When plowing do you guys put sand bags in the bed of your Honda for traction or counter weight? If so how much weight do you use in the bed? Not sure if this has been discussed somewhere on here before?
Neohio
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Boss should have recommended ballast in their sales literature. I don't typically run anything.
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Use sand bags to duplicate or slightly exceed weight of snow plow and hardware as a starting point.
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when I was looking at Boss they recommended 12 5 gal jugs of water. they should have info on the website or try calling a dealer. they didn't sell a plow for my 700 so I have a KFI and only needed weight 1 time when we had 22" snow
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Beautiful! I love that V plow option. If I didnt need my truck with a V plow Id have that.
Looks good. Id put tubes of sand bags in the back for weight and see if it helps. Its something u have to decide yourself.
Also, thanks for the pics and Welcome From Michigan!
Im assuming Butte is in Montana? Or am I wrong?
They didn't recommend anything which I thought was strange since the plow weighs around 420#.
I haven't been running any ballast. I was just thinking that it would help balance it out.
Thank you I'll try it. I've been using it without any weight in the back.
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12 5 gallon jugs is 60 gallons. At 8.33 lbs/gallon, that's 499.8 lbs
If plow weighs 420 lbs as stated above, it's about 80 lbs more added weight.
If plow weighs 420 lbs as stated above, it's about 80 lbs more added weight.
Thank and yes I'll give some sand bags a try. Yes it's Butte, Montana.
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That’s one heavy ass plow! That’s the main problem with them imo.
I don’t run any ballast in the rear at all with my Denali Pro plow that I bought from the club store. Had mine since 2018 and it’s well used. It will push snow easily without chains until the snow comes over the hood.
I don’t recommend ballast or chains as all your doing is stressing the drive line more and tearing up your yard / driveway. IMO the extra traction is creating unnecessary stresses on the clutch pack much like what happens when you get your rig stuck in deep thick mud. I’d rather have my tires slip on the snow / ice. Yes it helps balance when the plow is up, but for the most part it’s only up during transport.
I don’t run any ballast in the rear at all with my Denali Pro plow that I bought from the club store. Had mine since 2018 and it’s well used. It will push snow easily without chains until the snow comes over the hood.
I don’t recommend ballast or chains as all your doing is stressing the drive line more and tearing up your yard / driveway. IMO the extra traction is creating unnecessary stresses on the clutch pack much like what happens when you get your rig stuck in deep thick mud. I’d rather have my tires slip on the snow / ice. Yes it helps balance when the plow is up, but for the most part it’s only up during transport.
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Nice set up. Yes mine is heavy and most of the plowing is done in low 2 wheel drive. I did add heavy duty springs up front. I thought the springs would make it ride rough in the summer but it really didn't effect it at all.
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I use 4 low manual, if really heavy I’ll kick it into 4 lock. Really no reason in my mind to use 2wd even though it will work.
few years ago I upgraded my shocks from the base model to the Fox shocks. With the plow on I run the shocks in the stiff setting.
Don’t be afraid to use 4wd. Use first and 2nd low with some rpm’s and you’ll be shocked how much you can move before the tires break traction. For sure, don’t ride the gas, go, go like you mean it.
A throttle max will help tremendously if you don’t have one.
I do have a throttle max and it works great. Your explanation of no ballast makes sense. The plow is usually on the ground. Thanks for your input.
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I was out that way near Red Lodge few years ago….not quite to Butte….dam beautiful country for a semi time flat lander like myself.
Did some dispersed camping on that trip.
Montana is a great state if you can handle the long winters snow and cold. The high in Butte on Friday is going to be -3° the low is going to be -29°. Butte is 5500' above sea level so winter stays for quit a few months.
You should come to Maine where it’s warm. Lowest it got down to was 8* this week. Had 40s yesterday.
