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?
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
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
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.
I may detest chrome on a snow plow, buy my Lord that Western Star is quite the rig!!
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!
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.
True, it’s rare to seem the outside of an airport nowadays.
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.
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.