I got rid of my S10 Blazer for $4500 in the cash for clunkers campaign. I took off the old Meyer Plow set-up that I use only for my driveway and the driveway that I share with my neighbor. The plow set-up worked faithfully for 11 years, but it's time to get with the new plow technology.

Trying to refit it to my S10 Pickup became more trouble than it was worth, so I went out and picked up a new Western. I had no idea how far plow technology has become, after struggling with my old plow mount for so many years. NIGHT AND DAY difference in attaching and detaching it from the truck.

With the old Meyer, I had to deal with perfectly aligning the mount with the attachment points, pound in the lynch pins that wouldn't always align, plug in 2 hydraulic lines (quik connects were often frozen), then attach the chain to the lift arm. (All while it is freezing out!)

With the Western, all of the equipment stays on the mount. Only 3 plug-in electrical connections. Attaching it took driving into the mount (bayonets allow slop to make it simple), then about 1-1.5 min to plug the electric in and turn 2 spring mounts at the attachment points.

Plowing's going to be actually fun.



The powerhead and plowlights used to remain on the Blazer all year long.



This is what my pickup looks like with the plow removed; Except for a couple of brackets, it's hard to tell that there's a plow mount.




This is the plow on the truck. All of the hardware that you see fully detaches from the truck and all hydraulic connections are semi-permanent (you don't have to mess with hydraulics when attaching and detaching it from the vehicle). Another plus is the smoothness of the power angling compared to the old solenoid driven valves on the old E-57 powerhead.

 

Nice set up!

 

Nice. So is that red Isuzu Pup parked next to the truck.

 

That's a 1995 Isuzu Pup. 110k mi and is for sale. My son put it up for cash for clunkers, but it got too good mileage to qualify. We turned in the Blazer as a result (blown 3rd and 4th gear). So the Pup is still here. Nice truck, but we have no use for it.

 

Too bad I didn't know about it a few months ago. I would have taken it off of your hands over buying Colyanzu, as your little truck would have been a lot cheaper.