You won’t ruin your Jeep plowing. Not even close. They’re built to plow with solid axels and a short turn radius. Meyer and Jeep had many ad campaigns back in the day promoting the prowess of the wrangler and a plow. You beat up your truck/Jeep when driving around town running from one account to the next bouncing the plow on the front end and blocking air into the grill. I plowed my 900’ driveway for 12 years with a Cherokee 4.0L and my old Meyer, but I’m finally retiring her and putting a new 7’ Boss poly plow on my pampered 2018 Rubicon 4 door. I’m going with Boss at the recommendation of my plow dealer because Meyer was recently bought by a German company that still makes a pretty good product, but isn’t as customer service oriented and the Boss is a far more modern design that a 70 year old granny can take on/off. Drive into the rig in your garage and plug in, done. Take it off just as quickly. You could go big and get a dual battery set-up, but you don’t need it. My Rubicon has 4 spare switches ready to go and the heavy duty alternator. The poly version of the Boss saves weight on the front end, but still bites hard and back drags great. A serious off rode enthusiast beats a Wrangler as much as a home owner with a plow ever would. My dealership says they can tell when someone has beat a wrangler or truck with plowing, so trade value isn’t a problem either. I ride mine into the sunset, so I’m not worried anyhow. It’s a Rubicon, so we all know someone will pay too much even if the frame is all that’s left someday lol. Paying another registration and insurance for a plow truck beater while inheriting years of rot is a bigger problem. Slow and easy with your dependable wrangler and a sweet new plow is like playing in a sandbox for big boys.
Buying same set up (2022) for my 2018 4 door Rubicon. Sweet.21 JLR 2" aev spacer lift. 7ft Boss HTX plow. NO Issues and do a Lot of plowing. Many times 12+ hrs at a shot
Brother, you’re simply wrong. I try to plow with the storm, but occasionally shite happens. I’ve plowed over 12’ of snow with a Cherokee 4.0L and as long as you turn that plow and go slow in 4H a Jeep or Wrangler will crush it like it ain’t no thang And while you’re trying to find a place to turn around without smashing into another garage or tree, the Wrangler is taking another swipe. Your pic shows a Ford with solid axels, great for plowing bigger accounts, but you must know that a Chevy with independent (comfy!) axels gets burned faster than any Wrangler ever will. Jeep is in part responsible for these awful rumors and BS over the years because some of their less than honest dealerships like to scare owners about putting on plows and lift kits etc as they look for excuses to void warranties as they prey on the misinformed. Just like some thieving dealerships want to change tranny oil, transfer case oil and differential oil every 30k miles LOL. Wrangler is built to plow, but I’d agree any rig gets beat up when trying to make a buck with many accounts. Most of the beating occurs when driving around bouncing the plow off the front end, that’s the worst treatment, or slamming into snow banks.It is a 2021, how much plowing could you possibly have done? Given the amount of rake in the picture, I wonder how often the rear wheels come off the ground when you lift the plow?
Plowing a small personal driveway with a Jeep would be fine. 12 hrs of commercial use per event is going to trash the Jeep in short order. I am sure it handles 2-4 inch events fine but heaven help you with that lightweight rig should you really get snow.
Spot on advice.
