I have a 04.5 lly crew short bed.I installed mounts from Fisher. and reinstalled my 8 ft blade which was on my last Ford. I have a problem bottoming out the mounts under the frame rails.I installed Blisterns(spelling?) This did help but still bottoms out.nybody have any ideas??

Did you get the proper mount designed for your truck? The mounts that came from the Ford will not work on yours. Honestly I never have heard of Fisher mount bottoming out. I have a Fisher 8' plow on my truck and it never bottom out at all. They seems to have a good ground clearance. It help to install a set of Timbrens and crank up a few turns on torsion bars.

Try a set of timbrem boosters,they will keep the front end from sagging with the plow on,and shouldnt effect it much with it off.My buddy ha a boss V on his 01 Dmax HD,and ground clearance has been a problem since day one.

Can turn the torsion bars up some also to handle the added wieght.

Timbrens, proper ballast and a few turns of the torsion bars.

I dont have a problem with my mount? I run a 9.5' fisher v blade. I have a minute mount 2. What mount do you have???

I have a min mount one.The mounts and wiring were proper for the 04 2500hd.I did install timberens.Not shure why my ealier message stated blisterns.how much can I turn up the torsion bars safely?

This photo was taken with the blade up in the air

What are you running for ballast?

I would go no more than 1.5", I would add 3/4"-1" and see how that grabs ya. Dont just get under the truck and start cranking the bolts! If your unsure of the safest way to adjust them ask And we can try to find that write up from awhile back.....

Edit: Ballast should be figured out before you start cranking too IMO

Take a picture of the truck from the side, plow up and plow down. It's hard to tell how much it sags with the plow when looking at your pic.

Ill try to get a side profile with the blade down.Im estimating I have about 500 lbs of Ballest in the bed

OB1 > you have the wrong fisher plow setup for this truck. I have a 2004 GMC 2500HD D/A ext cab s/b with a 8ft fisher HD, and it picks the plow up about a foot off the deck without any ballast. I have been working the same problem trying to setup a second plow for my truck.
The problem is the height if the dodges and fords are not the same as GM trucks,
the push plates on the truck should be level with plow when sitting on flat ground.
The head gear or lift stand on the Plow should match the truck and the push plates.

Could be the case. Best thing to do is go onto Fisher's website and spec out a ploew for what you had on the Ford, and then spec out a plow for your HD. Then compare part numbers. You will probably have to switch a couple of things in order for it to work i.e. headgear. The moldboard will probably be OK.

The problem is with the Trucks frame mount.It is bottoming out on dips and aprons Heres a photo with the blade down

Your bars need to be cranked up some. Get some Timbren load boosters as well. Is it hitting stuff without the plow on or just with the blade on?

Tirmbrens were a good start. I have a blizzard 800 8 ft blade on my 2500HD and I cranked my bars 5 turns. It netted me about 1.25 inches more clearance in the front end. also where is your ballast in the bed? Get it as close to the tailgate as possible, I personally run about 900 lbs in mine. If you decice you want to adjust your t bars, first take the blade of, and measure your ride height to the top of the fender opening, mark it down incase you would like to return to stock height in the spring. Jack the front of the truck clear of the ground, and with an 18mm socket tighten the adjusters down 4-5 turns. Set the truck down and take it for a quick drive around the yard to settle the suspension. Measure your ride height again and make sure its equal side to side, and/ or high enough to suit. I found the extra 1.25 " really helps alot more than youd think.

Ben got that right. It is important to put in plenty of ballast to help counterbalance the truck. Normally it would need about 500lbs to counterbalance the truck, depending on the truck configuation (engine, cab, box size, front end rating, etc), plus another 400-500 lbs for traction in the rear. So you'd need 900-1000lbs of ballast in total. It will make a difference.

As mentioned earlier, crank up torsion bars and install a set of Timbrens will help alot.

Your bottoming out your mounts that are at 9"? When? Plow on or off?

Switch to 265 or 235 tires and pump to 80PSI.

Crank torsion bars.

Install proper balast.

I have a much heavier plow, my lowest mount hieght is 9" and I have no bottoming out problems and I don't even have Timbrens.

I am going to be plowing with a cc duramax NOT recommended by a lot of folks. One guy told me 6 turns of the t-bars and the timberan? Will this be enough? Any other suggestions? Going to be running 8'2" v-plow.

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Going to be adding a 8'2" v-plow to my crewcab. Any suggestions to do this as safely as possible? I've been told to do 6-turns to the t-bars, and and the timberans....any other suggestions? Anyone else plowed with a d-max crewcab? Thanks!

Adjust the T-bars and Timbrens will definitly help. Make sure that you are running the proper amount of ballast in the back of the truck.

William

What is "safe"? When the plow manufacturers don't even recommend a set-up, your gonna have to do some weighing in at a truck stop. If you get a plow for the Crew, weigh the truck's front end first and subtract that weight from the gross of IIRC 4620. Whatever's left is what you can put on for a plow. I plow with a 6.0 gasser Crew and the only mistake I have made is putting on a 7.5 ft plow instead of 8 ft.

PROPER BALLAST!!!!! Timbrens will help. I cranked my t bars to give me 3/4" over factory ride hight when I bought the truck for looks. Measure your ride hight, give a bit of a crank if you want and measure again(no more than 1.5 IMO) TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE BOLTS IF YOU ARE GOING TO CRANK YOUR T BARS!!!! Did I say PROPER BALLAST??? Thats the biggest thing IMO to being safe. Cranking the T bars isnt as big nor are timbrens. I would run timbrens though.

I run a 9.5' fisher V. I personaly prefer the fisher V's due to the trip edge as apposed to the full trip of the boss's but thats another story