DK2 AVAL8219 Universal SUV/Truck Heavy Duty Snow Plow Kit 82 x 19 x 2 Inch Receiver Mount, Black

This is a large item, so it has to be delivered by a shipping company with a lift gate. No sweat. The guys dropped it right in my driveway and I went to work. Don't be concerned that the box is too small for an 82-84 inch plow blade; it is shipped in two halves that bolt together nicely.First impression was that this plow is very well built and heavy. All the nuts and bolts are loosely installed where they go, which is nice. No huge plastic bag of nuts and bolts to sort through.Problem: The instructions manual dropped the ball completely in three major areas. First, I put everything together, following the instructions step-by-step. When finished I discovered a big safety "pin" that was installed at the factory that would not come out unless I took it all apart again. Aggravating. Nothing was mentioned anywhere in the manual regarding this. Second, once I had the plow put together, the instructions stopped, but I had a bunch of pieces left over in my driveway and no clue how to mount this to my truck. I guess I'll just have to wing that. Third, the instructions for the electrical connections on the winch are laughable, to say the least. Clearly, they were written in some foreign language, and then translated into English by some 9 year old with no knowledge of electricity or wiring. Here is a direct quote from the wiring documentation that came in the small box the winch came in:"1. When wiring is enabled, please connect the remote control's positive power cord to the rear of the vehicle's electric door lock to improve the life of the remote control." Next sentence, "2. When using an external remote control, if the electric control box socket is three-core , remote control receiver need to increase the external negative line. if the electric control box socket is four-core, insert the pour-pin plug of the remote control receiver directly into the winch case." Punctuation and/or spelling errors included for clarity.First, the remote control has no wires, so not sure how you would hook that up to your door locks. Really?? The door locks?? Second, the wireless control unit, which is installed in the engine compartment, seems to have a wire hanging out of it. Does that go to the door locks?? Or does it go to a ground to "increase the external negative line"?? I found separate instructions in the main instruction manual that made it clear that this wire goes directly to the negative terminal on your battery, but I suspect some people would just hook this thing up to a positive 12V "door lock" circuit, as instructed, and fry their wireless control unit. Third, THERE ARE TWO SETS OF INSTRUCTIONS AND THEY DON'T JIVE WITH EACH OTHER!! This is electrical wiring. It must be correct.Were it not for the seriously-lacking instructions, I would rate this plow much higher. It is early December here in central Washington, and we've yet to receive any snow, so I can't comment on how well this works for me. When it snows, I'll update this.Update: Well, it's snowed three times here in Central Washington and I've plowed. The first two plowings were great; no issues. However, on the third plowing the mounting hardware just in front of the trailer hitch bent to the side. The "blade stiffener brackets" (as they are called in the owners manual) bent horribly as well. Serious flaw in the construction. The metal tubing designed to "plug in" to the receiver on the trailer hitch should have been constructed of solid bar, not metal tubing. The stiffener brackets are not enough and too-lightly constructed to prevent the blade mount from bending sideways. I've contacted the manufacturer to make a warranty claim, and will update once I have it. See photoMore update: Good news... The manufacturer was immediately responsive to my warranty claim and they sent me all-new parts to bring my plow back into service. I'm a very happy customer. I've changed my original 4-star rating to a 5-star rating because of the customer service and the quick replacement of damaged parts.

I had my doubts. I knew this is a lightweight home use type of product. Assembly took me about 1 hour in our shop having all tools handy. Some may allow a bit more time.Pros: Great price. Easy to install. Easy to use. Easy to attach and remove from truck. Attached pulley wheels to move the plow around when not attached to truck are a great idea. Should last for responsible light use. Now, I didn't let my staff use it yet as I use it "wisely". In other words I feel, that if someone just speeds into snow back or ice, I am not sure if structure won't bend or break. But, we have a fairly large yard at our company and it worked well. Did pull backs (dragging snow in reverse) well. Pushed it into piles with some force and rumbled over some ice chunks. The plow did what it should and the springs had the right strength to allow it to give way at the right force. Like it. Would buy again.Cons: Well, seems like a very light design and doesn't look very stiff. BUT...it works. It has the Made in China feel. I do have to admit the welds seem well done for a China Product. The powder coat is worth less. I mean, it started rusting the moment it set in the rain unused. I didn't expect more from a Made in China budget price product in terms of powder coating. So I expect this to be a junk of rusty metal after 1 or 2 seasons. But that won't have an effect on function in the sort term. I do expect rust to be its demise after a few seasons. (Weakened parts from rust through ect.).

Bought back in 2022. First had on my Jeep with the hitch mount. Worked great. I found you can’t be as hard on it as a bigger plow. Broke the part that went into the hitch. Called and they sent me one immediately for free. Very impressed with the customer service. The next year I bought a new truck and bought the actual plow mount for the truck, so I don’t have to use the hitch mount. I would recommend buying the actual mounts. Easy to install and priced nicely. Still have the hitch on the jeep so if I need to use that I still can. Highly recommend this plow. I live in Northern Minnesota and we get a lot of snow. Besides the one problem this has worked awesome.

customer service is the worse i have ever delt with , winch broke on the 1st use

Got my snow shovel finally here screws were missing joint pegs were missing came on this support board cheap board! It fell apart as he was trying to wheel it to my garage as far as performance it's ok won't scape all.of the snow it's setting two inches above it this was a tiring journey box was smashed

The unit can be assembled and installed by one person. It can be used on light snowfalls. The unit does not have a working remote control or a long enough cord for the wired control. This makes adjustments to the plow in motion impossible with variations in the road. Also with a front hitch the loose fit to the plow has a tendency to have it flop around. The company has failed to provide corrections to the problems.

Works very well the seller made it right with the caster wheels getting lost during shipping. Mine didn't have assembly instructions but they may have got lost with the wheels. Plow functions well easy to use and install, remove and roll away between uses. Over all happy with it. My Silverado hitch is low so I did modify the 2inch receiver assembly to raise the plow hinge section higher off the ground!

For what it is it works well, that said is quite cheaply made I bought a “used one” opened box much cheaper than sticker price no way I’d pay for a new one this review is after 2 years, be nice to it and it’ll work (keep a hammer nearby lol) it’s had wiring issues and doubt it’d survive any actual impact the commercial ones see daily but for a dirt driveway more than sufficient lights are another issue I ended up welding a bar and getting real plow lights, the worst part is it could be so much better with more sufficient and better placed side supports where it connects to the hitch