Having owned a plow and truck (F250) I have to agree with the others.
And you really don't want to try commercial plowing with a 1/2 ton truck. Pickups are made to carry or pull a load, not to have extra weight suspended on the front nor the strain of pushing snow. It's very hard on a 3/4 and 1 ton too. But the 1/2 ton pickups really are not up to the task of commercial plowing. Wet heavy snow is brutal on them!
I now move snow with a 3 point 8' blower. I haven't had anything more than one chain and 2 bearings to repair in the last 5 years and the bearings were going, not shot when replaced, in warm weather I might add.
When I worked as a mechanic almost every pickup we worked on other than oil changes in the winter were tranny and cracked frame issues on plow trucks. That was regardless of brand!
Lot of guys here thought they were going to get rich plowing snow back in the mid 90's and bought plows for their trucks. Very few still have them except for keeping their own drives clean.
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