Stanley, I am 75 years old living in Florida and I thoroughly enjoyed your snow plowing videos. You had me totally convinced that I needed a new Snowdogg, but no one down here sells them! Best wishes for your continued success!

Hi Stan, i am a landscaper from Canada. I have run Westerns, Fishers and for 3 winters i have been running a snow dogg extension winged plow. From what i have noticed it has more negatives than positives. NEGATIVE: when in transport mode it constantly bounces, the mounts on the truck itself are really low and scrape when going up steep inclines or driveways. The jack method to unhook takes more time and precision then any other mounts: minute mount, smart hitch, or boss. The adjustable lights always seem to need adjustment: either aim to high or to low. The only pros i see is the build quality. Really massive metal throughout and a good backdrag blade. To be honest i would prefer a western or fisher again. It is on a 2009 ram 2500 6.7 diesel. Thank you for your awesome videos.

I feel like this needs to be revisited…nothing against the operator shown in this video…but I don’t struggle to put mine on or take it off. Less then 2 minutes to hook up.

We bought one last year, after 9 years of not doing snow we got back into it. We went with the snowdogg over a western because of money and someone recommended it. Hand control is great, I agree, it comes standard with the top flaps and a cutting edge (all extra on a western). The first few falls we kept having issues with it, hydraulic fluid leaks, line bursts, even the entire light bar split off the rest of the plow and had to be re welded on. The worst part it takes at least 30 mins to out the plow on. The lights are horrible too. This year we have only had 1 issue with it, it was the ground on the battery burned out and needed replacement. We bought 2 westerns this year for our new trucks and the only 2 advantages is the controller and the back dragging. That being said we didn't purchase the cutting edge for the westerns, not sure why we didn't.

Been using a 7.5 ft straight blade Western Snow Plow in Alaska since 1984, got a replacement for the older one in 2009. I have cleared a medium sized parking lot that had 62 inches of wet heavy snow on it. That was a challenge , but no problems. This was with my 2010 F-350 4x4 V-10. One of six trucks that were able to work in our community the next day.

Stan I had a snowdogg and it was the worst plow ever ....electrical problems .......Ive had a BOSS for two years LOVE IT!!!!

Reoccurring problems encountered with snowdogg plows.. lights snap off, cheap hydro rams leak(right from factory), controller bad out of box, deflectors break. Saying that, I have 5 snowdogg plows and they are quality units-one has NEVER quit on a job site. Just got to iron out the small issues^^^ after you first buy one. Tips: buy extra controller and extra angle ram(you can always sell em later)

This winter absolutely sucks! this is a review I will be waiting for. Next fall I will finally upgrading my plow.

Hey Stan, thanks for sharing your experiences with us !! SnowDogg is owned by Buyers which is not by any means a small company ! Buyers own SAM and SAM offers oem-like parts for almost every plow brands at a fraction of the price. Buyers is a gigantic corporation ! The first generation of SnowDoggs were half-assed and comparable to second tier plow brands like Meyer, Arctic or Sno-Way. But sincerely, for the last two years, I've been quite impressed with the quality and solidness of the 2nd Gen Dogg's. I'm still a Fisher guy because the Minute Mount 2 is, in my opinion, second to none. But considering the price difference and the stainless factor, I think that Snowdogg is actually the most competitive plow on the market for the moment.

I also prefer a chain to raise the plow. My dad had the same Western plow for 20 years on his 75 f100. When he sold it still had the original cables and the pump had never been opened up on it. Not bad for a 20 yr old plow. When I bought my 96 Silverado it came with a snow way plow with a hydraulic ram that raised it. Hated it every time I went to town I had to raise it 6 7 times as it kept going down. The following summer I switched to a western pump with a chain and cable operated for the plow. Never had a problem again with it. As for me I would take a old school western any day but to each their own.

I use the electric grease made by Grote. It is the "brown stuff" he was talking about....

Out of Ontario Canada bought a snow dog over a year ago works great Scrapes Awesome forward and back my next one will be a snow dog to

Whew...glad I bought a Western...

