Snowbound
Jim
On these Western Ultramounts, the plow A-frame height is set when you put the plow together based on the height of the receiver brackets that are mounted to truck frame. It was actually a better design than the Unimount because the old truck side frame hung low and had to be a set distance from ground to keep plow frame level. So now the receiver pockets set up tight to frame and you can also remove them with a pin so when you don’t have plow on, there’s nothing hanging down to hit stuff. But not all trucks are created equal and you couldn’t grab your buddy’s plow if he had a Dodge and you have a Chevy because the Dodge frame is higher and his plow is set up in a configuration 3 or 4 and the Chevy is the lowest at a 1 or 2. Here you can see what I mean.
And that’s exactly what happened. I hooked up plow to test it out, everything functioned like it should, lights and all. I noticed right away that it was set up for his Dodge and the plow frame was about an inch off the ground! I explained why it was like that and what had to be done and he thought we could change it right there. No way! I asked if he had an impact and an 18mm socket I could borrow and I’ll see if I can crank my torsion bars to get it up high enough to get home without scraping or else I would have to come back with trailer. So that what I did. I buried them adjuster and it got me up another 1-1/2” so I was able to bring it home. I just took it easy.
And that’s exactly what happened. I hooked up plow to test it out, everything functioned like it should, lights and all. I noticed right away that it was set up for his Dodge and the plow frame was about an inch off the ground! I explained why it was like that and what had to be done and he thought we could change it right there. No way! I asked if he had an impact and an 18mm socket I could borrow and I’ll see if I can crank my torsion bars to get it up high enough to get home without scraping or else I would have to come back with trailer. So that what I did. I buried them adjuster and it got me up another 1-1/2” so I was able to bring it home. I just took it easy.