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Premature Cutting Edge Wear and Cost

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Western Snow Plow Review

What happens here

The reviewer highlights a significant problem with the cutting edges of the Western MVP3 plow. He shows two identical trucks, each equipped with a Western MVP3 plow purchased within four days of each other, and operated under identical conditions. One plow's cutting edge is completely worn out ('shot'), while the other is in good condition. The worn blade shows zero clearance from the ground, indicating the plow's components are susceptible to wear. He explains that this premature wear, requiring a $500 replacement for a plow that has only earned about $2,000, means 25% of gross earnings goes solely to replacing the cutting edge, which is unsustainable for a snowplowing business. He mentions that the manufacturer suggests 'micro-adjustments' to the 'T-bar' to prevent premature wear, but dismisses this as an impractical solution for operators who are not technicians.

Goal: Demonstrate and analyze the severe cutting edge wear issue and its financial impact.

Tools and materials

  • Ford F-Series Truck Ford — Mounting the snowplows for comparison
  • Western MVP3 Snowplow Western — Illustrating cutting edge wear

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on a Western snowplow and the hooking system, how they actually attach to the truck, but that's where the love affair stops. Western MVP3 plows need dramatic improvement. [music] Today, I'm going to show you where we have two identical trucks, two snow plows put on at the exact same time, same day, within 4 days of each other. One of the plow, one of the cutting edges on one of the trucks is gone and the other cutting edge is absolutely fine in good condition. I called up directly the m the western snowplow rep. I had him come out to my house and take a look at this and I got absolutely nowhere. I didn't get a good answer. I did learn that there may need to be some micro adjustments in the tea bar of the actual snowplow to keep it from biting more. If this is the pavement, this is your snow plow to keep it from biting more into the pavement. Personally, I find that to be a bunch of BS. If you've got to micro adjust it so that you don't get it to bite more, and you have that that makes so much of a difference in a snow plow that you'll have a blade shot. In this case today, this truck had earned or did $2,000 worth of snowplowing. And the blade needs to be replaced at a cost of over $450 to replace that blade. When you do the math, that means 25% of the total earnings of that truck snowplow of the whole system goes right back into the cutting edge on this Western MVP3. Furthermore, on that exact same truck, that plow has already been into the shop for repairs [music] one time. Now, it was under warranty still, it shouldn't be touched where the exact identical truck, identical blade has not had any issues whatsoever. Inconsistency in manufacturing is what I'm finding from this. Now, I want you to make sure that we understand all of the conditions. These are two trucks working on the exact same lot and sometimes they plow simultaneously right next to each other.

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