Sno dog makes my favorite salter. It has a vibrator on the side...so the salt always slides down the walls and won't get stuck. It worked perfectly! !!

I purchased 5 of them with the intention of buying another 15 for my fleet. I can honestly say I will not buy another snowdogg. Parts are literally falling off. Also, I know this is a thread about their plows, but I purchased 5 of their salters as well, and I'll be putting them in the auction in October.

I thought you were going to show us how to adjust v plows to prevent premature wear on cutting edges. Did I miss it?

Hey Stan! Love the videos keep me coming, I run a small wheel pay loader for snow removal and would love to see a video of TLB/small wheel loader/ skid steer pusher tips and tricks, loved seeing some tips scattered through some of the videos but would love a dedicated video to “specialty snow pushing equipment” not just pickup truck plows! Thanks a bunch for the content love seeing everything you guys do!

I love the Snow Dogg controller. The Old Diamond V had the easiest pin locking mechanism. It was a single leaver.

The only thing I have ever used for electrical is Crown no drip rust proofing From a spray Can. It's great in your receiver hitches as well

We have used the vhf on a Chevy 3500 for 5 years now and it has had no issues. It’s a great plow. I like buyers products

Great video, can't wait to see next year update on how it held up.. I just bought one myself for my first year of plowing, but one problem NO SNOW yet this year... Any ways a little FYI snowdogg is made by BUYERS, which has been selling aftermarket snowplow, sanded etc. Parts for years a very large company ... You think with selling all the aftermarket parts for Fisher, western, boss ,etc they should know what breaks what fails and how to fix it... I worked in a warehouse for years selling BUYERS (snowdogg) parts and plows wholesale, and your right many new updates almost every year... also not sure if it's family owned but who cares,lol... keep up on the helpful videos, and ill keep watching. Thanks

I've had a Snowdogg straight plow on my Polaris UTV for two seasons, works great same attachment process.

Snowdogg is good for a homeowner that does his driveway and a friend or two. Fisher is a commercial grade plow that you can depend on in all conditions. I'm located in New England and most people use fisher because they are made in Maine

Love my Snowex power plow (and love the down pressure that installed on it- it sure seems to cut down when you need it to), and compliments my boss drag pro in situations where things are packed down. Down pressure for the win

Greetings from Bemidji, MN Stan. Just had a snowdogg V installed on my F150 and it is a BEAST! Imagine you're down in and around the cities area but also thank you for the in depth look at the plows. Keep the videos coming! Subbed.

I must say that the quality of Snow Dogg products has improved immensely. But when it comes to ease of hooking and unhooking a plow, Western ultra mount 2 is by far the best system.

Thanks for the video!! That hitch system would drive me to insanity. My MM2 on my fishers are IMO the best. I could have hooked and un-hooked my fisher like 20+ times in the time it took to just unhook that Dogg. Sorry, but as a more "seasoned" "older boned" vet in the business, that would be a deal killer for sure, especially doing it myself.

Awesome video I love the content on your channel very cool to watch all the different episodes that you put on here about snowplowing in general maintenance and how to run a business I know you don’t want a lot of fishers plows out where you are but a lot of us out here in New England run Fisher there a Maine company I know you know that.. But the minute mount two is the way to go a lot less moving parts hooks up way faster

Putting a plow on or taking it off is always easier when its nice outside. Middle of the night -20, snowing, dark, not so much.

Awesome brother truck looks swet with the plows on her enjoy plowing brother keep up the awesome work god blesss you and your family

I like the light plows. Makes it easier for the truck.

New Brunswick Canada here, we are having the same winter, nothing for snow. Need a video on how to stay in business when you have no income from plowing.

Nice plow but watching the on/off I can tell I’d be extremely aggravated. Add freezing temps/snow/wind etc and it’ll really be aggravating lol I do like the controller. That does look more intuitive, the speed of the plow looks good also.

I have a Snowdogg VMD plow on my truck and it's the biggest pain to get on! Need to have it perfectly lined up and perfect height to get it on. Couldn't get it on last night, just gave up. Will try again tonight. It's very tough getting it on when you aren't on a nice smooth paved surface, my driveway is full of snow and is gravel which makes it very tough. The plow works well when I can actually get it on and I am able to really stack the banks. I have 8 foot tall banks around my driveway now.

