Any idea I just got my 2006 Ram and last night the temp was in the 20's
and had frost on the inside of my windshield , we got alot of rain in MA.
earlier so dont know if I have a leak some were any ideas.. the 06s are pretty well sealed up but somethings not right...

 

did you leave any wet clothes in there last night? how wet were you when you got out of it last night? seats could have been wet and the moisture got in the air and then frosted the inside, could be a problem but there are 3 things that could mean not a problem.......

 

Do you have clearance lights on the cab? One may be leaky.

 

Yes I do have clearance lamps and I didnt notice anything wet inside but I am going to check again today. maybe i'll try and give the lamps a little turn to be on the safe side. I never opened the cab when it was raining so i know it wasnt from me.. but thanks for reply

 

Where are you in Ma. I woke up to about an inch inch and a half of snow! Didn't know wether i was gonna eat Turkey or have to go out plowing, looks like it switched to rain here in Haverhill now.

 

I live in New Bedford woke up to more rain ,bahh would be nice to see some snow even tho my plow isnt installed yet ,Fisher or Boss want install an 8' plow said it has to be a 7 1/2 due to weight of the beast up front (CUMMINS)..
I dont even think a 7 1/2 would clear the snow away from the tires at full tilt.

 

I've got a 9' X blade on mine, just have them install the plates and wiring, or do it yourself. Usually they won't put an oversize plow on the truck, but they'll put the plates on and you can hook it up. What are you driving? Year and cab/bed size make the differance.

Just looked at your pics. Fisher does say 7.5 only, that's BS! You can put a 9' HD on an 05, any changes to the front end? I thought it was just cosmetis and electrical, didn't think the suspension changed!
Brake and clutch in Salem, Ma would install the plates and wiring if you don't want to do it yourself, then you cna buy whatever you want but you have to hitch it up yourself, you'll have to do it anytime it snows anyway so you might as well start now! My 04.5 does pretty well with my 9'X blade, it was on my 03 F-250 so I just bought new plates and put them on myself.

 

DC made the front end heavier on the 06s to handle the weight of the Cummins better and to make the ride smoother the 05s can take a 8' but the 06s cant that extra weight they put in the front killed that. So I can have them just install the push plates and wiring that would work I wonder if theres any difference in price. I would do it myself but never had before I think its just the push plates, wiring and a module theres nothing else that goes under the hood I dont think. I had a 9' pathfinder about 10 years ago
but had it put on been looking around ebay for parts but dont want to eat money and theres something wrong with them.Cant be too hard to install .Drilling the holes is probably the hardest ,so you dont think a 8' would do any more damage than a 7 1/2?Dealers are making me nervous.

 

There is no way I'd be caught putting a 7.5 on a 3/4 ton truck, my friend has one on his F-150! I wouldn't think the 8 would hurt the truck at all, particularly if you've got plow prep on the truck. The plow companies go strictly off gvwr not wether the truck is built to handle the plow or not. the rating is based on an average truck they use to build the frame and setup, in my case they used a 04 2500 with a 9000 Lb. gvwr, mines higher so you'd think I could buy a heavier plow either way. I'd do the 8' Hd at least, I'd probably do an 8.5 if it was me (what am I saying, I bought a 9) and I'd install it myself. The other question is what are you plowing? If your plowing for the state or a town how do they pay? Some places pay by the size of the truck, some by the size of the blade. If your town pays by the truck buy the 7.5 and save the $ and wear, if they pay by the blade go 8 or 8.5 to get some extra $. If your doing driveways buy the 7.5, 8 at the most so you can get in and out, the bigger blades are no good for most driveways. The plates on my 04 are probably identical to the 06, not sure but they were pretty easy, 4 1/2" holes I think and most of the wiring plugs in. If your mechanically incluned and haven't done a plow before it will probably take most of a day. If your doing lights it's easy to run strobe cables in the front when you do the plow wiring so plan ahead if you doing hide aways. The wiring you connect battery, ground, turn signals and parking lights at the lights, ignition under the dash and the headlight plugs just plug in, that's with Fisher anyways some companys have switches under the dash and all kinds of other junk but the Fisher setups go in easy. And if you have plow prep you shouldn't get any hassle from Dodge about having a plow, whetever the size most techs don't know anything about a plow exceding gvwr anyway (or they don't care).

 

My 05 doesn't have this problem, but some of the earlier ones had an issue with the drivers door weatherstripping. This is the first place I'd look. Check all the doors while you're at it.

 

I have a 9ft fisher on my diesel and an 8.5 on my power wagon...they are full of bull crap

 

Thanks for all the good advise. I think I am going to go with a 8' and go with bhzx12d advise maybe go with an 8' vplow. I am just doing lots and drieways. As far as the frost on my window, the inside didnt seem wet to me unless when I took the kids to school the day before there was still moisture on the floor mats, going to keep an eye on it. Truck is pretty well weather stripped and air tight..