First big snow of the winter...Snow plow on the rear hitch worked great.

[SpaceEVDriver]

I got a snow plow just before we traded in the Tacoma for the Lightning. But it's been a dry winter (we're about 50 inches below normal) and we haven't had a need for it yet. Last night I finished setting it up for the Lighting's rear tow hitch. We got a few inches, maybe 3-5, of snow last night, so I had the opportunity to try it out. It works wonderfully. Previously I would plow the quarter mile driveway with the tractor and it would take a couple of hours and I'd damage the gravel road no matter how careful I was. Today it took about 20 minutes. I still don't have it perfectly dialed in.

If you have experience backing up trailers, this is pretty easy. It's not as easy as plowing with a front-facing plow, but whatever. Live life for the adventure.

I had to get a drop hitch for it. And I had to cut about a half inch off the plow's hitch mount attachment to fit that cheap drop hitch. Not really an issue. I still have some dialing in on the standoffs and I will probably mount a PVC pipe to the plow blade so I don't tear up the gravel road too much when I get the height wrong. But overall, this works wonderfully.

 

[Smokey]

Anything can be installed on a vehicle if you have the time and patience to do it. Would I mount a front snow blade on the rear of a pickup and drive backwards, no !
With the Lightning, just drive over the snow and go get some donuts and coffee.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Anything can be installed on a vehicle if you have the time and patience to do it. Would I mount a front snow blade on the rear of a pickup and drive backwards, no !
With the Lightning, just drive over the snow and go get some donuts and coffee.

You make a lot of silly assumptions here.

 

[Smokey]

Sorry I can't give you the approval that you're looking for mounting a front snow blade on the rear.
Looking at your pictures you are just plowing a couple inches of snow and causing more damage to the road by removing the gravel and exposing the dirt base layer.
I commented because you posted your project and pics looking for comments.
Your truck and your road.

 

[Parsnip]

What plow was this? Do you have a link?

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

What plow was this? Do you have a link?

https://detailk2.com/tools-shop/snowplows/ramp8219elt.html

I got mine used.

 

[Southeastern-Fourwheeler]

I purchased a Super Plow, otherwise known as a pull plow, in 2007 for my 2003 F150. I have used it on my leased F150s and my wife's Expedition ever since. When I first purchased it, the manufacturer recommended running a welding cable from a starting solenoid connected to the under-hood battery and control it via a handheld switch. The following year I installed a battery box with an Optima 750 CCA battery on the plow, used a 7-pin connector to the trailer battery feed to trickle charge the battery. Then, a remote-control switch was added for the plow up and down function, and two fog lights were added, also controlled by the remote, to the plow frame for night plowing. When finished, I put it back on the cart, push it off for storage, and hook the battery tender to it in preparation for the next snow. Nice thing about this setup, anyone with a 2" receiver can use it, not limited to just one vehicle. In my case, I have used it on 8 different vehicles so far and it has worked great on each. Even though I have had the Lightning for two years, I haven't had enough snow to try the plow out yet. But if experience counts for anything, it will probably work just as well as it did on my other ICE vehicles.

Check out the link
EZ Snowplow Super Plow

 

[CD4TNF]

Neat to see it can be done.

 

[Firn]

Sorry I can't give you the approval that you're looking for mounting a front snow blade on the rear.
Looking at your pictures you are just plowing a couple inches of snow and causing more damage to the road by removing the gravel and exposing the dirt base layer.
I commented because you posted your project and pics looking for comments.
Your truck and your road.

Wow, what a complete jerk of a comment to make.

You still have to plow "a couple inches" of snow instead of driving on it so that it doesn't pack and turn into ice.

 

[pullinggs]

Would I mount a front snow blade on the rear of a pickup and drive backwards, no !

I plowed several miles of road yesterday while driving backwards. Admittedly, I was on a tractor with a rear blade and ~12 inches of wet, heavy snow, but good luck driving over that for donuts. (There is a thread on the forum about pulling stuck vehicles out of ditches...just sayin'.)

Every situation can be different, if not unique. There are many ways to solve a problem like this. Pushing a plow backwards with the truck would probably not work well for me, but it looks like the OP got exactly what he wanted out of his set up. "Good show," I say.

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