[Shop-talk] Truck cross reference challenge

[eric at megageek.com]

Ok, here is the deal.  I have a light duty Snowbear plow for my Ford 
Explorer (I just plow my driveway, so I don't need anything bigger.)

I wanted to be able to mount this on my 1998 GMC 3500  (SC3) truck.  This 
truck isn't 4 wheel drive so I can't really put a bigger/heavy duty plow 
on it.  Plus I already own the snowbear.

Here is the problem.  I can't find my truck listed in their product guide 
for a mounting bracket.

Here is their mount guide...

http://www.snowbear.com/images/stories/contents/snowplow/pdf/Mount-Guide-2010.pdf 


Is there anyway to know if one of these will fit on my 3500?  With the 
plow there is a "cross member" which is a steel plate with two 1" nubs 
sticking out of the front and that is what the plow connects to.

I would hope to have another plate so I can mount the plow to either truck 
if I need to so since I'll be making a cross member, I don't mind twiking 
the frame mounts for the plow to fit so if I can find one that is 'close' 
to my truck I'll be fine.

Thanks in advance.

Moose
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