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Would you buy a truck that had been used for snow plowing?

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Its a 2018 with 30000 miles. Looks good and not beat up. It was used for one season in Maryland plowing parking lots. 68rfe 2500 Laramie.
 
Was it a private owner who used it for his/her own business to plow?

Or was it the property of a company who let Employee #123456 drive it on behalf of the company?

If #1 - I'd have no concerns with it. Those who depend on a vehicle for their livelihood, in my opinion, would pay more attention to maintenance and be a bit less abusive. If #2 - I'd really have to look at the cost savings versus another comparable vehicle, as I just don't trust that the same care would have been taken (yep, stereotypical, I know).

No matter what, a used vehicle is always going to come with some unknowns. You never know if the previous owner towed well beyond the weight capacity, raced or jumped it, etc... But as long as all of the mechanicals check out and it there aren't any other lingering concerns, I wouldn't be worried about it just because it was used for plowing.
 
I would not be concerned its not like the old trucks these frames were built to plow
 
I wouldn't, but that's because I wouldn't buy any truck from up north. Don't want no rust bucket.
 
How are you dealing with the snow there? I'm Southeast of Lake Ontario, 6 inches of snow is no big deal. Snowmobiles are fun!!!
 
davis2 said:
How are you dealing with the snow there? I'm Southeast of Lake Ontario, 6 inches of snow is no big deal. Snowmobiles are fun!!!
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I've been out and about including a long drive out to a remote area. I bought some Falken Wildpeak A/T3W's before I even had my truck. I was already impressed with these tires for how quiet and smooth they were but after taking them out on the snow and ice and light offroad, I'm really loving these tires. Unless their performance and comfort really degrades a lot with wear, I'd even forgive them not having great tread wear although I'm not expecting that. Overall, things are a mess here. Hopefully, we'll burn enough carbon to prevent this from happening in the future. :D
 
If you just slow down in the snow, it really helps. My wife's Built to Serve 1500 has the Falken's on it, she likes them.
 
I've done enough winter driving to know my limitations and to also know that most people here don't. During one ice storm we had here years ago, I saw a woman in a Boxster (I'm sure with summer tires), do a slow speed complete 360 next to me on a service road. I was making sure to avoid her but when she spun around my way I saw her eyes and I have never seen somebody's eyes wider in my life. :oops: I'm not even sure how she did that.:D
 
Pronto said:
I've done enough winter driving to know my limitations and to also know that most people here don't. During one ice storm we had here years ago, I saw a woman in a Boxster (I'm sure with summer tires), do a slow speed complete 360 next to me on a service road. I was making sure to avoid her but when she spun around my way I saw her eyes and I have never seen somebody's eyes wider in my life. :oops: I'm not even sure how she did that.:D
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We have idiots up here too... But some of them ply their trade on the snowmobile trails, usually fitschaced from the refreshments at all the pit stops.
 
davis2 said:
We have idiots up here too... But some of them ply their trade on the snowmobile trails, usually fitschaced from the refreshments at all the pit stops.
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We had a tour bus stuck on a sled trail their GPS told them that was the way and the driver was not smart enough to stop lol
 
Pronto said:
I wouldn't, but that's because I wouldn't buy any truck from up north. Don't want no rust bucket.
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Here is an example of a well taken care of plow truck.... i have plowed with it for years before putting the plow on my 19 and not a spot of rot anywhere you can even wipe the undercoating off and see the factory black paint on the frame
 

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H3LZSN1P3R said:
Proper annual undercoating and you wont have a rust bucket
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davis2 said:
Regular washing with under body spray helps immensely. Just like anything, you have to take care of it.
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But being used do you know that the previous owner did all that and took care of it? Impossible to know just looking at it. Not a risk I would be willing to take with my hard earned money. I made the mistake of buying a north eastern truck once. Looked good when I bought it but a couple years later it all started coming through.

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MtnRider said:
But being used do you know that the previous owner did all that and took care of it? Impossible to know just looking at it. Not a risk I would be willing to take with my hard earned money. I made the mistake of buying a north eastern truck once. Looked good when I bought it but a couple years later it all started coming through.

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Its easy to tell just get under and look also bring a magnet to check for bondo
 
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