Talking about mounts where the head gear comes off. Well, there are many out there, as we've all said. Many are a real pain to hook up. <br>Around here, most guys leave the head gear on for the winter months, and remove it in the spring. My brother is one of them.<br>He has the Meyer set up. We have to chain the headgear to a tree, and he has to jerk it out of the mounts. This is even with the use of anti-seize compound, on the sleeves. Putting it on in the fall, requires beating it with something heavy, but not too much, or you'll pass the pin locations, and have to find a tree, to tug it back out a little. I used the end of a 8' 2" x 8" ramp. Tap one side, then the other. This is good though, as it ensures less play in the plow set up. <br>Now, mounting the blade on the truck, well, is a breeze. The control pad takes a light touch. I hook up my plow the same way, on my ancient Meyer set up. We pull up to the blade. Hook the lift chain on, and raise the blade. It lifts the rear mounts off the ground. We then drive up, and drop the plow into the mounts. Put the pins in, put the blade on float, and rehook the lift chain. Meyer's new undercarriage for say 90 & up, or their quick mount (Which came out thereabouts) mounts in front of the ends of the framerails, since the headgear sticks out so far. This makes putting the pins in much easier. <br>I really don't have a hard time hitching up my Meyer either. I guess the headgear sticking out so far may be a problem. Though, if my brother hasn't destroyed it yet in 5 years, chances are most people won't. He even did $3,000 in damage to a Ford Escort, with the plow on. Hmmmm, maybe that's how his A frame got bent. I don't like the touchpad control Meyer uses with the E 60. It's too sensitive. Not a smooth fluid motion, unless there's snow in front of the blade. Otherwise, it just jerks too fast, in my opinion. I know, it takes getting used to, but I get used to controls quickly. Today I can drive an excavator, tomorrow a Case 580E, and the next day a dumptruck. Like I said, I get used to controls quickly.<br>A friend plowed with us for 2 years. he bought a Western Pro Plow. The fool wouldn't listen, and put it on a 1/2 ton. A 1995 Silverado 1500 extended cab, 6' bed, 305 motor, 5 speed manual trans, 10 bolt rear, to be exact.<br>He wore off half the underside of the A frame, from turning into driveways, and hitting low spots.<br>I installed the plow for him. Brand new. I never did plow with it. He didn't like to plow, so the second year he plowed twice. The first time he had to plow, he was way late. We called him, and he was having problems mounting the plow. It was on pavement, but not flat. Seems he bent the kickstand. He ended up having to torch it off. He said without it, and a big pry bar, he could get it mounted faster. Sorry for the long winded post guys, but that's what this forum is for, discussion of our experiences!!! Glad to see so many posts!<p>~Chuck<p>----------<br>Chuck's Chevy Truck Pages - Snowplowing Central<br>http://members.aol.com/csmith669/plowcentral.html