Fisher Snowplow Caution
From : woody
Q: i know it is not winter anymore. however this just happened. i finally get my new ram 2500 twelve weeks after placing the order and waiting for it to be literally shipped from a port in mexico to newark and finally on to the truck toward new hampshire. i have a 3 year old fisher plow that i had used on my 97 ram 1500. last january prior to ordering the 2004 truck i asked the local fisher dealer if the dodge above bumper tow hooks were compatible with the fisher plow mount. the answer was positively yes. so i ordered the tow hooks on the new truck; finally got the new truck and arranged for snowplow install. you guessed it. when i went to pick-up the truck at the fisher dealer with snowplow attached the tow hooks had been removed. also the front license plate and bracket had been removed. both in accordance with official fisher installation instructions. it turns out that on 02-04 rams the tow hook support brackets have tobe removed in order to install the plow frame as it is designed. one could reattach the tow hooks but they would probably fail under any serious load. so i paid for a throw-away option. as for the license plate and bracket the plow attach points pushplates are recessed 2 more than on my old truck. there just aint clearance enough in front of the bumper. they must not use front license plates in india where the frame mount was designed. my suggestion look for another brand plow for your dodge. btw i love the truck. .
Replies:
From : steve barker
my suggestion look for another brand plow for any truck! g. www.bossplows.com -- steve barker ========= my suggestion look for another brand plow for your dodge. btw i love the truck. .
From : carolina watercraft works inc
i only have one thing to say about that....hiniker. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi carolina watercraft works inc. raleigh nc 27604 919-212-2555 loballeng@mindspring.com we all have our ghosts...take care of yours my plate is full i know it is not winter anymore. however this just happened. i finally get my new ram 2500 twelve weeks after placing the order and waiting for it to be literally shipped from a port in mexico to newark and finally on to the truck toward new hampshire. i have a 3 year old fisher plow that i had used on my 97 ram 1500. last january prior to ordering the 2004 truck i asked the local fisher dealer if the dodge above bumper tow hooks were compatible with the fisher plow mount. the answer was positively yes. so i ordered the tow hooks on the new truck; finally got the new truck and arranged for snowplow install. you guessed it. when i went to pick-up the truck at the fisher dealer with snowplow attached the tow hooks had been removed. also the front license plate and bracket had been removed. both in accordance with official fisher installation instructions. it turns out that on 02-04 rams the tow hook support brackets have to be removed in order to install the plow frame as it is designed. one could reattach the tow hooks but they would probably fail under any serious load. so i paid for a throw-away option. as for the license plate and bracket the plow attach points pushplates are recessed 2 more than on my old truck. there just aint clearance enough in front of the bumper. they must not use front license plates in india where the frame mount was designed. my suggestion look for another brand plow for your dodge. btw i love the truck. .
From : dan j s
i know it is not winter anymore. however this just happened. i finally get my new ram 2500 twelve weeks after placing the order and waiting for it to be literally shipped from a port in mexico to newark and finally on to the truck toward new hampshire. i have a 3 year old fisher plow that i had used on my 97 ram 1500. last january prior to ordering the 2004 truck i asked the local fisher dealer if the dodge above bumper tow hooks were compatible with the fisher plow mount. the answer was positively yes. so i ordered the tow hooks on the new truck; finally got the new truck and arranged for snowplow install. you guessed it. when i went to pick-up the truck at the fisher dealer with snowplow attached the tow hooks had been removed. also the front license plate and bracket had been removed. both in accordance with official fisher installation instructions. it turns out that on 02-04 rams the tow hook support brackets have to be removed in order to install the plow frame as it is designed. one could reattach the tow hooks but they would probably fail under any serious load. so i paid for a throw-away option. as for the license plate and bracket the plow attach points pushplates are recessed 2 more than on my old truck. there just aint clearance enough in front of the bumper. they must not use front license plates in india where the frame mount was designed. my suggestion look for another brand plow for your dodge. btw i love the truck. my suggestion move to a state where it doesnt snow. .
