Mopar Certified Meyers Snow Plow for Jeeps?!? Anyone have info?

[ShadowsPapa]

My suspension is a bit bastard, rancho 5000 2" shock and spring lift and 2" puck lift. With the plow on I drop about an inch or so. With the stock rubi suspension it sagged a bit, closer to 2"-3".

That's my fear - the drop in the front. I have plenty of rake now with the steel bumper, winch and skid plate (which I understand would have to come off with plow)
I have Rubicon springs and 3/4" spacers up front. The springs took it up almost 1", the bumper, winch, etc. dropped it 1/2", then the spacer took it back up 3/4" but I think it sits a bit lower than the 1.25" I calculated it should have in "gain".
Otherwise, am already saving for plow for next season.

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[JeepNNJ]

i adjusted the quill this morning. When i first lowered the plow in my garage, i thought it was going to break the concrete floor - it dropped like a stone! I mounted the plow again, and backed it out onto the driveway. The hardest part was removing, and replacing, the hydraulic cover. i turned in the screw about 1 1/2 turns and was done

 

[ACAD_Cowboy]

Which is funny because mine was the otherway around. I was after more down pressure and was willing to sacrifice slow raise times and a stiffer float. My plowing conditions do not have much undulation but scrape is very important.

I'm jealous of municiple roadway guys, just pushing off most of the snow and leaving the last inch... no scrape and salting the rest.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I've put a lot of wear on the edge of my JD plow (and later, bucket) to get down as close to concrete as possible. However, with age comes some effect of weather and climate on the concrete driveway and now there are slight height differences at some of the joints.
I may have to make a drive out east to look at the setup in person LOL

 

[JeepNNJ]

That's my fear - the drop in the front. I have plenty of rake now with the steel bumper, winch and skid plate (which I understand would have to come off with plow)
I have Rubicon springs and 3/4" spacers up front. The springs took it up almost 1", the bumper, winch, etc. dropped it 1/2", then the spacer took it back up 3/4" but I think it sits a bit lower than the 1.25" I calculated it should have in "gain".
Otherwise, am already saving for plow for next season.

Are you looking at a Defender type plow, or Fisher's version, or more of a midweight plow? I think the Defender will more than handle driveway plowing. Mine only drops about 1.5 inches. Timbren makes an active off-road bumpstop for the front end of a Gladiator and with additional spacers might help with a heavier plow

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Are you looking at a Defender type plow, or Fisher's version, or more of a midweight plow? I think the Defender will more than handle driveway plowing. Mine only drops about 1.5 inches. Timbren makes an active off-road bumpstop for the front end of a Gladiator and with additional spacers might help with a heavier plow

I've been following ACAD_Cowboy's advice and thinking. I was at first looking at a receiver mount type - but decided those won't have the control I want and if I am plowing and hit an uneven pavement joint or the ridge at the end of our driveway (where the county boys said oh it's ok we'll blend it in and smooth it out there won't be any hump there) I'm just a bit concerned.
My wife is always on me to not try to save a few dollars and then regret it later, or have to buy something 2 or 3 times. If I change my mind later I also believe a better plow would hold up and be more "sellable" in the future.

Yes, drop of the front end is my biggest concern. The truck has a lot of rake and a lot of weight up front with the winch and bumper (about 160 pounds added weight)

So there's this driveway (almost all up-hill to the road, strong slope to the west)

And my neighbor's driveway that I use to get back to my shop - and the shop approach and path from garage to shop - I want to clear this concrete -

And some of this gravel area at least for a path. I have to use the neighbor's driveway (to the right of our garage) to get to my shop back here. His drive goes to his shop to the right just out of view here)

 

[JeepNNJ]

I would have to agree with Cowboy, i dont think i could put a receiver type plow on my Gladiator. And my wife tells me you get what you pay for. i dont think you need anything bigger than the Defender 7'2" plow and maybe take a look at the Timbren active off-road bumpstop

 

[ACAD_Cowboy]

Speaking for my own plowing habbits, I would rather run out of truck power/traction than plow capacity as to my eye, you run less of a risk of damaging equipment. The light duty plows are better suited to things like plowing at low speed in an Explorer or unibody Blazer. They also more suited to multiple passes at low accumulation. This is generally okay if you live in an environent where the free moisture content of you snow is low; light fluffy sugar crystal snow that flows and flys. I live in an enviroment where a good storm resembles wet concrete and every pass you take that isn't scraped will form a bonded ice scab. So I need to move more snow with a more aggressive scrape with fewer passes. Ideal for me is a one and done approach so the 7'6" HTS while overkill for most jeeps is spot on.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Speaking for my own plowing habbits, I would rather run out of truck power/traction than plow capacity as to my eye, you run less of a risk of damaging equipment. The light duty plows are better suited to things like plowing at low speed in an Explorer or unibody Blazer. They also more suited to multiple passes at low accumulation. This is generally okay if you live in an environent where the free moisture content of you snow is low; light fluffy sugar crystal snow that flows and flys. I live in an enviroment where a good storm resembles wet concrete and every pass you take that isn't scraped will form a bonded ice scab. So I need to move more snow with a more aggressive scrape with fewer passes. Ideal for me is a one and done approach so the 7'6" HTS while overkill for most jeeps is spot on.

