[AT] Off Topic, Meyers versus Western Snow Plows on 1985 F250?

[Mike Sloane]

I can't say which is "better" - that is really an individual conclusion.

I used to plow my two mile dirt lane and several driveways with a 
tractor, but sitting on a tractor seat in a puddle of melted snow with 
my nose running wasn't a fun way to spend my time. I went through a few 
trucks over the year, but now I have a new Toyota Tundra with automatic 
transmission and Fisher plow. I have to say that sitting in a heated cab 
with a hot mug of coffee, "joystick" controller in hand, and a music CD 
playing is a lot more enjoyable than riding the tractor in the middle of 
the night. I still use the tractor (a Ford 860 with rear mounted blade) 
to clean up, as I can back right up to a garage/barn door and pull the 
snow away, something that a truck mounted plow cannot do very well.

One of my trucks was an '85 F350 mason dump with the IH 6.9L diesel, and 
I have to say that, while it was much better than a tractor, the noise 
of the diesel and poor rear visibility (as well as a marginal heater) 
was less than optimal. The truck finally just gave up - cab rust, frame 
rust, brake line rust, power steering failure, bad front end, etc., and 
I was not at all sorry to see it go out on the back of a salvage yard 
roll-back. On the other hand, the 8' Western plow never let me down 
(although it used to take me an hour to mount it). The new Fisher 
mounting arrangement is much easier/quicker to engage, but I am not at 
all thrilled with the new "bottom trip" arrangement.

Mike

On 11/30/2010 9:39 AM, Will Powell wrote:
>
> Now I'm rethinking this whole thing? Am I stupid to get a plow for my
> truck? Two reasons to get it 1) Would work better than my tractors 2)
> Heated cab.
>
> Before my asphalt driveway when I had crushed stone the WD with back
> snap coupler plow worked fine. If it got really deep I would get out
> the D17 that has the Mcconnell backhoe on it, that used to push
> anything. Now with the new driveway the WD spins a bit with the old
> chains and scratches the driveway. The D17 without chains is useless,
> even with all of the rear weight. Are there chains that I could put
> on the D17 or WD that would not rip up my driveway?
>
> If I do get a plow for my truck, will it work better than the
> tractors? The truck is a 4x4 1985 Diesel F250. My driveway is about
> 300 ft with half of it on an incline.
>
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