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Depends on what you are plowing, for contract work and plowing your own places I would go 8.2, if doing rural drives and roads I would go 9.2, the truck would handle both with ease.
8.2 folded in is only a few inches wider then the truck so easy to drive and park with.
I hate poly plows! They crack, break, fade, and are HEAVIER then steel!
Don't even bother to try and plow with the stock tires, get them swapped out before getting plowed installed so they get the mount height correct.
8.2 folded in is only a few inches wider then the truck so easy to drive and park with.
I hate poly plows! They crack, break, fade, and are HEAVIER then steel!
Don't even bother to try and plow with the stock tires, get them swapped out before getting plowed installed so they get the mount height correct.
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From: Minnesota
I have a 9’2” steel boss V plow that I have had on my last 3 F350’s. I haven’t gotten around to installing it on my 17 yet but it will be on there in a couple weeks. After having a 9’2” I wouldn’t go any smaller, the F350 handles it just fine. It’s been on a 2001 F350 CCLB, 2006 F250 SCSB, and a 2011 F350 SCLB and next a 2017 F350 CCLB.
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From: Berwick, Maine
Do you have a specific reason for wanting a V? I've had Fishers for 30 years. In their applications, they run approximately a thousand bucks more than a straight blade. More moving parts to fail, and I understand the cutting edges are very expensive also. I just don't see the upside unless it's a commercial application. I am putting a 9' straight blade on my F-350.
J Standard, what is wrong with stock tires? Mine came with Wranglers, I intend to run them....
J Standard, what is wrong with stock tires? Mine came with Wranglers, I intend to run them....
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The 2017 SuperDuty eSourcebook also provides guidance on snowplow applications; see pages 66-69.
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From: Eagan, MN
Depends on what you are plowing, for contract work and plowing your own places I would go 8.2, if doing rural drives and roads I would go 9.2, the truck would handle both with ease.
8.2 folded in is only a few inches wider then the truck so easy to drive and park with.
I hate poly plows! They crack, break, fade, and are HEAVIER then steel!
Don't even bother to try and plow with the stock tires, get them swapped out before getting plowed installed so they get the mount height correct.
8.2 folded in is only a few inches wider then the truck so easy to drive and park with.
I hate poly plows! They crack, break, fade, and are HEAVIER then steel!
Don't even bother to try and plow with the stock tires, get them swapped out before getting plowed installed so they get the mount height correct.
I used Goodyear Silent Armour tires. It was an ice/snow tire and had some serious traction in the snow.
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From: Minnesota
Do you have a specific reason for wanting a V? I've had Fishers for 30 years. In their applications, they run approximately a thousand bucks more than a straight blade. More moving parts to fail, and I understand the cutting edges are very expensive also. I just don't see the upside unless it's a commercial application. I am putting a 9' straight blade on my F-350.
J Standard, what is wrong with stock tires? Mine came with Wranglers, I intend to run them....
J Standard, what is wrong with stock tires? Mine came with Wranglers, I intend to run them....
The only moving part that a V has over a straight blade is the center hinge and there is nothing there to fail. Give it a few shots of grease a year and your golden, or forget to grease it for a few years like I have and your still fine!
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From: Plainfield, IL
I had to look and make sure I didn't post this as I was reading it... I had a Boss 9'-2" poly v on my 2003 F350. It was an amazing plow and never let me down plowing commercially. As others have said having a v plow and being able to not just bust a trail (something I rarely needed), but being able to put it in scoop mode and actually carry snow and not just defelect it is amazing. Leaving it half straight and half angled so that you can carry more snow and not just windrow all of it it great as well. I'll never own a plow that is not a v again. And like others have said the only other moving part is a hinge and even if the cutting edges are a bit more expensive the productivity makes up for it many times over. My cutting edges lasted a few years.
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Boss doesn't come in 8.6, it comes in 8.2 and 9.2, the 8.2 clears the truck width in every configuration/angle.
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From: Central Illinois
Get a 9.2 V plow---here's the reason.
The width of the V plow is clearing a "path" for your truck to travel....narrow plow/narrow path. When you plow very deep snow with heavy/icy/chunky stuff....the ice chunks CAN roll back and dent the side of your truck if the plow is not wide enough.
I had a 9.2 Boss Poly V plow on my previous truck - a dually (wide width is mandatory with a dually). The 9.2 just barely opened up a path for the width of the rear duals.
For my new F350 (single rear wheel)---I bought another Boss 9.2 Poly V plow because I don't want a small iceberg hitting the side of my $70,000 truck!!
Boss makes a great plow--never had a problem with them. Get a V plow if you'll be getting into deeper snow.
The width of the V plow is clearing a "path" for your truck to travel....narrow plow/narrow path. When you plow very deep snow with heavy/icy/chunky stuff....the ice chunks CAN roll back and dent the side of your truck if the plow is not wide enough.
I had a 9.2 Boss Poly V plow on my previous truck - a dually (wide width is mandatory with a dually). The 9.2 just barely opened up a path for the width of the rear duals.
For my new F350 (single rear wheel)---I bought another Boss 9.2 Poly V plow because I don't want a small iceberg hitting the side of my $70,000 truck!!
Boss makes a great plow--never had a problem with them. Get a V plow if you'll be getting into deeper snow.
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From: St. Law County , NY
I have the Boss VXT 8' 2" for smaller driveways but I also have the removable wings that give about 18" total extra width. They work great for larger spaces and for winging back the banks on camp roads when they start closing in. That way you can have the best of both.
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Nothing smaller than 9’. When a V-Plow is fully Vee’d up, it is less than 7’6” wide, same as if you are scooping. When you plow, you want to clear snow as far away from your wheels as possible and you just cannot with a 8 footer. Not to mention when you go to turn.
Unless of course you are planning to always run wings, which in that case, get the 8’ 2”. A 9’2” becomes too wide to effectively scrape with them fitted unless you have a perfectly flat lot.
Unless of course you are planning to always run wings, which in that case, get the 8’ 2”. A 9’2” becomes too wide to effectively scrape with them fitted unless you have a perfectly flat lot.