i plan on mounting a plow (and new shocks at some point). are there any known issues with plowing with this truck? google didnt find much on the subject.

 

Yea it's not recommended for the 1500's.

 

^^ exactly which is why you likely didn't find much on a search. if your plowing for yourself (your driveway) then it's fine, but if you plan on plowing commercially then i would not reccomend it. You'll have all kinds of alignment issue's, worn tires, worn shocks, broken springs, broken tierods/balljoints...etc. The weight of the plow is not good for the light duty these things are made for. Also, hitting snow piles just tears up the frames on the 1500's as they are thinner than the 2500/3500 frames. The newer 1500's are NOT built like the older 1500's from 30yrs ago.
Putting a plow commercially on a 1500 is like putting a plow on a Wrangler.

 

Running a plow is NOT recommended for any IFS 1/2 ton pickup. Although guys do it. Try to beef up the front as best you can and expect to replace wearing front end components often...

 

over heating

 

I don't see that as much of a problem. Especially if there is enough snow to need a plow. I'd imagine it would be pretty cold.

 

No, it's actually fairly common. Was a guy on here a while back had the problem and I had a buddy when I was a teen in upstate NY whose dad had a Furd F250 and couldn't keep the thing from overheating with the plow on. You'd think with it being that cold it wouldn't be an issue, but if you ain't moving very fast, it can be.
Blocks the air flow to the radiator...

 

I recall last season when a member on here was asking about alternate cooling options, because he had a 3/4 ton with the HEMI he had a plow rigged up. He complained that cooling was a major issue.

If your not getting air flow through the fins of the radiator, at a consistant flow, your not cooling your liquid.

Heres a theory. You would think that snow mobiles never over heat, because you only ride them in the snow. I ride a Polaris RMK 900, and that hot running SOB has to be ran in powder constantly to kick snow up on the radiator. Which is ok with me, gives me a good excuse to powder plow.

Just an example that came to mind...

 

ok. so watch out for the heat.

so, how exactly do i beef up the front end, never worked with a tortion bar susspension. looks pretty simple, looks as if all i can do really i get bigger shocks. there is a type that has small springs around it that i think will work fine for 100 bucks each. though ill have to get bigger springs in the rear end to level out the truck.

 

maybe those rubber airbags, though i dono if they are made specifically for my ram.