What do you experts think about putting a snow plow on the kj? My brother thinks it's a bad idea due to the unibody. I just want to plow my driveway (100 yards of gravel), and I have a rock lizard front bumper with hitch and shackle mounts. Has anyone done this? Any input would be appreciated.

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Frankenlifted (plus 1 extra rear iso. and a 3 nut clevis), Al's gen 4.5 UCA's, Full Mopar Skids, Kurt Hitch, Soft 8's, BFG AT's 245 75 16, Rock Lizard Front Bumper, fence top-rail crossbars (unbent!), some stuff inside...

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It depends if your moving snow or pushing it as in if your using a angled blade to slide snow off a surface you'll be fine. BUT if your using a straight blade to push the snow down the path you'll need a boxed frame vehicle. It all depends on how deep/heavy the snow is and if you have a place to scoot it off to the side so it doesn't build up in front of the blade and cause that extra stress on the frame of the vehicle. Have you considered using a quad with a blade?

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2005 Dodge Ram HD CTD 2" lift on 35/12.5s, straight pipe, AEM CAI, DS Powerpuck Ex 21.2MPG
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Sport .5" level on 245/70s, 3" straight pipe, ORM 24.6MPG (TOTALED)
2010 JK Rubi stock (for now)

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ton of discussion about a year ago on the same subject.

If it was mine though I wouldn't do it. I've had plows on full framed F250s and Broncos and have seen what it did to them.

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i would do it... the KJ has all the right ingredients to plow like a beast. you just cant be dumb about it. It will never plow like a F350 or 1 ton truck.. but mounted correctly, and used correctly, it wouldn't hurt the unibody... and the wheel base, weight, turning radius, and snow capabilities of the KJ would be great for snowplowing.

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2006 Renegade. Completely stock.

got any pics of your RL front bumper?

Id say it could do light snow, but id rather leave that to the full size trucks.

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Thanks for the responses. I found that old thread, and after reading, I'm leaning more toward just buying an old truck or outfitting my riding mower with a giant snowblower. Anyone have any experience with lawn tractor mounted snowblowers? I found this on craigslist for about what it would cost for a new plow setup on th kj, but I don't really want a money pit project. Any thoughts?

http://northernwi.craigslist.org/ctd/2508406432.html

Here's some old pics of my jeep. The bumper came off of usafcops jeep.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50246

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"BERT" 2003 3.7L Sport Gasser with the 5-speed stick
Frankenlifted (plus 1 extra rear iso. and a 3 nut clevis), Al's gen 4.5 UCA's, Full Mopar Skids, Kurt Hitch, Soft 8's, BFG AT's 245 75 16, Rock Lizard Front Bumper, fence top-rail crossbars (unbent!), some stuff inside...