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Analyze Plow Weight, Material, and Extreme Suspension Builds

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Will BRINE destroy A Truck??

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What happens here

The weight of the specific Boss plow (925 pounds) is noted, and the discussion extends to the material of the plow blade. It's clarified that poly blades are primarily for 'slip factor' to shed wet, heavy snow easily, not for weight reduction. The technician emphasizes that the bracing required to make poly blades strong enough adds comparable weight to steel or stainless steel blades, which is a common misconception. The presenter then showcases Alex's older F-250 (F-350 with 550 suspension) truck with extensively modified suspension, including a seven-stack leaf spring in the rear and super heavy-duty 4-inch leveling springs in the front. This extreme setup ensures the truck doesn't squat when the plow is lifted, and provides superior stability even with a heavy brine sprayer in the bed.

Goal: Understand the impact of plow weight and material, and learn about extreme suspension modifications for heavy-duty snow removal.

Tools and materials

  • 4-Inch Leveling Springs — Front suspension modification for heavy plows
  • 7-Stack Leaf Spring — Rear suspension modification for heavy loads
  • Boss Plow — Reference for discussing plow weight and material
  • Brine Sprayer — Demonstrated with the truck, showing heavy rear load
  • F-250 Super Duty Truck — Demonstrating extreme suspension modifications
  • Poly Blade — Material option for snow plow
  • Stainless Steel Plow Blade — Material option for snow plow

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Springs back here you got a seven stack right yeah 4 in Block back well six and a helper six and a helper okay and then I got the super heavy duties up here which I mean if you look at Tim's you look at my thickness and then the space between there and they're a 4 in leveling spring too on it so yeah super beefy super beefy but it rides like a lumber Wagon on the road how about when you pick up the plow on the front though doesn't even move doesn't the truck doesn't move no usually it'd be like as you're picking the plow up the truck would go down and then the plow would finally come up this one like it's up 2 feet off the ground it's like gosh yeah you don't even know you P the the truck does with squat it just laughs at it y that's all you got and that's a 250 man yeah it's 250 with what what a 750 suspensions like 550 spring setup on there yeah yeah and how does it how does it handle with the the that's a yard and a half Hopper right Cody that's a yard and a half a yard yeah a yard and a half and then I'd put the brine sprayer back there which is heavier you know being 300 gallons but in that new truck when the water starts slashing you can feel the back of the truck kind of tailing th this stack of Springs just holds you straight you know you don't get any tailing I guess okay so let's be very clear Alex runs has ran the vssi in both trucks in both trucks both trucks so in this one no you don't feel it I don't get any type of like sway on the back where like once the water starts sloshing a little bit and I need to put baffles in there but once the water starts sloshing then you can kind of feel the back of your truck going like this a little bit you know kind of tailing on you and on this truck nothing and that's Alex's wedding dance move too oh yeah so anytime you see him right way this is all he'll be doing all right so um and you're getting a new suspension system in your truck so B we're just going to drive it for now well we're going to we're going to go with it as is as is for till we get a snowfall okay and Cody you said you put bigger systems in smaller Trucks Than what we've got right I mean we put those 8000s before in the same truck and you know they just run them they run them some people will put a Timber in or something in yep anybody have an opinion on a timbran versus what we're doing I just think a timan is just a 2in higher bump stop you know so let's let's show them what a timan is I mean you're just hitting on the bump stop 2 in…

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