A pair of aggressive Trygg (Norwegian company that builds there chains in Norway) tire chains for the rear axle (maybe even a pair for the front axle) and around 2,000lbs of weight in the bed are going to make a night and day difference in how well that pickup will plow that snow, on that terrain. It's certainly worth taking the time in having the right tools for this particular job. Cheers!
I've been in the same situation, and it sucks but it would be nice to have something to quickly bolt on a long thin blade that tapers gradually right in the middle to slice through. nice video. great job
Pretty sure I saw you guys on the trans Canada and watched you exit off the highway but you had excavator ! Been following workplaytv for awhile , so it fealt like a celebrity sighting
There's a lot to be said about real snow tires and shaving layers when it comes to deep snow, works for me and I have a 1/2 ton truck and straight blade. One thing for sure it's still really hard on the truck
Way harder on a 1/2 ton considering you don’t have a solid front axle. Personally, I would never mount a plow on a 1/2 ton, but I also live somewhere where we got 2 feet in 24 hours yesterday. I’m sure the guys running half tons were struggling compared to those running 3/4 and 1 tons. I know all my coworkers were struggling with gassers and the powerstroke I was running never skipped a beat.
Nice truck and plow 👍🏼 for deep stuff like that, it's a good idea to hit it in V but raised up, go as far as you can, back up and then put the plow all the way down in V and clean up the rest
@@DanMarcelino well its all banks on both sides and too much snow to just push through so we gotta wing it back otherwise next storm your totally screwed
@@BurninGas8.1 yes definitely, we ended up buying our own snow blower about 6 years back just to deal with those, but yes I would still attack the banks the same way as blazing a new trail.. plow in V, half way up and then hit it a second time with it all the way down. Otherwise you're putting too much stress on the truck, plow and mount.
i run a meyers 7 foot straight blade on a 1998 ford expedition and dealing with this same amount of snow.we had record snow fall i am guessing well over 2 feet in around 30 hours in kenai,alaska.i was looking into a v-plow but it looks like you are having the same problems i am having.there was a couple of jobs i could not do because of nowhere to put snow and can only move so much.i am just doing a little learning to know what other options i can think of.i was looking into haan tech snowblowers for 1/2 ton trucks but they discontinued them.i was really interested because the loaded weight is 650 pounds.i have about 25 1998 ford expeditions for parts so not worried about breaking them but have had great luck for 3 years and have not broke anything yet.thank you for the informative video.
@@loganamurray64 I would have to disagree the 6.2 is the best v8 ford has made in a very long time. The current superduty platform as a whole is kickass. The new chevys and dodges certainly aren't built like the superduties that's forsure
Yeah and I suspect no rear ballast. Proper balanced ballast saves a ton of wear on the truck and gets you through tough areas slick as can be without ramming the snot out of expensive vehicles.
'Bout need a tractor or loader with those drifts but you got it done with the tools you had. You should be able to adjust the relief valves on those wings so they don't fold back quite so easily. I carry a hitch mounted winch and a hammer drill with long masonry bits and heavy rebar stakes so I can drill a recovery point no matter where I'm at, just in case I get stuck.
Must be your first time snow plowing? Few quick tips. real snow tires and put at least 1000lbs in the back of the truck. When trying to bust through snow don't open the blade at all that's the point of the V plow.
At points in your video such as 6:57, I notice the right wing folding back. I would assume you are not doing that intentionally. While I'm not familiar with Boss plows or with V-plows, I have a Western plow that started doing the same thing some years back. I'd go to pushing snow and the blade would not stay where I wanted it. I bought new hydraulic cylinders 5 years ago and so far it's still working like it's supposed to. So I have to ask the question, is there a chance you need new cylinders or need to rebuild the ones you have? Because if that's how the Boss V-plow is supposed to work, then I'm thankful to have the blade I have.
How to make a snowbank in several easy lessons. Doing the same thing over & over again and expecting a different result. Comedy hour at the snow plow club. Stay tuned for future adventures.
What kind of tires you running and. Do you have rear ballast weight? I’ve sliced through snow like that but run 1400 pounds ballast weight and winterforce snow tires.
@@BurninGas8.1 lol that makes total sense then man. Had a 20” storm in early December this year and I was sliding everywhere with my 1/2 tread A/T tires. Threw on snow tires and it was a night and day difference. No more slipping and sliding. Looks like I’ll be making the tire swap fall and spring.
