Thanks,,,,the heavy duty model (have to look #) w/ 7 1/2 blade and gonna add the wings (I thought til I heard what you said).
Is that plow a $5k plus CUCV? That was what I thought plows were. I plowed years ago but in this area conditions are not so demanding. I am still open on considerations til I pick it up at 8 am tomorrow. Lots of choices tho.
Personally I would not run less than an 8' plow. When you angle the plow with a 7.5' plow you run over alot of snow with the truck tires. From what I have read the non-powered wings are not bad.
I don't know the exact retail on my 8611 but I think its close to $10K. I remember seeing $7.5K for the blade retail without mounting or labor. We have two dealers in the area who sell Blizzard and sell tons of them so their prices are great. All said and done I think I ended up at $6.4K. I have run the Blizzard 810 for years and love it. I think they run $5K, the last one I got was $4.5K.