From: Steve & Jeannie Keith (cckw@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Dec 02 2004 - 14:40:45 PST
Use pushbars for the plow frame. Attache them behind the cab and 'hang' them
from
the front axle. Even bigh trucks can have their frames bent by hitting a
solid (unseen)
object when equipped with the Fisher plow front of frame set up....
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
PS: As we speak I am installing pushbars on my 42 Chev 4x4 mil plow truck
because
I am bending the front bumper down frombeing too 'agressive' plowing with
the little
8 footer plow....
----- Original Message -----
From: <Krogerma@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:14 PM
Subject: [MV] Door latch mechanism and plow size.
> Hi, Guys!!
>
> I hope the list can help me again. Hopefully I won't start any more
> controversies like I did with the tale of the muratic acid path for
> de-rusting my deuce parts :-).
>
> The first thing is relatively simple. My driver door won't open from the
> outside anymore. I took it all aprt and got the actual latch mechanism
> out. The handle and the square axle it is attached to look OK. I think the
> problem is that the little dog on the inside of the latch mechanism that
> is supposed to push the latch back in is worn off. This is something that
> happened gradually. It was getting worse over time and one day it just
> sort of quit working. It doesn't look like the latch assembly is designed
> to come apart easily, so instead of wasting time rebuilding parts as I
> usually do, I thought I'd see who has one for sale. Anybody got any?
>
> The second thing I'd like to know is what size plow can I put on the
> deuce. Is there some max weight it should be limited to for reasons of not
> stressing the front suspension too much? The hydraulic system I built will
> handle any plow with no problem, but I just worry about the suspension. A
> guy near me is giving away an old highway plow if I'll just take it away.
> It's a pretty good one. It is the type that go on single-axle highway
> trucks and are about 10 feet wide. Anybody have experience with sizing
> plows for a deuce?
>
> I can put chains on if needed, but do I really need them with a 6x6 if I
> am primarily on level ground and can plan on getting a running start most
> of the time?
>
> Cheers!
> -Kurt Matis
> Troy NY
>
>
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