The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Big Bolts So, what about snow plows?...

I've been pokin around from time to time seeing if I can find a plow rig that will fit my truck. Occasionaly I see whole plow trucks, but that's more than I want and are typicaly too far away anyhow.
Nothing crazy huge, just something I can use around here to help the neighbors off the beaten path.
I see fancy doo-dads that will bolt right up to my '00 GMC, but something that will go on the '56 is another issue.
Anyone have ideas, connections, plans?

What about an older Fisher set up? They are fairly simple to work with and most of the parts are still available. I think the hardest part would be to fabricate a pair of push plates to fit your frame rails, and a bracket to mount the pump to your engine. Go to the links section and look at the personal sites pages, look for Cut's Old Trucks, He has on on a 41 ford, it looks like it belongs there.

Bill, having been both a factory rep and a distributor/dealer for both large street and small utility plows over the years I would recommend something from an older one ton/two ton truck. The reason being that they are Universal Mount, not custom mount as is the case with pickup plows. Universals are made in 9-10'sizes and will be about 30" + - in heigth. I'd look for a Meyers (yellow)or Western (red)brand because of the 12V-DC power units. Parts are still available for most of the older power units. I've sold both and both will do the job however Western is better built and the people are MUCH nicer. There are several newer brands on the market in the last 6-8 years but they are nearly all custom mounts. The ones I'm talking about are Medium Duty plows. Stay away from highway plows all together. They are simply too large and heavy for your old girl.

Fisher is a very nice product but all older Fishers use an engine driven pump with considerable installation issues that are not involved in mounting an electric pump.

If push comes to shove (no pun intended) and you can't find one of these send me a private e-mail and I'll tell you how to build a mounting kit provided you can find the plow, sector (semi-circle) and A frame. Plows in the size you need will always have power angle, i.e., cyliders on the A frame to change the plows position. Look around and I think you find something.

One note of caution: be sure your front end is in good condition with king pins, ball joints, tie rod ends, springs, etc are tight and working properly. Plows are very hard on chassis and if you have a minor problemn it will get magnified all out of proportion.

Thanks for the info, I needed a point to start looking since searching for "snow plow" is yielding information overload & nothing else. :P
I was looking for a unversal mount, and I do need to beef the front end before I do this. Need new srpings and gotta rebuild the steering box at the very least.