Adding A Snow Plow Or Similar Equipment - Chevrolet 2003 Silverado 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual

Adding a Snow Plow or Similar
Equipment
Before installing a snow plow on your vehicle, here are
some things you'll need to know:
Notice: If your vehicle doesn't have the snow plow
prep package, adding a plow can damage your
vehicle, and the repairs wouldn't be covered
by warranty. Unless your vehicle was built to carry
a snow plow, don't add one to your vehicle. If
your vehicle has the snow plow option called RPO
VYU (snow plow prep package), then the payload
your vehicle can carry will be reduced when a snow
plow is installed. Your vehicle can be damaged if
either the front or rear axle ratings, or the GVW, are
exceeded.
Q:
How do I know if
my vehicle can handle a
A:
Some vehicles are built with a special package,
snow plow?
called RPO VYU (snow plow prep package). If
your vehicle has this option, you can add a plow to
it, provided certain weights, such as the weights
on the vehicle's axles and the GVW, aren't
exceeded.
Q:
How heavy can a snow plow safely be?
A:
The plow your vehicle can carry depends on many
things, such as:
The options your vehicie came with, and the weight
of those options,
The weight and number of passengers you intend
to carry,
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The weight of items you've added to your vehicle,
like a tool box or truck cap,
The total weight of any additional cargo you intend
to carry.
Say, for example, you have a 700 Ib. (318 kg) snow plow.
The total weight of all occupants and cargo inside the cab
should not exceed 300 Ib. (1 35 kg). This means that you
may only be able to carry one passenger. But, even this
may be too much if you've got other equipment already
adding to the weight of your vehicle.
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