From : justin justin1138 removenet
my suggestion look for another brand plow for your dodge. btw i love the truck. im just curious. get the hemi or cummins do you plow parking lots for businesses or just for your own property -----= posted via feeds.com uncensored usenet =----- http//www.feeds.com - the #1 group service in the world! -----== over 100000 groups - 19 different servers! =----- .
From : roy
i know it is not winter anymore. however this just happened. i finally get my new ram 2500 twelve weeks after placing the order and waiting for it to be literally shipped from a port in mexico to newark and finally on to the truck toward new hampshire. i have a 3 year old fisher plow that i had used on my 97 ram 1500. last january prior to ordering the 2004 truck i asked the local fisher dealer if the dodge above bumper tow hooks were compatible with the fisher plow mount. the answer was positively yes. so i ordered the tow hooks on the new truck; finally got the new truck and arranged for snowplow install. you guessed it. when i went to pick-up the truck at the fisher dealer with snowplow attached the tow hooks had been removed. also the front license plate and bracket had been removed. both in accordance with official fisher installation instructions. it turns out that on 02-04 rams the tow hook support brackets have to be removed in order to install the plow frame as it is designed. one could reattach the tow hooks but they would probably fail under any serious load. so i paid for a throw-away option. as for the license plate and bracket the plow attach points pushplates are recessed 2 more than on my old truck. there just aint clearance enough in front of the bumper. they must not use front license plates in india where the frame mount was designed. my suggestion look for another brand plow for your dodge. you folks are missing the danger with this mess. it reads like you tried to put a minute mount plow for a 97 1500 on a 04 2500. something sounds more than a little off here. plenty of 0234 2500 and 3500 with fisher mm plows on with front plates. who did the install go to www.fisherplows.com click onto the minute mount and take a look at the pic your mounting tabs should be just below the bumper. no way should the head gear be against the bumper. you hit something hard and youll be eating your air bag. my suggestion fisher makes a decent plow find somebody who knows what they are doing to straighten the install before you get hurt. roy .
From : steve barker
yeah we had two hinikers. bent them both the first night out. sent them back and got real plows. -- steve barker ========= carolina watercraft works inc. loballeng@mindspring.com wrote in i only have one thing to say about that....hiniker. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi carolina watercraft works inc. raleigh nc 27604 919-212-2555 loballeng@mindspring.com .
From : carolina watercraft works inc
i guess it must be the user. ive had zero problems with my hiniker c plow. imho...it blows others away. maybe i take better care not to do anything youre not supposed to with mine since i am the one that shelled out my own money for it. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi carolina watercraft works inc. raleigh nc 27604 919-212-2555 loballeng@mindspring.com we all have our ghosts...take care of yours my plate is full yeah we had two hinikers. bent them both the first night out. sent them back and got real plows. -- steve barker ========= carolina watercraft works inc. loballeng@mindspring.com wrote in i only have one thing to say about that....hiniker. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi carolina watercraft works inc. raleigh nc 27604 919-212-2555 loballeng@mindspring.com .
From : woody
on 26 apr 2004 172433 -0500 justin justin1138@removenet wrote im just curious. get the hemi or cummins do you plow parking lots for businesses or just for your own property the 2500 is a hemi i just plow my own 600 foot driveway. the plow is a regular duty minute mount i plow. .
From : justin justin1138 removenet
woody ars1@ttlc.net wrote in on 26 apr 2004 172433 -0500 justin justin1138@removenet wrote im just curious. get the hemi or cummins do you plow parking lots for businesses or just for your own property the 2500 is a hemi i just plow my own 600 foot driveway. the plow is a regular duty minute mount i plow. see 2 lane blacktop 1971 in the opening scene the main characters and their 55 chevy get beat by a cuda in a street race. theyre changing the tires back to street tires and the driver laments that plymouth had a hemi with a torqueflite. good flick. essential for car nuts. -----= posted via feeds.com uncensored usenet =----- http//www.feeds.com - the #1 group service in the world! -----== over 100000 groups - 19 different servers! =----- .
