[Poland308]

Got a friend who wants to take a blade and mount he bought that was for an Ford excursion and adapt it to his 80's f250. It looks like the old mount was set up to mount to the bumper mounts of the excursion with some brace plates that went back and bolted on to the frame. The maint tube of the mount is 4x6 3/16 sq tube. It looks like all the lugs and pins that attach to the blade and lift assembly are in the center and in good condition. Any advice would be appreciated. He's going to pull the bumper off the truck so we can see if it's workable.

[AKweldshop]

I mounted a old meyers plow on a 84 F250.
One of my first projects.

It was a scab job that's for sure.

Actually its pretty easy stuff.

Put the tube that your plow pins to at the right height so its pretty close to a straight push. (You dont want much downward push)

Then hang it from the front of the frame with whatever steel you got. tubing, angle, or I used flat steel.

Then get rear braces that go from the tube to your frame a foot or too back.


Then it's cake from there.
What hydrailic system does it have?
Self contained electric or a bottle ack with a chain?

[Poland308]

Self contained electric
Thanks for the heads up on push angle.

[AKweldshop]

Self contained is nice.
It stays with the plow when you unhook I assume.

Good luck.

[Poland308]

I was kinda wondering about that it was half covered in snow in the truck bed it looks like it's in 3 pieces 1 blade and some hardware. 2 is the assembly with the hydraulics and lights and the third was the tube with lugs and some angle that looks like it went to the frame. I did some eyeballing on the truck and it looks like I may be able to keep the center of the tube that has the lugs already on but I think the truck frame must be narrower than the excursion. So I'll have to make new bars to go back to the frame. It looked like the main tube bolted to were the bumper was does that seem right?

[AKweldshop]

I don't see how your tube with the padeyes for the plow could be at bumper height.
Your mount should be all under the truck and not visible from the side.

If the truck is that low it would be useless for plowing.

Post up some pics.

[Braehill]

I don't know much about mounting plows so I can't comment on that, but when my friend had me put a tube grille and running lights on his F550, all the stuff was made for an Excursion. All the stuff made for the F250 through F450 models were different, so maybe the frame is a different width. That's about the only thing I can add.

Len

[Poland308]

I'll have to do some more checking after he gets it inside his shop.

[Bill Beauregard]

Terrible things happen when the pivot point is too high. Imagine a 7,000 LB pole vaulter stubbing his pole when he isn't expecting it. Keep it at 8" or even lower.
Fisher sells push brackets to fit specific models, but I'd explore the possibility of adapting since Excursion, and Super Duty are pretty similar.
I did a brand new Fisher on a brand new F250 in 2001, it was a two day job. I've mounted quite a few snowplows, this was the worst I've done. There is a lot of stuff in the way on a 250.

[Poland308]

Well now I'm wondering how much of the old supports I'll be able to salvage.

[MinnesotaDave]

If it will help, I'll take a few pics of the setup on my 89 f150 tonight. (Meyers 8' pro)

I took it from a 90's f250 and cut it to fit my truck.

The rear frame brackets were almost identical, I just had to cut off the lower mount area, turn it to line up, then re-weld.

I also had to chop the height because an f250 is taller off the ground and the mount hung near the ground. I set my clearance at about 9" if I recall.

[Poland308]

That would be great! I've been searching the web for good pics but I can't find many.

[MinnesotaDave]

Here you go, feel free to ask questions - did this about 15+ years ago.

First pic you can see one bolt through the side of frame, there are two more hidden from view.
The galvanized piece has side piece welded to it for those other two bolts - it's basically an adaptor bracket.

Second pic is the drivers side rear plate that has the lower mount welded to it.

The 3 remaining pics are the passenger side rear mount - the drivers side is similar.

[Poland308]

Were you able to make it work with only existing holes in the frame?

[MinnesotaDave]

Most were existing holes - only recall drilling a few. I think I drilled the 2 up front on each side, and the 3rd hole I just lengthened a little.

[Poland308]

Thanks for the help and pics. I think I'll have to wait till he gets it in his shop to really lay out the changes I need to make.

[MinnesotaDave]

Thanks for the help and pics. I think I'll have to wait till he gets it in his shop to really lay out the changes I need to make.

If you've never done one I have a recommendation.

It always seems to work out easier for me if I jack (or hang) the main part where it should go, then just make pieces to hook it to the frame.

This method seems to eliminate much of my random head-scratching that occurs if it just sits on the floor staring at me.

[Bill Beauregard]

I've always envied people with a better ability to draw their ideas. In my case I draw only two dimensional. It ain't very good.

[Poland308]

I used to hand draw up most everything 2D on a lap version of a drafting board and still do some things that way if I plan on saving it for a while or when I start an idea and just need to wrap my head around it. I even tend to work in scale when it matters. I try not to stomp on myself needlessly. Most of my work projects are on iso paper when you learn how that works it saves so much time. But since there is a mess of parts already made I was thinking I was going to have to put the existing pieces together on the floor in front of the truck and just mod it in place.