[kaisen]

Oh, and buying a truck with a plow already on it may seem like a savings...... but plowing is VERY hard on a truck and the one you buy may be riddled with past abuses and will cost you more in the short run (transmissions, axles, suspension components, the plow mechanicals themselves, etc)

You may be better off buying the truck first and a new or used plow later. Esp if you can hang the plow yourself (install). That way you can get a good truck that hasn't seen the abuse Your light personal use from here on out won't be so bad.

You can do thousands in damage to a truck's mechanicals in ONE PLOWING SESSION if you don't know what you're doing and don't know when to take it easy. You don't want to buy a plow truck that saw that type of use. Potential time bomb.