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Oct 22, 2008 | 03:06 PM

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meyers plow

Ive got an old school meyers plow that someone hacked off another truck and hacked onto my 86 2wd dually. If anyone has pics of the proper way to mount to the frame. This is the old setup where you cant easily remove the plow mt/ lights.

Oct 22, 2008 | 03:15 PM

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With a 2wd dually you are going to have fun trying to drive the truck, let alone push anything unless you haul around about a ton or more of sand.

Oct 22, 2008 | 04:16 PM

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Its a long wheelbase dump truck.. 8000 lbs empty. I have very aggressive studded tires. I start out w/ 2 pallets of salt for my tailgate speader, thats 10500 lbs plus the plow. Traction has never been a problem

Oct 23, 2008 | 11:10 AM

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Youll be fine with traction on that truck.

Oct 23, 2008 | 12:31 PM

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Meyers has a good website and they still sell the brackets. You will have to find a local dealer to buy it though. I put an old Meyers plow on my 80, and I made my own brackets. The first thing I did was take the bumper off. This made it much simpler to attach to the frame. But I did find out after using it, that I needed to put a piece of angle iron from frame rail to frame rail in the front to tie the frame together. It made it weaker without the bumper.

Oct 25, 2008 | 01:51 PM

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myers said they never made a mount for 86 2wd

Oct 25, 2008 | 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bashby

myers said they never made a mount for 86 2wd

A 86 2wd what?

I'm Guessing between a F-600 through F-900.

But it Could also be a L-series (Louisville), or C-Series for all I know.

Would be helpful to know what model the truck is.

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Oct 26, 2008 | 12:04 PM

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From: Charles Town, W bygod Va

86 f350 dually 2wd, sorry didnt think about f600's & other big trucks. A friend recently had a boss plow put on his 83 f350 dually 2wd, Brackets still available. What I have works ok, just like to see how its supposed to be on there

Oct 26, 2008 | 01:14 PM

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sounds like 80demoace isn't a big dually fan. my '81 dually standard cab pulled a mobile home (not motor home) up a 40% grade to the top of the mountain it sits on now. it has also pulled a lot of equipment up that same steep road. personally, i'm a big fan.

Oct 26, 2008 | 01:46 PM

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Is there that much difference between the frames on a 2wd and a 4wd? I didn't think there was.

With the frame itself, no. The suspension components though...

Most notable difference between F-350 4x2, and 4x4 (Thanks bashby for model

) is leaf springs for 4x4, coil springs for 4x2. And I believe the 4x2 frame has mounting points for the leafs, if memory serves correct, they just are not used, etc...

And it's possible (but I'd check it out really well) that Meyers' F-350 4x4 kit will bolt right up to a 4x2, it's just they didn't market them for 4x2.

Oct 26, 2008 | 01:48 PM

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And it's possible (but I'd check it out really well) that Meyers' F-350 4x4 kit will bolt right up to a 4x2, it's just they didn't market them for 4x2.
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That's what I was thinking.

Oct 26, 2008 | 05:27 PM

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western's 88 4x4 frame fit right up to the 88 4x2 no problem. I did need to shorten the legs on the frame to find the right height for the pins though, and have the braces modified to fit the new height. It worked great this way for many seasons.

So short answer the frame mounts should fit the bolt holes but may need some modification for pin height.

Oct 26, 2008 | 08:21 PM

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The pin frame on my Meyers had some adjustment built into it, but you are right, you need to make sure the axis that the blade angles on is as vertical as possible with the blade down. If it's not vertical, the blade will want to dig into the ground on the outer corners when you angle it. My old blade was used this way for many years, and the cutting edge was worn into a "v". where there was more pressure on the blade edges when they were plowing at an angle.