Imagine doing this with studded nokian hakkapelitta LT snow tires in the same model and engine but instead single rear wheel crew cab it was a Regular cab Dually 4x4 6.7 power stroke with limited slip /locking differential
I would never abuse a 60 to $70K truck like that. Should have kept ahead of it from the beginning instead of letting it get so deep and hard packed. At this point, a tractor with a snowblower would be better.
An auger snow blower would be a whole lot better for that depth. With that blade, tire combination w/o chains, a distant chance, maybe when fresh, but you can hear the 'crunch' of the frozen top. Not providing enough inertia to have that blade knife through that depth of snow - and some uphill besides? Doing unnecessary damage to that truck. The right tool at the right time
This is a how not to plow a drift video. Slamming the pile will destroy your truck and plow. You have to push it left and right and get the bulk out of the way. Then you can plow normally up the middle. Instead of breaking your plow on one drift pile.
The parabolics of most of those V's just arent curved enough to "lift" the snow up to the side. He'd do better to focus on pushing the snow more to the side instead of forward.
Started with atv and ut was greet then went to a half ton and it was even better now up to a 3/4 ton and ya feel like a king..... well until mother nature pushes ya down and say nope.... its just crazy...
I would put on tire chains for better traction. Grab a wheel loader to push snow instead tearing up 70 to 80 thousands dollars truck., that what I would do. Thanks for the video so I can share it with my people what not to do and a creative action to get the job done right.
Ya know. Some times one has the wrong equipment for the job. Way too much snow for a pickup plow. Fine if you're only plowing a 50 or 100 yd long driveway.
Can always tell the guys that have never run one. Jack of all master of none. Just good enough to maybe get a task done... just like a plow on a truck....
Rookies. should have loaded back of truck with a shit load Of snow with excavator for weight. I have same truck but with western 9ft 9 mvp v plow and a 3yrd snow x salt hopper. I was sent to brick nj years ago to help community they had 2ft with wind drift up to 4 to 5ft my truck did amazing but I had to keep hopper full at all times and drive the truck like I stole it.
I use a 2014 f350 dually with a flat bed at work, boss straight blade, 6.2 liter gas, I like it, I prefer the gmc with the 6.0 liter gas motor, it’s got a road dogg straight blade. The gmc has a better Turning radius than the ford.
The person filming had it right should try opening up left and right. I was waiting for your plow to jump the bank and get you buried . Pounding the bank is only hurting you truck n gear
If you had proper ballist, tires & push side to side & nibble your way forward. This is a truck & plow destroying event and a texted book on not how to plow.
@@ditryn lol not my truck or choices I was just sent to do job work&playtv is one who made us do this with no tires or chains or ballast in -25 celcius
Why if you have heavy equipment would you just sit there and beat on your truck like that ?,nevermind I watched the "excavator" work...thought you meant a excavator not a garden trowel with tracks....that video made me cringe...
@@bullboss7698 its called bein told to do a job and being given this for equipment that bein said the truck has done this hundreds of times 220000kms nothin major broke yet... i also use my truck much worse then this ford and 7 yrs only minor issues i see no point in babying a truck ... its a truck ... its built to work so work it
Nice truck, however that BOSS plow is useless. Boss and Sno-Way are very similar in design and construction They are simply junk. The driver is inexperienced but he can learn. Get rid of the plow and buy a fisher, western or Artic. Anything else will be a disappointment
Big job!!
Thanks for sharing!
These are the trucks for sale that say "never abused, always maintained, only plowed my driveway"
Lol yea or my wife drove it
Your right he should have had a loader but he also could have taken half swipes instead of building a bigger pile.
Can’t control what we were given for gear cell towers are very important it’s a get it done with what you have scene
That's when a skister comes in handy
Weight in the back too🤩
A pair of aggressive Trygg (Norwegian company that builds there chains in Norway) tire chains for the rear axle (maybe even a pair for the front axle) and around 2,000lbs of weight in the bed are going to make a night and day difference in how well that pickup will plow that snow, on that terrain. It's certainly worth taking the time in having the right tools for this particular job. Cheers!
I've been in the same situation, and it sucks but it would be nice to have something to quickly bolt on a long thin blade that tapers gradually right in the middle to slice through. nice video. great job
Use that type of blade on the lake to maintain the roads.
