Well it's a matter of preference for me. As Dino pointed out, the bottom trip has many drawbacks. I agree with all he said. Also, I'm wondering why you dislike top trip designs? Western's Pro Plow has the trip shock, which really smooths it out. I expect Meyer to follow, and Diamond, since Meyer owns Diamond. Western owns Fisher.<br>Funny, I think they make other brands as well, or sell the steel to other companies that make them.<br>Back to top trip. Older Meyer plows, only used 2 trip springs, which made tripping too easy. Plows would lean easily. If one spring broke while plowing, forget it until you put on a new spring.<br>Packed snow, also made them lean.<br>I'm not sure when, but Meyer added a third trip spring. This stopped leaning. It also made a huge improvement in scraping up packed snow. If you break one spring, now you can finish the storm, if you don't keep a spare handy. The only thing I see top trip design lacking, as I said before, is a shock for the rebound.<br>I welded on some angle iron, and added my own third trip spring 4 years ago. Maybe I should figure out how to mount a shock. Western uses a Gabriel. Could try one of those....<p>----------<br>Chuck's Chevy Truck Pages - Snowplowing Central<br>http://members.aol.com/csmith669/plowcentral.html