I bought a snow dog ....love it ...and I work it. Thumb of Michigan

Brown dialectic. I use it almost daily on outdoor low voltage connectors to lube the fittings and prevent corrosion. Also keeps water out of the connection for the most part. I had never heard of the BROWN grease. I just found it on Amazon and ordered some made by Truck-Lite. Thanks for the info. Always learning something and I’m even watching from So Cal. Not much snow where I’m at!

The way that attaches to the truck is horrible, antiquated even compared to the Fisher MM1's which I honestly don't mind but the Fisher MM2 is light-years ahead of Snowdogg. And about hydraulic lift cylinder failure and getting stuck, just take your Fisher into a stacking position in a snowbank and use the highway safety chain to keep plow chained up and drive away with plenty of ground clearance. Fisher put a nice little notch in the headgear for laying the chain into to attach.

Hey Stan! I think it may be time to give us a longer term review on the ol snow dogg. What are your thoughts on it.

Absolutely agree with the shoes, never use them, unless maybe on gravel if your intending to leave 1/4-1/2 inch of snow so you don't dig up piles of gravel

I usually hook up/disconnect my fisher in the scoop position, I find it gives a guy more room to work when hooking up.

Planning on getting going on plowing snow next winter saw the video of comparing snow plows you had. I was thinking about boss or western but now snowdogg is on the front burner. The bite looks good. Ease of hooking up is nice but having something that performs great is better. Id rather spend all day hooking up a plow that works good vs take five minutes hooking a plow that leaves snow on the ground.

I have a Snowdogg Straight plow on my truck hated it plows seems to light duty bounced around a lot you can not back drag with it . The guard across the top of the plow is made from plastic broke off first time I used it so far my favorite has been Boss plows

Snow Dogg is a great plow for the price range. You should find a dealer that actually knows about the products they install. So may things not correct or left out in their demo. Also your new plow is missing the updates. But love the plow I ran one five years now.

Another topic in your next plowing video, talk about some plow etiquette. If you have an expanding plow don’t drive around with the wings out to 10’. Drive with your plow angled to slim your truck profile.

Everyone I have spoke to who owns a Snowdogg plow absolutely hates them.

So, how did it hold up? I'm in the market... just a half ton version. Like you said, Snowdogg seems to be the best vale, but also the heaviest.

Would never buy a snow dog plow ever again. Owned 2 of them, hooking up and un hooking is a pain in the ass.

I use Grote dialectric grease, kinda has a brown waxy look but works well.

I've had my snowdogg hd80ll for 2 seasons great plows the only issues have been from operator error! easy fixes!

Thanks for this video. Considering this plow is $4000 less than the boss equivalent V-plow, I guess I'll order this one even if the mount system is a tad more challenging.

My limited plow experience was a 7.5 foot western I think on a 4.3 Chevy half ton in larger snows. It was miserable. Not enough truck. Spent much time in a bobcat pushing back... And much time with a welder cause it was old and. Rocky rough roads it was about 8 hours per event... But countless hours doing worse roads with farm equipment. Including pushing out after the plow jockeys can't hack it. I did one drift in 10 minutes that was hard and heavy that had defeated multiple v blades the 65 horse 2wd tractor beat it easy, that being said. If I was in your shoes id consider euro speced (high road gears( 35 mph )front 3pt etc) 100 horse tractors for snow work for visibility with a large front blade and gnues box on the back for stacking and box work. Quickly becoming my 2nd favorite channel. My friends at welker farms will always be number 1.

First season plowing period. Ran crews for shovlers and snow blowers in Massachusetts and made some good money. Now it's time to step my game up. Just got a Boss DXT 8'2" V stainless steel plow on a 2018 Ram 2500 6.2 liter hemi. Now my issue is trying to figure out how to price Residential and Commercial properties in Northern NH (White Mountain region). Any tips would be much appreciated. Per SQ/FT? Hourly? There is a company in Massachusetts that I worked with, the owner gave me some tips a while back but it was all gibberish back then. Under 2" X per square foot, over 2" under 4" X, etc. Thanks everyone. Great video.

