2013 What's New Book 2013 MY and snow plow
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2013 What's New Book 2013 MY and snow plow
The F-150 section is on pages 19-20.
XLT and Lariat with the 6.2 are snow plow capable.
Cigarette lighter is replaced with 12 volt power point.
link: https://www.fleet.ford.com/truckbbas...j-07-13-12.pdf
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With that being said, if you do some heavy duty plowing or do it to make money, go with an F250.
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*I'm just glad I live in Arkansas and adding a snow plow to my truck has never crossed my mind. I hate cold weather!
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I have no doubt the f150 will plow well for personal use, but the fact they say the electronic steering is too week scares me as they should know chances are people will throw on larger tires, ranch hand, winch, etc or even a plow thru aftermarket options. I'd expect for a front end to handle a 1000 lbs added to the front.
If how I am perceiving it is correct, I will not be happy with ford come the time i hit 120k miles and have a worn out steering system. Makes me wonder why we didn't get a hydro-assist set up instead of full electric for ease of steering.
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... but the fact they say the electronic steering is too week scares me as they should know chances are people will throw on larger tires, ranch hand, winch, etc or even a plow thru aftermarket options. I'd expect for a front end to handle a 1000 lbs added to the front.
If how I am perceiving it is correct, I will not be happy with ford come the time i hit 120k miles and have a worn out steering system. Makes me wonder why we didn't get a hydro-assist set up instead of full electric for ease of steering.
If how I am perceiving it is correct, I will not be happy with ford come the time i hit 120k miles and have a worn out steering system. Makes me wonder why we didn't get a hydro-assist set up instead of full electric for ease of steering.
- The electric motor and rack can handle the load but not the heat. The hydro system has a cooler on it to cool the fluid, that is not easily done on an electric motor. Heat in an electric motor can severely shorten the life of it.
- There could be a part in the system that doesn't tolerate the load a big plow puts on it. To play it safe and not add a bunch of warranty costs they take the safe route and just disallow plowing.
- The bean counters at Ford decided it wasn't worth the time and money to fully check how well the EPS would tolerate the loads a plow puts on the system. They make the decision that if you want to plow with a 1/2 ton you spring for the 6.2L and the system that has already been tested. Otherwise they make F-250- F-750s that all can plow.