I used to run a 7.5' Western with the wings on a one ton Chevy, SRW pickup. Did a great job on carrying snow to the end of storage buildings. When I quit the commercial plowing (2000), pushers were relatively rare, but the owner of the storage facility replaced me with his own employee on a Case skid steer with tracks, and now has a pusher on that. Seems to do a good job, but I don't know how long it takes.
I kept my 89 Chevy half ton and put an 8'Wetern Pro Plow on it. I like the plow, but it is too heavy for the truck, even after beefing it up. I wore a lot of stuff out on the original Western with wings, in part because it was moving more snow than it was designed for, I think. Had I had the stronger Pro plow with wings, I hope it would have lasted longer. I do like the straight 8' for back blading better than the wings, it works cleaner.
I agree that there are fewer times to need the V plow, and more uses of the inverted Vee- which is similar to your plow with wings. I wonder if anyone has used those fancy new V plows with the huge, flared plows commercially. They look like they weigh a ton, and I'm sure are $8K in stainless or more!
What I would design, would be a super-short bed, regular cab, one ton, with straight front axle/leaf springs to carry the load and be handy to turn, and a nice, heavy plow. The wideouts seem like a good idea, do they just need the kinks worked out?
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