It’ll work great for the first season then after that it will be a pain in the ass. We have ran three. Our v-plow was awful. Then we had a straight blade for about 4 years but every year we had to work on it then replaced it with a new straight blade and the plow mounts snapped as we were driving

I use the Napa silicone grease as dielectric. From what I've read, it's almost the same thing but comes in a 6-8 oz tube

I sold all my Boss plows and upgraded to Snow Doggies. We run 6 Snow Doggs here in Montana and once everyone is proficient we save time over the Bosses.

It's a nice plow but it looks a bit complex to attach and remove. Especially in the snow.

i have only 2 words to say...ULTRA MOUNT.

love that nice ram stanley the best tough truck hard belive ours 18 years old still strong plowing truck

Why don't you do a livestream the next time you plow to show what it's like to actually run it during the storm that's an idea

Seems like a fairly decent plow. A few things though..The mounting and dismounting is kind of primitive. Physically pushing the head gear up, is like an old school Boss. And why are there kickstands? In V, it should sit fine on it's own. I just bought the SnowEx v. I'm going to shoot a vid of it tomorrow to compare. I'll post it tomorrow evening

I noticed you have a 2500 ram I also have a 2500 2014 model and ordered a vxf8511 the literature says the plow is to heavy for my truck the sales people say it is fine, did you have to do any suspention prep on your truck to put the plow on because the spec say they are about 200 pound heavier than the Boss or Hiniker.

You should really look at a SnowEx HDV Blade or SnowEx Power Plow if you want to see a well built blade that is super easy to attach/detach. Made by Douglas Dynamics who also build Fisher and Western. Been using them for 3 years now without issue.

I have the straight blade snowdogg and I love it,and it,s on a Ram also.

Awesome video I love the content on your channel very cool to watch all the different episodes that you put on here about snowplowing in general maintenance and how to run a business I know you don’t want a lot of fishers plows out where you are but a lot of us out here in New England run Fisher there a Maine company I know you know that.. But the minute mount to is leaps and bounds ahead of hooking up to a truck compared to that way way too many moving parts way too many lovers way too many pins I don’t know I’m in Fisher for me works

Too bad this Minnesota winter hasn't been too good to get some good plowing in.

Trucklite has the brown di-electric grease in a pint size can.

people don't put a price on having a pain in the ass mounting system like this one. but my western ultramount 2 is sooo easy i'll unhook it even if im going 20 miles and have to hook it back up again. the wear and tear i save on the front end of my truck is just more $$$ in my pocket in both repairs expenses and down time. i can have my plow on or off in 1 1/2 minutes on a slow snowy blizzard day.

We use the castle brand silicone dielectric compound its a little red spray can its quicker less messy and it DOES NOT FREEZE! Which the gel style grease does and causes problems

Western dielectric grease (bought in 2017). Both blades are made by Douglas dynamics as well as Fisher so the cutting edges are the same in design. I do not know if Dogg makes their own cutting edges so run it in the real world and lets see how they do. I know western cutting edges SUCK I will be upgrading soon. I’m not a fan of Salt Dogg bad luck with several spreaders a few years ago so I can’t risk the coin on their plows at this time but I’m with you on the controller it looks awesome!

Way to throw out the advantage of the chain if hydraulic cylinders go out. Great video as always very informative.

I only use shoe's on one of the driveways I. It's a weird blend of crush stone, asphalt & black, never seen anything quite like it. Don't want to tear it up. After that driveway the shoes come off for the rest.

I mount and Un mount mine all this winter. The first time was scary. After that it’s peasy. If you are running more plows with different brands. Then I would see why it’s hard(remembering each process). But if you are used to it. I hook up and unhook on the fly all the time.

Difficult to do a snow plow vid in June! LOL!!! I like my Boss plow, It says BOSS!!!!

That controller looked nuts....

