curious if you know, what tranny temps are you guys seeing when out plowing?

after an hour or so of back and forth ill see around 225*, but as soon as i pick the blade up and start to drive off to the next site, cools down to around 180*

just wondering if this is normal or too high

 

Dont work it too long at 225. You should be ok, as long as you dont over do it and give it ample time to cool down between jobs.

~180 is a perfect temp for a transmission.

 

boss plow web site had some good info

http://www.bossplow.com/PlowingTips

 

i've been wanting to plow and I think over the summer I'm going to start to outfit my truck to plow... what mods do you recommend?

 

upgrade your front springs to 2500 v10 springs and get beefy'er shocks. ive been plowing with my truck this being its 5th year and i just did the springs and shocks this season. made a huge difference in how the truck handled the weight of the plow and ride quality.

will ride like a truck but is worth it.

also a tranny cooler. im probably going to upgrade mine to one with a thermosat and a fan so that the fan will kick on when it reaches a certain temp and gets more air to it(not too much gets there with the plow on)

 

yeah i try to keep the temps down and let it cool when it gets up there. its never at that temp for long.

 

thank you... I just had to replace my idler pulley this morning and got to looking around the engine bay.. diff want a tranny cooler and temp gauge... where do I get the springs and shocks? and how much do you think it will cost?

 

i got my springs from autozone, just told them i had a 95 ram 2500 with a v10. ordered them and had them in a few days. got my rancho rs5000's from summit. all together cost under $400. then if you factor in the cooler and gauge your looking around another $200 so totaling $600 and then the cost of the plow....but all worth it cause by the looks of it this year here in NE, gunna pay it off quickly! 2 decent storms in 3 days!!

 

yea right i live in pa where are u at i go today and its ice!!! snow yea right!!!

 

another option and highly recomended for any make with a plow are timbren load boosters. they replace the bump stops with these hollow rubber jobbers its what there made for