I would have brought the skid loader or pay loader in. Good way to tear up 60 to 70 thousand dollar truck and plow
Didnt tear anything up just did the job
Absolutely!
Definitely don't wanna buy this truck if u ever sell it ha
Pretty sure I saw you guys on the trans Canada and watched you exit off the highway but you had excavator ! Been following workplaytv for awhile , so it fealt like a celebrity sighting
Lol yea boss is work and play im burnin gas lol that was us we had 4 ton kubota on
There's a lot to be said about real snow tires and shaving layers when it comes to deep snow, works for me and I have a 1/2 ton truck and straight blade. One thing for sure it's still really hard on the truck
Way harder on a 1/2 ton considering you don’t have a solid front axle. Personally, I would never mount a plow on a 1/2 ton, but I also live somewhere where we got 2 feet in 24 hours yesterday. I’m sure the guys running half tons were struggling compared to those running 3/4 and 1 tons. I know all my coworkers were struggling with gassers and the powerstroke I was running never skipped a beat.
Nice truck and plow 👍🏼 for deep stuff like that, it's a good idea to hit it in V but raised up, go as far as you can, back up and then put the plow all the way down in V and clean up the rest
Yea bit more to it then that lol
@@BurninGas8.1 I've been doing it for over a decade, are you worried about the grade of the driveway or getting stuck?
@@DanMarcelino well its all banks on both sides and too much snow to just push through so we gotta wing it back otherwise next storm your totally screwed
@@BurninGas8.1 yes definitely, we ended up buying our own snow blower about 6 years back just to deal with those, but yes I would still attack the banks the same way as blazing a new trail.. plow in V, half way up and then hit it a second time with it all the way down. Otherwise you're putting too much stress on the truck, plow and mount.
@RideLife
You’re totally right on this one. Let the plow do the work. Small amounts and more speed to shave away, instead of taking it all at once.
i run a meyers 7 foot straight blade on a 1998 ford expedition and dealing with this same amount of snow.we had record snow fall i am guessing well over 2 feet in around 30 hours in kenai,alaska.i was looking into a v-plow but it looks like you are having the same problems i am having.there was a couple of jobs i could not do because of nowhere to put snow and can only move so much.i am just doing a little learning to know what other options i can think of.i was looking into haan tech snowblowers for 1/2 ton trucks but they discontinued them.i was really interested because the loaded weight is 650 pounds.i have about 25 1998 ford expeditions for parts so not worried about breaking them but have had great luck for 3 years and have not broke anything yet.thank you for the informative video.
Yea the battle is usually where to put it in the big storms and with banks and ditches sometimes its hard to wing back
Man i'd be hard pressed to push that equipment that hard. Hope that Ford can handle that abuse
The 6.7’s are pretty solid, basically the only engine Ford actually tries to make reliable these days
It takes it well
@@loganamurray64 I would have to disagree the 6.2 is the best v8 ford has made in a very long time. The current superduty platform as a whole is kickass. The new chevys and dodges certainly aren't built like the superduties that's forsure
Yeah and I suspect no rear ballast. Proper balanced ballast saves a ton of wear on the truck and gets you through tough areas slick as can be without ramming the snot out of expensive vehicles.
@@BurninGas8.1 That was a big drift to move for sure. Even with ballast and tire chains this would have been a tough job for the truck.
nothing like watching a truck go back and forth 300 times.
Lol
'Bout need a tractor or loader with those drifts but you got it done with the tools you had. You should be able to adjust the relief valves on those wings so they don't fold back quite so easily. I carry a hitch mounted winch and a hammer drill with long masonry bits and heavy rebar stakes so I can drill a recovery point no matter where I'm at, just in case I get stuck.
Always good to have an emergency plan. 👍👍
Must be your first time snow plowing? Few quick tips. real snow tires and put at least 1000lbs in the back of the truck. When trying to bust through snow don't open the blade at all that's the point of the V plow.
Ill let the boss know
At points in your video such as 6:57, I notice the right wing folding back. I would assume you are not doing that intentionally. While I'm not familiar with Boss plows or with V-plows, I have a Western plow that started doing the same thing some years back. I'd go to pushing snow and the blade would not stay where I wanted it. I bought new hydraulic cylinders 5 years ago and so far it's still working like it's supposed to. So I have to ask the question, is there a chance you need new cylinders or need to rebuild the ones you have? Because if that's how the Boss V-plow is supposed to work, then I'm thankful to have the blade I have.
