Choose Wisely

You’re about to be handed the keys to a brand new snow plow at no cost to you. To sweeten the deal you get to choose between a 2015 Oshkosh P-Series or a 2014 Western Star 4800. Which one do you go with?

Snow Plows

To make a good decision you must have all the details. Let’s start with the Oshkosh.

The Details – 2015 Oshkosh P2530

  • 4×4 (Duh)
  • Cummins ISX 500 HP
  • Allison 4000 RDS Auto
  • Dorr-Miller 2-Speed Automatic Transfer Case
  • Hi-Way 11′ E3020 SS Sander
  • Wausau 500 A Side Plate Hitch
  • Wausau 16′ BMP1650H Plow
  • Wausau PB11 Belly Scraper

Oshkosh P-Series Snow Plow

The Details – 2014 Western Star 4800SB

  • 6×6
  • Detroit Diesel DD13 470 HP, 1650 LB/FT
  • Allison 4500 RDS Auto
  • Marmon-Herrington MVG-1600 2 Speed Transfer Case
  • Merritor 23000# Front Drive Axles
  • Tuftrac Spring Supsension
  • Hi-Way 14′ 304SS Sander
  • American-Sno P87 Dual Wing System
  • American-Sno One-Way Plow
  • American-Sno Wing Plows

Western Star 4800sb SnowPlow

So, what plow do you choose? Both have big power engines, 4×4 setups, automatic transmissions, and Hi-Way spreaders. Even the plows are made by the same company. Do you wan’t a belly plow or wings? The choice is yours! Don’t worry about aging 100 years in mere seconds, unlike the Holy Grail, there is no wrong choice.

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6 Responses to Choose Wisely

  1. Ryan says:

    I may detest chrome on a snow plow, buy my Lord that Western Star is quite the rig!!

  2. David says:

    As an old snow man, the Western for comfort (you’d get a wing man to swap off with, or should, anyways) for those nice 30 hour shifts. Looks like a good divided highway truck. But for real work, getting in tight, scraping ice, working shoulders, you’d have to take the Oshkosh. Although a 24 hour shift in that will feel like 48!

  3. Michael says:

    I’d choose the Oshkosh any day. If you want to push snow, push it with an Oshkosh. Too bad they’re hard to come by.

  4. WILLIAM FRIES IV says:

    Oshkosh “The Only Real Plow Truck” I got a bunch of them. Once you plow with one you won’t plow with anything else. Built for work not operator comfort. They ride like a cinder block but will push 36″ of snow like its not even there.

  5. WILLIAM says:

    Oshkosh “The Only Real Plow Truck” I got a bunch of them. Once you plow with one you won’t plow with anything else. Built for work not operator comfort. They ride like a cinder block but will push 36″ of snow like its not even there.

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