Meyer 7.5' Plow

[wtfd6]

that looks like a nice unit.


mark

 

[PToombs]

That might do it. I haven't looked at a newer plow up close to see how they are made and your pics are a little too close to see all of it. The flap can be any type of rubber or plastic. We used to put old conveyor belting on them. Hope this helps!

 

[Alphacowboy]

here is a shot a little further away for ya...

 

[Alphacowboy]

oh, and yes, I am missing a tension spring, the bolt for adjusting the tension was missing, so I am waiting on a new one.

 

[PToombs]

Yup! The newer plows sure make it tough on guys with lifted trucks. The way it mounts to the truck is just about non-adjustable or adaptable with out major work. If you can get 3 inches, I'd try to do it. The old plows were easy to do, weld a bracket on to move the holes up. Now most of the brackets are all made together to be removed in the name of safety. Good luck!

 

[Nate]

Have any of you had experiance with Meyer plows?

Yes, we had one at work (in Alaska) mounted on an F350 gasser. I broke that plow AT LEAST 5 or 6 times in two winters of plowing snow. I snapped one of the 2 tabs holding the plow frame to the truck, snapped the bolt used as the pivot in the middle, busted a hydraulic lines, other things as well. The plow would have been fine with a Jeep or small Blazer... Not a full sized truck. This was the "commerical" line plow too



And no, I was not abusing the truck, nor the plow. I learned how to drive when I was ~11 years old by plowing snow in my Dad's truck, a 79 Chev with a Fisher plow and I plowed every winter until I left for the AF. The plow on my Dad's truck is from ~1975 and it still going strong today, with very few repairs done to it.



I don't mean to post this to bash your plow, just wanted to share my experiences.

 

[dclassens]

Alpha, where is that front bumper from. It looks REALLY good and I was wondering about price and availability?? Any feedback would be great!! Thanks

Dave

 

[Alphacowboy]

Alpha, where is that front bumper from. It looks REALLY good and I was wondering about price and availability?? Any feedback would be great!! Thanks

Dave

Dave,

That bumper was custom built by a friend of mine. Unfortunately, he cant make any more of them, as he built it in High School shop class a few years ago, and has since graduated. I do have the build up of it and measurements if you want to see if a local welder would be willing to tackle the task though, just let me know.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

I didn't read the whole thread just yet, but I saw two keywords "Meyer" and "Plow". I don't mean to pee on your parade... but figure I'd alert you and other folks that might be considering a Meyer snow plow.



Based on the pictures you submitted, Meyer has not improved upon their poor design that you'll soon discover to be extremely frustrating. Instead of having a trip edge on the bottom of the moldboard, Meyer has a really bad design that folds the whole moldboard over when you encounter an obstruction. When this happens, you loose the load of snow and you have to back up and start over. Not cool.



I plowed snow commercially in MA for probably 5 years using 3 different trucks and 3 different plows. Most of it was done with Fisher snowplows (electric over hydraulic) but I REALLY took a liking to Curtis brand plows. That was by far the best plow I ever used - fast, low amp draw, and REALLY easy to take on/off with the hydraulic lift, etc.



Unfortunately, snow plows have a regional distrubution network - that's why I don't see any Fisher or Curtis blades out here in WI - they're all in New England since Fisher is from Maine and Curtis is out of Worcester, MA.



Good luck with your Meyer - you may find the 'tripping' mechanism not as troublesome as I describe. To each his own.



Cheers,



Matt

 

[Alphacowboy]

Matt,

Yeah, I have heard both ends of the story on the Meyer plows, some people say they are crap, others say they love them... go figure. Its like a Ford vrs Dodge debate. Anyway, Meyer does make a blade edge trip board as well. Actually, most manufactures make a blade and board trip plow, just depends on what you want to spend on one. Some guys love the blade trip, others swear by the board. Honestly, for the amount of plowing I will be doing, I think it will be fine. If I have to max out the tension on the springs, so be it. I did test it out just grading my gravel driveway last night, and it only tripped once, and thats when it dug into some hard clay, but I do only have 3 springs on it right now as I am waiting for a missing adjustment bolt.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Cool. Good luck with it, man. Every winter I fondly remember the hundreds of hours I've logged behind the wheel of a plow truck.



"Call Mr. Plow - that's my name. That name again is Mr. Plow. "



Matt

 

[Nate]

The Meyer plow we had was pure CRAP. It's possible other models are better. Though I still would never recomend Meyer to someone since I have such a bad taste it my mouth for them. I'm not saying that to **** in your cherrios, just wanted to add my 0. 02 is all.





The one we had was cheaply built, with what seemed to not much more than scrap steel pieces and random hardware store parts. Grade 5 bolts, were hardened steel pins should have been used. It was too light and wouldn't cut very good, and when it did, the moldboard would fold over constantly, even with the springs cranked all the way tight. By the time I left Alaska, I had probably spent at least a 40hr week added over 2 years working on the darn thing.



The worst part of the deal is we trashed a nearly new fisher plow when we got the new truck/Meyer plow. All that was needed was a new mount setup to fit the new truck, about $500, but they refused to spend that, and bought a Meyer instead :-{}



Fisher is out of Maine... but we had Fisher plows in Alaska. They are stout. Shoot, my Dad plowed dirt with his one year. We build a setup that would stop the cutting edge from folding back. Worked good.



Diamond plows are another good brand.

 

[Alphacowboy]

Diamond plows are another good brand.

:-laf Thats actually kinda funny! Diamond and Meyer are the same company.

 

[Nate]

Maybe I was thinking of Western then. I know they were red plows.