[JimKshortstep4x4]

My first plow truck had a three speed stick on the column and I could not wait to change it to an automatic. The areas that I plow require a lot of backing up so if your plowing is mostly forward you may be ok with a stick.

Right now I have a Western hydraulic setup with a Meyer plow blade. The blades will interchange on the plow mount that I have. My joy stick that controls the cables is mounted on the dash down low on the left side and it works well in that location.

Plowing your own place works pretty well but from my experience snow plows require lots of maintenance so plowing for others can be expensive.

I have never had to bleed the system as it appears to bleed itself.

Jim