V's. Do they do a good job?

[mdb landscaping]

i was just wondering what you guys think of the quality of the plow job the v-plow gives. most people here seem to say that the v plows are the best things out there. i can see how they would be great for pushing snow in tight areas and the manuverability, but i talked to one guy today whos plowed for years, and he said some of his customers dont like him plowing with the new V because when its in the V position and you go on some uneven pavement it doesnt scrap as well. i can see what they mean because with it in the V position it wont be able to flex as well on uneven pavement.
any ideas or suggestions?

 

[plowking35]

I see no appreciable difference between the two type of plows. We also use the urethane edge with our v plows, and that helps with un even asphalt. But to be honest, even with a straight plow, it wont help to much on uneven asphalt. The blade will just ride over the low spots.
Dino

 

[4 Saisons]

I had never heard about vplows before my first time i came here. Now i remember few years ago i saw one. I seriously think about that for next years. We add hydraulics side wings to our plows and a lot of weight BTW. I'll probably save some money too due to this expensive add on 8' Fisher versus a factory vplows.

the cons..when the wings (2'each) are open, its scrape on 12'.

 

[nsmilligan]

I almost never use the V position, except to open a path into a lot through the highway plow windrow, or to do a walk way, or to make the frist cut down a long driveway if it's blown in or we've had a lot of snow. I use it like any straight blade a lot of the time, the scoop position is the big difference, for both moving snow, stacking, and clean up.

Bill

 

[plowking35]

Stacking ability is awesome. I easily get piles higher than the roof of my truck. I can count on one hand how many times I have used the v position, but whne I do use it, it comes in handy.
Dino

 

[plowguy06]

didnt want to get too off the topic, but has anyone seen a CITY that uses v plows? I never have seen any and was wondering if any do or dont use them.

 

[John DiMartino]

The city's all use Ford trucks and Meyer plows too,becasue they are cheap,not the best.The go with lowest bidder usually.So that puts V-plows out,only private contractors make money during a snow storm to pay for the V-plow

 

[plowguy06]

i talked to my city's fleet manager and he said they could get any of the trucks on the state bid but fords are cheapest. as for plows, I dont know b/c they use fisher, meyer and gledhill but my city has 10 big trucks and 15 small dumps/pickups.

 

[eskals]

Originally posted by plowguy06
has anyone seen a CITY that uses v plows?

I have seen a Livonia, Michigan DPW truck with a V-plow mounted on a 1-ton dump. Thats the only one I have seen around here. The college that I go to uses alot of chevys with Meyer plows, although the newer trucks are all Fords (still with Meyers though).

Eric

 

[JD PLOWER]

In the Boston area the towns with money use Ford PSD's with Fisher plows (never seen any V-plows though). The towns without much money usually use 3/4 ton GM's with gassers and a meyer or pathfinder plow. All have an assortment of larger trucks like 4900 International or Ford F800's.