I have a '95 F150 and need to mount a Myers Plow made for a F250

I got a Myers plow w/angle and a F250 Mount which I bought used.
I'm in the process of modifing the F250 mount.

My only question is, would it effect the airbag if the modified bracket is mounted to the bumper mounts. I noticed that the frame for the bumper is ribbed, made to collapse for a front end collision. I would hate to start plowing and deploy the air bag. Other than that, I think that installing the F250 mount on a F150 shouldn't be to difficult.

Modifications I'm currently working on with my Myers F250 Frame: cut off rear mounts and add plates that can be bolted onto the frame that protects/covers the sway bar. and added angle iron to mount from bumper mounts down to where Myers front mounts are.

Does anybody know if this is ok.

 

Stay off the bumper or your airbag may deploy. Go to the frame where possible. Check you welds carefully for penetration and fusion, back up with through bolts where you can. When plowing you're going to run into "things" under the snow. Otherwise you should be able to make it work with enough fabrication. Prime and paint well!
Tex
94 F250 460 cid E4OD 4x4

 

I'd move the air bag sensors back further, or put them behind the grill. We did that on my friend's chevy... moved the sensors off the frame rails up behind the headlights, so anything flying through the grill didn't hit them.

 

I have no problem with the idea of moving the sensors for the airbag if I knew what to look for. I've bought a Hayes manual but didn't see anything on airbag sensors.

I have a light flashing for the airbag since I bought it a 1 1/2 ago. So I wanted to fix what was wrong. I've take the code that the light flashes and searched the internet, i've also talked to 3 Ford dealerships, yeah, they want my money and will not reveal anything. My first truck, and don't have alot of money. I'm a DIY person for almost everything.

Anyway, I'm not clear on your answer. I am mounting it to the frame at the same point as my bumper. I took the bumper off and mounted it where the bump mounts onto the frame and then added the bumper overtop of this framework. If the end of the frame didn't have the part that collapses (<><><>) I wouldn't worry. Is this ok?

And the frame underneath the swap bar. Should this give enough support.

I'm mostly using 3/16" thick angle iron and 1/4" steel which is thicker then the frame of the truck. And yes welded brackets and bolts.


Thank you all for your advice and direction. It's greatly appreciated!

 

JUST DO YOURSELF ONE FAVOR! follow ford procedure for disarming the airbags before you move the sensors. if you rattle or hit them just right it will set off the airbag (s), and cause you a good amount of money to fix. my professor was telling me about a person who was working under a dash, removed the sensor on a car, and while it was on the wires, he somehow tapped it just right, it cost him his job, and the dealership a couple of grand, so make sure you find out how to move them without tripping them. good luck with your plow install.

 

Sounds like your mount will be beefy enough and is well thought out. The frame rail material is martensetic steel that is tempered to a specific degree and yeilds the correct modulus of elasticity for as much life as possible, it is designed to flex properly, maintain a certain tolerance of movement, and provide the skeleton that is the support system for your truck. Good luck with the plow season, it sounds as if you will be busy from the weather so far. If you've removed your bumper and remounted it ahead of the mounting system with not reaction from anything, you will probably be okay. I feel sure that you would have seen the sensors with the work you've done. There are four crash sensors used on an SRS equipped truck, 1 @ the hood latch support, 1 ea. in right and left fender apron and a safing sensor in the left hand cowl side in the passenger compartment. At lease two crash sensors must be activated to deploy the airbag. The sensor looks like a relay with one screw mount at each end of a stamped steel base with a compartment in the middle. (From: Chilton Manual 26664, 6-8, Chassis Electrical.)
Merry Christmas, Tex