Any of you guys plow with this set up...dually with a dump body with only 2WD? Is it effective? or? I understand that you may have to load up the dump quite a bit to have some traction. Chains etc. But I just find it hard to see happening. Is this common?

Thanks

 

I dont have one but I am quite certain there is a reason you never see a 2 wd truck plowing snow. I have driven 2wd duallys in the snow before and literaly got stuck in an inch of snow. Sounds like a real bad idea to me.

 

You would have traction, but you wouldn't have the extra steering traction 4wd will bring you. Guess it depends on the terrain and direction as to how good or bad it would work.

 

It wouldn't be great, put it that way.

Perhaps doable in some situations, definitely with chains, but who would want you teraing their parking lot up with chains?

2wd does not perform super well in snow.

That said, don't forget that heavy duty highway plow trucks are 2wd,

 

think it would problay be better to find a 4x4. U would have to add alot of weight to the box if you wanted to get any traction.

 

I don't see a big problem with it if you have LSD in the rear and good tires. Some weight in the box is a must. For parking lots you should be sufficient.

 

steering would be much worse, but probably still doable if you loaded the bed well

 

i'm shopping for a plow truck and am running into lots and lots of 2WD dumps or rack bodies with plows. they must be doing the job.