Have a 95 F150 4x4 2.5 inches of lift and was thinking about getting a plow for it soon. Any recommendations of which kind to use or what weight the plow should be so the nose doesn't dive down that much. Not really sure how heavy of plow is too much. Any suggestions?

 

Honestly, i dont know much about plows

My only suggestion is if its your daily driver....dont use it as a plow truck...itll be a money pit. Always replacing stuff not to mention the time you'll lose not having the truck while fixing it.

 

Your f150 will not care for any plow hanging off the front of it. The TTB front end in these trucks are problematic enough with out hanging 7-800 lbs off the front of it. If you are dead set on a plow, find a light one that has a poly molboard, NOT a Fisher,Western Or Myers. O and only a plow from a 92-96 F150 will fit your truck

 

I have a 1996 f150 5.0 4x4 manual hubs, manual transfercase, manual trans, and heavy duty suspension (4 shocks up front). I have a Meyer 7.5 ft ez mount and I have no problems. The front does drop a little when the plow is up, but just installed airbags in the front springs ( 2 hrs ago)to help with that.

If you want a good plow, I would only recomend it if you have the manual front hubs, and the manual 4x4, those are much stronger, and MUCH cheaper to fix if you do have problems.

What ever you get make sure it has a "TRIP". Meaning if you hit a manhole or curb or something the the blade will tip forward and obsorb most of the impact instead of "banging" into the obsticale and doing damage to the truck/plow. This leads me to my last subject, the lift on your truck could change the angle of the blade, causing the "trip" to malfunction, it will either not activate enough and do damage to the truck, or activate to much and cause you to loose time by "dumping" your load (i am not sure wich).

 

i have a 250 but still TTB, i run a boss 7'6" super duty plow on mine and no issues. the front spings are getting kinda tired so i may look into replacing them this season. otherwise the plow has been on since 2001 and no repairs related to the plow yet.

 

If you go to many of the plow manufacturers websites they will usually have a selector guide where you plug in your truck info and they give recommended plows for your type of truck. It will at least give you an idea of what type of plow will work on your truck. I would select a plow brand that is supported near you. Kind of sucks when something breaks and you have to drive 100 miles or wait for UPS to drop it off in a week. If you are only doing your own personal plowing there is no reason an F 150 won't hold up fine. Just have to use your head with it and don't try to make it do more that it should. The airbags in the front coils help a lot too like Mr. Finch put in his. I have plowed with a 78 F 150, an 88 Bronco, and now I have a 95 F 350. Used a 7 1/2 foot Western on the F 150 and the Bronco and they handled it fine. I have an 8' Western Ploy Pro Uni-Mount for my F 350. It is about an 800 pound plow. A lot of the plows designed for half-ton trucks are only about 500 pounds or so. Check out Western, Fisher, Blizzard, Meyer, Sno Way, and the Buyers Snow Dogg. If you can get a Snow Dogg locally they seem to be a pretty good plow that is cheaper than most of the others. Good luck with your plow search.

Steve