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C81 or 1077 for plowing?

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metalhead0920

Good morning guys, quick question. For plowing, would you go with a 1077 hydro, or a C81 with 8 speed?

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SPINJIM

If the 1077 has a hydraulic lift, definitely go with that.   Raising and lowering the plow by hand gets old very quickly if you have a good amount of plowing to do.

     Jim

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pfrederi

Hydro hands down.  Much faster especially if you have to do much backing up....

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SylvanLakeWH

I only have an 8 speed. Works great every time...

 

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Pullstart

I favor a gear drive for the majority of what I do, but the constant forward and backwards, there must be a reason most commercial guys use automatic trucks...  I got halfway through a stick shift plow truck build one time and realized it was going to give me a Popeye left leg running the clutch so much!

 

Edit* if I haven’t yet, :text-welcomeconfetti: to :rs:

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Tractorhead

All is said allready so

 

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Stepney

A 1077 might also have the limited slip 10 pinion diff, a major advantage in the snow.. hydros are nice for plowing in general anyway,. 

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pfrederi
1 hour ago, Stepney said:

A 1077 might also have the limited slip 10 pinion diff, a major advantage in the snow.. hydros are nice for plowing in general anyway,. 

 

Unless the rear end has been swapped out it will NOT have a 10 pinion limited slip...

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71_Bronco

Welcome to the forum!

 

I plow with a Commando 8 (8hp, manual lift, 3-speed trans). Its a little bit of a pain having to work the stick constantly, so id venture a guess and say the hydro would be easier.

 

However, its still a blast to plow with the stick.

 

I also swapped an 8-speed with a limited slip differental into the Commando 8 this summer, so it should be interesting to see how it performs this winter.

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WHX??
11 hours ago, metalhead0920 said:

Good morning guys, quick question. For plowing, would you go with a 1077 hydro, or a C81 with 8 speed?

I'm a sucker .... both......:)

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rjg854

Last winter plowing with the 877 was much faster than with the Commando 8, but still had to lift the plow by hand. 

 

This year I want to give the Raider 12 a chance to see if there's any difference in traction with the limited slip transmission. I may switch over to the C160 because of the hydraulic lift. Those plows get heavy after a while.

 

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