From : woody
on mon 26 apr 2004 233852 gmt roy roy@home.net wrote it reads like you tried to put a minute mount plow for a 97 1500 on a 04 2500. something sounds more than a little off here. plenty of 0234 2500 and 3500 with fisher mm plows on with front plates. who did the install go to www.fisherplows.com click onto the minute mount and take a look at the pic your mounting tabs should be just below the bumper. no way should the head gear be against the bumper. you hit something hard and youll be eating your air bag. my suggestion fisher makes a decent plow find somebody who knows what they are doing to straighten the install before you get hurt. as i said it is a 3 year old plow. to be specific it is a 7.5 foot regular duty minute mount i plow bought new in nov 2001 . i did go to the fisher site and the correct 7170-1 frame attachement kit was instaled according to the fisher instructions available on the web site. the install instructions call for removal of the license plate and bradket as well as removal of the tow hooks and support brackets. if the license plate bracket is left on the clearance between the head gear and the bracket is just under one inch. not enough margin to allow for hitting something hard mashing the bracket and maybe eating the air bag. i beleive that i have a decent plow my problem is with the design of the frame attachment kit for 02-04 dodge 2500 and 3500. the installation was done by ew sleeper in concord nh. the dealer that gave me the early bad info on the tow hooks was hawkensen equipment in meredith nh. both are authorized fisher plow dealers. .
From : woody
on tue 27 apr 2004 175940 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote looks like it is time to call or email fisher. roy correct. i sent fisher a letter last week with copies to the two dealers. my complaint was the flawed design of the frame mount and faulty info given out by their dealers. prior to the install both dealers had told me that the tow hooks were fine and neither warned about so little clearance that the license plate bracket had to go. woody .
From : roy
on mon 26 apr 2004 233852 gmt roy roy@home.net wrote it reads like you tried to put a minute mount plow for a 97 1500 on a 04 2500. something sounds more than a little off here. plenty of 0234 2500 and 3500 with fisher mm plows on with front plates. who did the install go to www.fisherplows.com click onto the minute mount and take a look at the pic your mounting tabs should be just below the bumper. no way should the head gear be against the bumper. you hit something hard and youll be eating your air bag. my suggestion fisher makes a decent plow find somebody who knows what they are doing to straighten the install before you get hurt. as i said it is a 3 year old plow. to be specific it is a 7.5 foot regular duty minute mount i plow bought new in nov 2001 . i did go to the fisher site and the correct 7170-1 frame attachement kit was instaled according to the fisher instructions available on the web site. the install instructions call for removal of the license plate and bradket as well as removal of the tow hooks and support brackets. if the license plate bracket is left on the clearance between the head gear and the bracket is just under one inch. not enough margin to allow for hitting something hard mashing the bracket and maybe eating the air bag. i beleive that i have a decent plow my problem is with the design of the frame attachment kit for 02-04 dodge 2500 and 3500. the installation was done by ew sleeper in concord nh. the dealer that gave me the early bad info on the tow hooks was hawkensen equipment in meredith nh. both are authorized fisher plow dealers. looks like it is time to call or email fisher. roy .
From : roy
on tue 27 apr 2004 175940 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote looks like it is time to call or email fisher. roy correct. i sent fisher a letter last week with copies to the two dealers. my complaint was the flawed design of the frame mount and faulty info given out by their dealers. prior to the install both dealers had told me that the tow hooks were fine and neither warned about so little clearance that the license plate bracket had to go. woody i looked at a friends 2500 today. the mounts are directly below the bumper that moves the headgear out 8+ inches at least. is it possible that you had a mislabeled mount installed at the least it would seem that it was installed too far back. cant you move the mounts foreword matter of drilling a few holes. the tow hook fitment i dont have any idea about you could always use the mount and a pin to pull somebody. roy .