Plowing With A 2wd

[j.roffel]

I'm thinking of getting a used plow just for doing my driveway, but am thinking the 2wd might be a problem... I'm putting in a locker VERY soon, so it's not gonna be a 1wd anymore.... And I have a 400 lb shurtrax in the bed giving me some traction. Am I thinking too highly of my truck, and should wait until I get that 2500hd in a few years, or could I make it work?

 

Thanks

[Draenor]

How long is your driveway? Why dont you buy a normal snowblower?

 

 

I may be missing something here, since snow doesnt exist here in Louisiana.

[J45p3r]

I just don't see it working, the plow takes so much weight off of the rear axle you won't be able to push the snow at all.

[unit731]

Plows are expensive just for your own driveway. And 2WD ain't gonna cut it.

 

It's cheaper to pay someone to plow driveway. Your better off buying a beater 4WD and putting plow on that.

 

I pay to have my driveway plowed AND I have a snow thrower. Ariens.

 

And I have a new GMT900 4WD with plow prep package and I still may never purchase a plow.

 

Just my $0.02 cents.

[j.roffel]

Ya i pretty much figured as much. I'm looking into getting a guy to come and do it. Thanks for the input guys.

[mini1]

Pay someone. I've tried to plow in 2WD before it is near impossible to do much good.

[Gozer]

Ya i pretty much figured as much. I'm looking into getting a guy to come and do it. Thanks for the input guys.

 

Weight in the bed and locker + chains may be enough to get you by for moderate snow. Still, I'd pay somebody or buy a decent snowblower.

[pm26]

Using a snow plow with a 2WD vehicle is similar to using a 2WD tractor with a front loader. The extra load in the front takes the weight off the rear wheels to the point where traction on a slippery surface is minimal. I have a truck that would do a good job plowing - a 6x6 Army deuce and half.

But there is no snow to plow here in Florida.

[jrrod2004]

why dont you stick on a rear hitch, I did that when I went to Lubbock, cousin and I rigged a plow to my Class IV hitch and I stuck it in reverse, worked pretty well considering I have 2WD, but I had to chug through the snow to do it.

[ws6_guy]

whats a 2wd full size truck doing in snow? lol

[jrrod2004]

new years in lubbock texas, here in austin the closest thing we get to snow is freezing rain and black ice.....yeah yeah I know stupid running around in the snow with a 2WD (actually 1WD all things considered)

[Schmids5.3l]

I've driven 2wd full size trucks in the snow for a few years now, it's nothing hard. I've driven this truck on a few inches of snow on the roads... actually it's quite fun. With some common since and a few bags of gravel in the bed it's easy as cake and you don't need a 4wd. Then again I've never been in a ditch in this truck (knock on wood) My old 88 F150 RC LB 2wd trucked thru the snow with some cheap A/T tires and some weight in the bed, that thing refused to get stuck!! Ditch or no ditch! It just takes some driving skill

[J45p3r]

I may be crazy, but I've driven 2wd trucks and 4wd trucks in Maine winters and it *seems* to me a 2wd truck is better in the snow than a 4wd truck in 2wd mode. Has anyone else ever noticed this? (Obviously the 4wd in 4x4 mode is near unstoppable).

[ws6_guy]

I may be crazy, but I've driven 2wd trucks and 4wd trucks in Maine winters and it *seems* to me a 2wd truck is better in the snow than a 4wd truck in 2wd mode. Has anyone else ever noticed this? (Obviously the 4wd in 4x4 mode is near unstoppable).

 

 

yeah because the 2wd weighs alot less

[Nytemare]

Take it from someone who has been there....DON'T.

 

 

You can do it for a couple inches of snow...But anything around the 4-6" and more....your screwed...

 

Snowblower, or buy a quad with the plowing attachment...you get a snowplow...and a new toy. And, you can sell it to the wife cause you need it for plowing, not at all for bombing around in the bogs in the summer time