[AT] O/T Meyers or Western plow

[Mike Reggie]

  Hi Ed,

   I think that after a certian date, somewhere around the mid 90's the 
manufacturers could no longer have the old style "hard-mounted" plows for 
sale anymore, and the new style "unimounts" or "minute-mounts" became the 
standard. I don't know for sure if this was a federal law, or just that most 
of the states picked this up.

  Mike


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From: Edward Tabor <edward.tabor at zoominternet.net>
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Subject: Re: [AT] O/T Meyers or Western plow
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:06:42 -0500

Is it a law of something that the front parts can't stay on year around?  I 
have several friends who leave theirs in at all times.  (BTW, I live in MD)

ED

Mike Reggie wrote:

>
>  Hello Richard, and list
>
>  Though I've been a member of the list since the fall of 1999, and I enjoy 
>reading the list every day, I don't post too often, however I do try to 
>participate when I have some information to contribute, I do believe this 
>is one of those times. I have been plowing and doing snow removal 
>commercially for over 25 years, over that time I have had quite a few 
>different brands of plows attached to all the different brands of trucks, 
>and as you will have different opinions on truck brands, so will you on 
>brands of plows and everything else[maybe even brands of antique tractors] 
>however, I have in the last ten or so years realized there is only one 
>brand of snowplow, and it is the Fisher. I could no longer even consider 
>purchasing any other brand, case in point, when I bought the truck I am 
>currently using in 1997, the dealer had about a half dozen of the truck I 
>wanted, but they all had the Meyer brand plows on them, I explained to the 
>salesman that we could still make the deal on the new truck, however he 
>would have to switch the new meyer plow to my trade in and put my well worn 
>Fisher on the new truck, both he and his manager could not believe this, 
>but after a short time were able to get the truck in and have the meyer 
>plow switched over for a Fisher and we made the deal on the new truck. I 
>hate to be be the descending vote  against the Meyer and Western, but I 
>just haven't seen a lot of service delivered from either one of these 
>plows.
>I mean no offense to anyone, however, I believe the Meyer should actually 
>come with one of those warning stickers that seem to get plastered onto 
>almost everything except maybe bagged feathers, but this one should read  
>"DO NOT EXPOSE TO SNOW FOR MORE THAN MAYBE AN HOUR OR SO, AS EXTREME 
>FRUSTRATION WILL OCCUR".
>
>The Western is not a bad plow, but that is precisely it, it's not bad, it, 
>like the Meyer and many others it still uses regular vertical type 
>tensioning springs and allow [or more so, promote] the whole blade folding 
>foward and remaining that way during the foward push which makes it not 
>float as is ideal, but make it go "light" to the point you actually can not 
>feel it and the load, most of which it's dumped and you have now driven 
>over.
>
>  The Diamond, when this plow first hit the market, I quiclkly bought one, 
>the reason being it was everything I liked in a plow and none of the stuff 
>I didn't. I'll explain what I mean..........
>
>  When The company that now owns both Fisher and Western bought these 
>companies, Fisher put a few stipulations on their selling, the main one 
>being that the new company would not change the design of the actual 
>Speedcast snowplow, and that it will not be made in an electric over 
>hydraulic design. Unfortunately due to the motor vehicle regulations just a 
>few short years later, it was mandated that the front headgear for 
>snowplows could no longer remain on the vehicle year round, and so the 
>unimount design[also a Fisher design and innovation years ahead of everyone 
>else]  became the standard for all plows.......
>


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