Most Iowa snows in our area are "wet snows". The typical snow actually starts in temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s, the storm moves in and the temperatures drop and rain turns to freezing rain, sleet and then snow. Common are the big heavy wet flakes.
We do get "dry snow" now and then but in Iowa, most of it isn't that dry. Wet snows are so common and problematic that snow blower "accidents" - amputations and other damage, are common because the heavy snow plugs up machines and fools fail to shut things off and stand back until all augers and fans have stopped moving. Snow blowers/throwers are common here - but so is the frustration of plugged up chutes and jammed up augers.
My JD is 4 wheel drive, 4 wheel steer and in typical situations I can only go 30 feet before the snow is so heavy that it stops my little tractor cold. It can easily take me an hour to get the front drive mostly done. I have to make a path up to the road and then plow down-hill.
I don't want to spend 1 to 2 hours clearing snow each time although this year we're still in the drought so didn't get as much as usual.

By the way - those two pictures without snow - note how wet the driveway is - No, it did not rain. That's humidity. There wasn't a drop of rain that day.

 

[Mac]

I've been following ACAD_Cowboy's advice and thinking. I was at first looking at a receiver mount type - but decided those won't have the control I want and if I am plowing and hit an uneven pavement joint or the ridge at the end of our driveway (where the county boys said oh it's ok we'll blend it in and smooth it out there won't be any hump there) I'm just a bit concerned.
My wife is always on me to not try to save a few dollars and then regret it later, or have to buy something 2 or 3 times. If I change my mind later I also believe a better plow would hold up and be more "sellable" in the future.

Yes, drop of the front end is my biggest concern. The truck has a lot of rake and a lot of weight up front with the winch and bumper (about 160 pounds added weight)

So there's this driveway (almost all up-hill to the road, strong slope to the west)

And my neighbor's driveway that I use to get back to my shop - and the shop approach and path from garage to shop - I want to clear this concrete -

And some of this gravel area at least for a path. I have to use the neighbor's driveway (to the right of our garage) to get to my shop back here. His drive goes to his shop to the right just out of view here)

Why not get a snowblower attachment for your JD?

 

[Angler3]

I have a Meyers home plow. it was on my fj cruiser and problem free for three years . Bought the gladiator and when I pulled the wires through the firewall , they separated from the connection between controller and harness. All the wires were the same color except for one set. Before I put them together I Called Meyers and they were terrible. Guy was rude and said yeah I guess so when asked if I should pair the non matching set. Didn’t want to mess anything up. Didn’t work . Called them back and they were worse. They couldn’t tell tell me what number pin matches where and what color matches to what. I told him the colors and he argued with me that they are the manufacturer and they don’t use pink. I was like, guy … I’m looking at it… also, I found a ton of hits on issues with customer support when it comes to the home plow. There is zero customer support when it comes to the home plow. Just an FYI and keep that in mind. Also the brackets with the wheels , specifically the center one, bends and doesn’t stay straight. Must be cheap soft metal. That started the second season . Otherwise , I loved it. Not too heavy on the front end and visibility was not an issue .
I’m in NY and just do my driveway and the occasional neighbor if they wait for me to get out of bed. It did well with all the storms we had. When we expected 10+ , I would do two swipes . It really performed well and I’m an amateur at plowing .

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Why not get a snowblower attachment for your JD?

multiple reasons I dropped the idea of a blower - WET heavy snow, and part of what I clear is gravel and it isn't faster.
The other big factor is the wind we have after snows - meh, not with an open tractor. I had a 3 point mount snow blower on a tractor when I was on the farm and that tractor looked like it was made of snow when I was done. Luckily, it had a cab.

I looked into that possibility -
The 44" blower for a tractor like mine starts at about $1700 and does a narrower path than my current blade does.
I figured I'd still be spending the same amount of time because you can't go fast with them, but fighting blowing snow in my face.
. - being in the 10 -40 mph winds clearing snow with the blade convinced me - not for me.

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