Agreed. There's something amiss, there.
Man, I hope they are paying you well. That was a lot of life taken off the truck and equipment.
When he got stuck all he had to do was keep the blade up then go and pull the snow back then push it to the side then go again
Great job, such a tough route to plow? Was that someone’s driveway?
No its a cell tower site on a mountain
How to make a snowbank in several easy lessons. Doing the same thing over & over again and expecting a different result. Comedy hour at the snow plow club. Stay tuned for future adventures.
Yes im sure you could of done the job much better and faster with the same gear
What kind of tires you running and. Do you have rear ballast weight? I’ve sliced through snow like that but run 1400 pounds ballast weight and winterforce snow tires.
Pretty sure the tires were pretty much cooked and no ballast
@@BurninGas8.1 lol that makes total sense then man. Had a 20” storm in early December this year and I was sliding everywhere with my 1/2 tread A/T tires. Threw on snow tires and it was a night and day difference. No more slipping and sliding. Looks like I’ll be making the tire swap fall and spring.
@@caleallen5557 Do you have 4x4?
Imagine doing this with studded nokian hakkapelitta LT snow tires in the same model and engine but instead single rear wheel crew cab it was a Regular cab Dually 4x4 6.7 power stroke with limited slip /locking differential
We have electric locking diffs but our tires were no good in this video
Feel sorry for next owner Holy shit
I would never abuse a 60 to $70K truck like that. Should have kept ahead of it from the beginning instead of letting it get so deep and hard packed. At this point, a tractor with a snowblower would be better.
Ill be sure to let the boss know that
It's a truck ...... it's made for this
If I could buy that truck for $70k, I'd buy 10 of them.
@@kevinnilsen590 2019 Prices, I paid $67K for mine, 6.7 PS, camper package, show plow package, chrome package.
An auger snow blower would be a whole lot better for that depth. With that blade, tire combination w/o chains, a distant chance, maybe when fresh, but you can hear the 'crunch' of the frozen top. Not providing enough inertia to have that blade knife through that depth of snow - and some uphill besides? Doing unnecessary damage to that truck. The right tool at the right time
This hurts to watch. It just proves that if you have money you can buy a nice truck and plow even if you have no idea what you are doing.
I love how mad you get
If you put 2500 #s in the back and put chains on it you could be pushing a lot more snow
All stuff i didnt have
That’s one used truck I wouldn’t buy lol 😂
Lol me either
This is a how not to plow a drift video. Slamming the pile will destroy your truck and plow. You have to push it left and right and get the bulk out of the way. Then you can plow normally up the middle. Instead of breaking your plow on one drift pile.
Hard to go left and right when there are banks 20 feet deep on either side... road is narrow with steep banks
That's how I would have done it too
🤪🤪 For such a “ great truck “ it was hilarious watching him beat the 💩💩 crap out of it 😂😂😂
I wouldnt quite call it great ... its just a ford
The parabolics of most of those V's just arent curved enough to "lift" the snow up to the side. He'd do better to focus on pushing the snow more to the side instead of forward.
Yea its a hard spot to plow
If I was doing this type of snowplowing, I would be putting chains of my tire, if they would work.
This is why you plow several times in a major storm
170 miles away and only plowed in power outage situation its not a residential driveway
You have to take the snow and put it on the sides leave the blade angled
Great info
Started with atv and ut was greet then went to a half ton and it was even better now up to a 3/4 ton and ya feel like a king..... well until mother nature pushes ya down and say nope.... its just crazy...
Yup
I use my shoes until the heavy sh¡t is piled . Less wear and tear!
Need to get generators in shoes arent a option
He certainly will after that beating.
Did u watch both parts lmao
I would put on tire chains for better traction. Grab a wheel loader to push snow instead tearing up 70 to 80 thousands dollars truck., that what I would do. Thanks for the video so I can share it with my people what not to do and a creative action to get the job done right.
Should of backed in with rear snow blower attachment.
I'm a Ford person and do like plowing snow but this kind 😳...
Tire chains would have also made it a lot easier
I wanna know we're the hell yall trying g to go or get to like there no road in front of u at all just a shit ton of snow
To the tower watch pt2
Should have bought a western
I think you need chains on Tire
Ya know. Some times one has the wrong equipment for the job. Way too much snow for a pickup plow. Fine if you're only plowing a 50 or 100 yd long driveway.