Truck lite and grote have the brown grease , you can get it at fleetpride in Roseville

Hey Stan, i just watched a video by Odell Complete Concrete on a product by Quikrete called Quikwall. It's a mortar-less fiber reinforced cement mix. I know you guys don't do a lot of concrete or cement videos but thought it was interesting for anyone in that business

Stan please try out a fisher the mounting is so much better then anything fully mechanical easy to do easy to use controller is awesome and simple. I've used boss Myers snowway and this one beats them all by far

Eck corrosion prevention can be used as dielectric grease. A bit pricey but good stuff. Use it at work as dielectric grease, anti seize, corrosion prevention.

Great video I like the controller it looks like the Storksplows one that's easier to use than the Fisher and Western ones. You have to try a Fisher MM2 Talk about fast and easy to put on and off.

Watching you plow those piles my xls would push them right up on curb.

The plow frame sets really low on the truck like really low. Stan try a fisher but fisher & western is the same plow. Wonder if snow dog now is made by boss.

You should do a video on snoway plows too

I know it's still early in the season but I would def like to see an update video on the performance and reliability of this plow in the future.

Stan, you NEED to try out a Fisher!!!

Stan what’s the secret? At least in your videos you make snow seem so fun and easy. I’m going on my 5th year so I know I still have time to learn. But what’s the key? Is it about quantity? I feel like I’m so busy rushing to get to the next property to avoid customers pressuring me that I can’t even enjoy snow removal.

Looking for input...I just had a 2019 VXFII installed today on my 3/4 ton and I wasnt pleased with how high (or not high) it lifts up. I already had several scrapes with reentry to public way from lots and its annoying. I was able to chain it up higher but then it didnt seem to want to go all the way down. ?? Anyway I reset it until I find good info..

I havent worked with the snowdog system, or any other, but that looks like a pain in the ass for hooking up, and disconnecting.. I could have my fathers fisher 8' HD straight blade with MM2 off in less than 3 minutes... that includes putting blocking underneath the blade (so it wont freeze to the driveway/road). it was a great system the hydraulics are fast, and responsive. the blade was heavy duty, and would scrape to bare pavement as long as teh pins were setup correctly to the height of the vehicle.

nice...you should bring that to North Bay Ontario Canada brother

Wow that detachment and attachment system looks like so much trouble to go through, Fisher plow just line up the truck get it close enough, push the plow mount and you're ready to go, that's why I love Fisher plows

With dielectric grease be aware some will burn so test some and try to light it with a cigarette lighter if it burns. This could be a problem if you ever have an electrical fault and fire

bet that kickstand freezes....dry here in maine too, been out a few times, but compared to last few years. we had several big storms

I’ve had a Fisher straight blade, two Curtis straight blades but the Boss DXT Stainless is my latest and it’s just amazing. Especially the ease of hitching it to the truck among many other advantages (heavier cutting edge, dual trip feature, simple smart controller,). Watching Will go back to each side multiple times on this unit looked like way too much work. They added a switch there for leveling, the same switch which does it all for the Boss. I know Snow Dogg is significantly less expensive but I don’t even know if there are any local dealers here in CT. Super happy with the Boss on all accounts.

I got the same 3 meyer plows 30 years think I might buy a v next year.

We have had snow on the ground since October here in northern maine ,i'm tired of plowing! I gotta agree with Jay B,Fisher is way ahead of Snowdogg. My MM2 has been on 3 different truck's no issues at all, just a cutting edge as needed

Using fisher plow brands for 30 years . You can beat the hell out of it (Obviously when plow is older lol) Canada 🇨🇦 mlt winters are brutal. Be safe everyone

i bet you check the weather reports all the day hoping for snow. i would with that rig

Buyers makes good pintle hitches here in the USA as well.

I used three snowdoggs, a 8to10 extend and two v blades for ten years and not a single probably.

My snow dog plow blade keeps getting stuck when I put it down to start clearing snow. It goes down but won’t come up. What could cause that, maybe hydraulic fluid but I think it’s the pins in the connector cause it works sometimes till I start having to make a lot of movement. Help please any advise/insight would be greatly appreciated!

How do u like the snowdogg plow? In Michigan everyone says they r garbage?