DartVador
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I was driving a Ram 3500 dually 6.7 Cummins. I had planned on getting into some hot-shot hauling. As time was going on, I looked into costs involved of getting into hot-shot hauling, I looked at my current income - collecting a steady check every 2 weeks, and looked at driving a dually just to commute to work. After looking at all of that I decided NOT to get into hauling and to trade the dually for a Power Wagon. What an awesome truck - but - I NEVER would have thought it would be an issue to mount a plow.
First - Power Wagons have lighter suspension than a regular 2500. No problem, I was going to put 3500 springs in. There was a claim by some that the factory installed winch would have to come off because a plow mount would use the same bolts. No problem - you use longer bolts. However, I started looking at the motor for the power disconnecting sway bar. It was going to interfere with a plow mount. I read how you would have to do all kinds of trimming and modifications - something I decided I did NOT want to do.
So, as much as I loved that Power Wagon, I decided to trade - again. I work at a Ram dealer and had just cleaned up a 2014 3500 6.7 Cummins / single rear wheel. For the age and miles (123,000) it was especially clean. It had been corporate driven and faithfully serviced. So, it was out with the new Power Wagon and in with the older 3500 with the factory heavy duty plow prep package.
First - Power Wagons have lighter suspension than a regular 2500. No problem, I was going to put 3500 springs in. There was a claim by some that the factory installed winch would have to come off because a plow mount would use the same bolts. No problem - you use longer bolts. However, I started looking at the motor for the power disconnecting sway bar. It was going to interfere with a plow mount. I read how you would have to do all kinds of trimming and modifications - something I decided I did NOT want to do.
So, as much as I loved that Power Wagon, I decided to trade - again. I work at a Ram dealer and had just cleaned up a 2014 3500 6.7 Cummins / single rear wheel. For the age and miles (123,000) it was especially clean. It had been corporate driven and faithfully serviced. So, it was out with the new Power Wagon and in with the older 3500 with the factory heavy duty plow prep package.
