

What happens here

Perform pre-season maintenance on the snow plow's hydraulic and electrical systems. This includes checking the hydraulic fluid levels and applying dielectric grease to all electrical connections, especially those connecting the plow to the truck and any trailer hitches, even if not actively in use. Lower the snow plow to access the connections beneath the truck for thorough lubrication, preventing rust and ensuring reliable operation during cold weather.

Goal: Ensure all hydraulic and electrical connections are maintained and protected for winter operation.

Tools and materials

  • Dielectric Grease — Lubricating electrical connections to prevent corrosion
  • Gloves — Protecting hands during maintenance
  • Hydraulic Fluid — To top off or replace hydraulic fluid in the plow's system

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All right. So, we got to check the oil and check the connections, too. Probably put some lithium duh some lithium grease on them. Okay. It's called dialectric grease. And it's a special grease made just for electrical fittings. Now, I know what it is. I just can't seem to say it in this video. It's actually lithium. Is it diode? Is that the right way of saying it? Dithium crystals. No, it's dithium. It's grease for electrical fittings. But we'll go through all the fittings where the snowplow connects in on the snowplow itself. So, let me be very specific here, guys. Right here. We're going to pull this apart, grease them up. This one as well. And then we're going to go back around to the back end and especially into the trailer hitch. Even though we're not going to be using the trailer hitch, but that's why we're going to be doing it. So, drop when you do this, you drop the snow plow down and then you get grease into the trailer pins because uh we've got to keep it from rusting when we're not going to be using it for a long term. Now, what you're going to see is a completely different system, and it's made by Winter Equipment, but it fits onto my Western Snowplow, and they'll fit onto other snowplows as well. Now, the differences that you're going to notice is the curb guards are insanely heavyduty. All of the components that come with the system are grade eight bolts versus your standard grade five that comes with the Western heaviest duty system out there. Now, with all of these heavier duty components comes a bigger price tag. Now, I paid approximately $700 to $750 for my complete Western heavyduty system with curb guards. And this system is going to be around $200 more than that. But here's why I went with this system. I'm on my third year with my Western snowplow and I'm on my second cutting edge with that snow plow. So you got you got the plow blocked up, right, Todd? Right. Right behind you. Yeah. Okay. Safety first, sir. Safety. So, let's see if there's All right. So, this is this my snowplow naked, but let's see how much wears on that blade. We plowed with it one time. Paint's not even scraped off, is it? A little bit. Little tiny bit. Yeah, little bit. Not too bad, though, right? All right. All right. So, last spring I ended up putting two new cutting edges, one on each one of my Western MVP3s. And for this video, I'm actually going to be removing almost a brand new cutting edge to install this system so

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