Yea
Maybe next time get a kubota with a snowblower, would of been so much easier 🤷♂️
tell the boss that
I hope this isn’t a “how to plow video”, maybe how not to plow video!!!
God no everyone else can do a better job
Ballast tire chains
If you have access to an escavator, why would you beat your truck and plow to death?
So tough on such an expensive vehice...
This is a work truck
That's got to be hard on the truck.
It takes it pretty good
How about chains?
We have chains for this year
a real man's tool? unimog
Can always tell the guys that have never run one. Jack of all master of none. Just good enough to maybe get a task done... just like a plow on a truck....
Rookies. should have loaded back of truck with a shit load Of snow with excavator for weight. I have same truck but with western 9ft 9 mvp v plow and a 3yrd snow x salt hopper. I was sent to brick nj years ago to help community they had 2ft with wind drift up to 4 to 5ft my truck did amazing but I had to keep hopper full at all times and drive the truck like I stole it.
And this is why I don’t buy used plow trucks haha
Lol
it could of done it if it had grip
Maybe plow in layers ,,,, taking " tuff truck ford " out might be $$$ less !!
Get a diesel 1000 lbs ballast some way better tire chains if needed and low range walk through that
It is a diesel lmfao
Why wouldn’t you drive up and come down with the plow down?
Im not sure how much snow you figure a truck can drive through but it had to be plowed befor anything other then a snowmobile would be driving up
@@BurninGas8.1 for some reason 2 1/2 feet of drifted snow looks like 10 inches of powder on youtube. Lol.
I use a 2014 f350 dually with a flat bed at work, boss straight blade, 6.2 liter gas, I like it, I prefer the gmc with the 6.0 liter gas motor, it’s got a road dogg straight blade. The gmc has a better Turning radius than the ford.
Yikes... painful to watch. That looks like loader territory there.
Decisions made by work&playtv
Why don't you hit it some with the plow up
We hit it every way possible asking the truck to do a lot as it was also frozen
Exactly
The person filming had it right should try opening up left and right. I was waiting for your plow to jump the bank and get you buried . Pounding the bank is only hurting you truck n gear
I was filming lol
1000 or more pounds in the back would make big difference.
Yup
Tool box on back is close to 1000
where is the extreme
Havent really seen any videos of trucks like this doing more
If you had proper ballist, tires & push side to side & nibble your way forward.
This is a truck & plow destroying event and a texted book on not how to plow.
Lot of ifs
Throw on some chains and be done a hour sooner and a lot more fuel left.
If I had them I would of
LOL probably could have bought some with the saved fuel. But you did a great job of showing how tuff your set-up is.@@BurninGas8.1
@@ditryn lol not my truck or choices I was just sent to do job work&playtv is one who made us do this with no tires or chains or ballast in -25 celcius
Hey 👋 is workplaytv truck
We do the work part
@@BurninGas8.1 🤣🤣
Why if you have heavy equipment would you just sit there and beat on your truck like that ?,nevermind I watched the "excavator" work...thought you meant a excavator not a garden trowel with tracks....that video made me cringe...
Built ford tough
It's not his truck, that's why.
@@bullboss7698 its called bein told to do a job and being given this for equipment that bein said the truck has done this hundreds of times 220000kms nothin major broke yet... i also use my truck much worse then this ford and 7 yrs only minor issues i see no point in babying a truck ... its a truck ... its built to work so work it
Or just buy an old used Unimog and be done with it😝
I wish we had those in canada
Nice truck, however that BOSS plow is useless. Boss and Sno-Way are very similar in design and construction They are simply junk.
The driver is inexperienced but he can learn.
Get rid of the plow and buy a fisher, western or Artic. Anything else will be a disappointment
You are beating the shit out of your truck. Somethings going to break.
So far so good its been through far worse
Wrong tool for the job, that's for sure.
Rhett
Did ya make her 27:30
Watch part 2
Poor video quality. Wrong machinery good way to tare it up.
Didnt tear nothin up just another day
Wrong tool for the job ,, loader or blower and not spend the day beating up a truck
Let work and play tv know … I was sent to do a job and this is what I had was not my choice
How not to plow snow. Smh. Guy doesn't have a clue what he is doing.
how else you think your gonna do it with a truck with bald tires
amateur plow operator for sure, keep it in V.
Yea i havent plowed much... joking.... its called asking a lot of the truck
Go fast
Full speed
Backup all the way then go fast