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Docwheelhorse

Hello all, 

Years back I had a 1997 Oldsmobile Bravada (fancy S10 Blazer) with a 7ft Snow Bear personal snow plow. Worked great... and it let me take care of some friends and family.

 

Long story short the Olds almost got to 200,000 and lunched a rod bearing... I took plow off and sold it and truck went to Andover Auto Yard as scrap... 

 

Fast forward to now... I picked up a one owner super clean 85,000 mile 1995 S10 Blazer and decided to see if I could find a snow bear plow for it. 

 

I did and today I went to Exeter Rhode Island to pick it up. Its a 2004 and is in good shape. It mounts using a front hitch... OR  2 point Snow Bear mounts

 

I cant decide whether the single point hitch mount is good enough or if I should 

go with the 2 point that uses a cross member on front of truck

 

 What do you guys think?

 

Here's a pic of the generic hitch mount... I have to put a front hitch on to use this. Or... I buy the crossmember with the two pins that bolts right to my frame.

 

My Olds was setup that way. Im wondering if the front hitch would serve any other purpose (moving trailers? A hitch haul platform?) 

 

Tony

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ebinmaine

Front hitch could come be handy but I wouldn't be comfortable using a plow with only one mounting point. 

 

I'd go with the 2 point mount. 

Good heavy snow and it'll be much more rugged. 

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Pullstart

Personal use?  Hitch mount should be just fine!

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Achto

I would go with the 2 point hitch. There is a fair amount of stress when pushing a plow. That & I like to over build so more is better in my book.:D

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oldlineman

I would go with two points better over building than doing it twice in the snow!

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SylvanLakeWH

I would suggest maybe  both? Put front  hitch on so you have that for other front tow uses, and put two bars straight back to bolt to frame from the two point connections. Unpin hitch, couple of bolts from the bars and it’s off for other uses... hitch stays on car, bars stay on plow...

 

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Stormin

 I like Jim's idea. Got more strength for snow pushing and a front hitch is really handy for trailer moving. :handgestures-thumbup:

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