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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 6:19 PM
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have a buddy with a snowplow and although my truck dosnt have the snow plow package, he wants to throw it right on. just wondering what that would do to my front end? i have an 02 2500hd 6.0.
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 7:44 PM
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depending on the weight of the plow; you will have to crank up the torsion bars to level out the truck, then get an alignment.
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Old Nov 15, 2013 | 10:28 PM
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Depending on how much you plow, you probably take the plow off after, so 95 per cent or more of the time you are back to normal, I would say that you have to do nothing to a 2500. I have plowed my familys' five driveways for 35 years with 1500's and 2500's and changed nothing. If it is an automatic and you do not already have a tranny cooler and you are doing significant plowing, you may want to add a tranny cooler. Cheap preventive medicine.
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Old Nov 16, 2013 | 9:02 AM
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i hyave a 01 2500hd with out the prep package and i put a boss super duty 7 1/2' plow which you can remove veryb fastbv afterb the snow epasode ,it keep's theb weight off the truck all the time .
i dont know if you have agd or not but you might need timbren load booster's to hold the plow up if adjusting the torsin bars will not do the job,i did not need the load boosters ,it only droped about 1 inck when i raised the plow. i only plowmy lot around the house .
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