[jpdcpa]

 

[cwren2472]

Neither. Western conventional I think

 

[Randall Ave]

Neither. Western conventional I think

And the A frame looks like it's home made.

 

[dieselss]

Half conventional, quarter unimount, quarter homemade.
Did you just buy this cause it was a good deal?

 

[Randall Ave]

Do you know what it came off of? That may take some serious fab work to get it operational.

 

[jpdcpa]

1991 K 3500 Chevy

 

[cwren2472]

1991 K 3500 Chevy

Unless you are looking to custom fabricate everything, there is no adapting that setup. Hopefully you are very handy with a welder.

So far as I recall, conventional was illegal after the 96 model year so I doubt there ever existed a conventional setup for the 97-03 body style.

 

[jpdcpa]

Do you Think if I track down a truckside 1225 ford mount it will work? the parts in the pictures function together

 

[cwren2472]

Do you Think if I track down a truckside 1225 ford mount it will work? the parts in the pictures function together

Looking at the photos again, I may have been wrong about the conventional. It is tough to see with the tower and a-frame separated and positioned like that. @Philbilly2 may be able to weigh in and tell better.

 

[Philbilly2]

Looking at the photos again, I may have been wrong about the conventional. It is tough to see with the tower and a-frame separated and positioned like that. @Philbilly2 may be able to weigh in and tell better.

I think this is the best response...

Half conventional, quarter unimount, quarter homemade.

The headgear is a conventional. The quick couplers give that away, along with the massive amount of steel.

I think he is correct that this started out as a unimount blade that they cut the headgear off of the plow to make the unimount into a conventional.

 

[cwren2472]

I think this is the best response...

The headgear is a conventional. The quick couplers give that away, along with the massive amount of steel.

I think he is correct that this started out as a unimount blade that they cut the headgear off of the plow to make the unimount into a conventional.

I missed @dieselss's post - that makes sense now

 

[dieselss]

I missed @dieselss's post - that makes sense now

Wheres your glasses?

 

[cwren2472]

Wheres your glasses?

On my face. Just gotta open the eyes once in a while

 

[dieselss]

Do you Think if I track down a truckside 1225 ford mount it will work? the parts in the pictures function together

No. Your pump is STILL going to be bolted to the headgear cause it's a cable setup.

 

[Western1]

That is all conventional including the aframe. The aframe has other holes above where the lug pins go but someone has cut them off.

 

[Western1]

Like previously stated there is no conventional mount for the 97-03 f150.

 

[Randall Ave]

No. Your pump is STILL going to be bolted to the headgear cause it's a cable setup.

In technical terms, it's a mutt.

 

[Western1]

Plow can be converted to unimount style with new aframe and complete upright with pump and lights.

 

[Western1]

Yes mutt

 

[nealybird]

http://library.westernplows.com/westernplows/pdffiles/13275_020395.pdf

yea I think it was a conventional pro blade and aframe. not sure why the back of the a-frame had to be modified. you can tell the lugs for the hitch pins has been all cobbled. If it was a unimount then the spacing on those would have been wrong and they would have had to move those, so possibly it was unimount. If it was, you wouldn't have to cut the lift frame off, you'd just have to unpin it. But a unimount would also have the area in the middle of the a-frame where the stand would have gone, and there's no sign of that on this one.... And yes, the mount was some kind of conventional mount that was also highly modified to fit some different truck than what it was designed for.