Replacement Parts for Fisher Snow Plows

Douglas Dynamics's Western Plow, Fisher Engineering, and Blizzard Corp. are America's top leading manufacturers of ice and snow control equipment. 

Fisher Engineering, an industry leader of snow management equipment in the Northeastern United States, is one of the three snow and ice control brands of Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Douglas Dynamics. Douglas Dynamics is North America’s premier manufacturer and upfitter of auxiliary equipment for commercial vehicles.

Vintage Fisher Engineering plows. 

Fisher Engineering was born in 1948 by Dean L. Fisher, a civil engineer from Kansas and a proud member of the U.S. Navy Seabees, the United States Navy’s naval construction force. As Willys Jeeps found their ways into more and more civilian driveways after World War II, Fisher saw an opportunity to attempt to market small mountable snowplows for use with the Willys Jeep. He went into business for himself and established his organization in Rockland, Maine. During the first year of operation, Fisher and his small crew of welders and general laborers produced approximately 50 snowplows.

The 1948 Willys Jeep was the only light-duty 4X4 vehicle at the time of Fisher's inception. 

Because it was the only light-duty 4X4 available at the time, the Willys Jeep was the main priority of Fisher Engineering’s plow building efforts. Soon, other auto manufacturers began producing their own competition to the Willys Jeep which prompted Fisher to design corresponding models for these new vehicles. In 1957, Fisher introduced the ‘Trip Edge’ system. It allowed for the lower cutting edge of the plow blade to collapse backward if a snowplow should hit or make contact with a solid immovable object. This groundbreaking piece of engineering reduced the likelihood of severe damage to the plow. In 1962, Fisher Engineering created the revolutionary ‘Quick Switch’ hydraulic angling system. Prior to its invention, the snowplow operator had to manually adjust the blade angle from outside of the vehicle. With the ‘Quick Switch’, this was done from inside the vehicle using a controller to operate the hydraulic lifts. The mid 1970s saw the debut of a Fisher-designed electro-hydraulic system that utilized the truck’s own electrical system as opposed to a secondary unit. Fisher became a leading name in winter weather control solutions with their snowplow innovations and subsequent new plow models including the Homesteader straight blade, HT Series for half-ton pickup trucks, and the commercial-grade HD and HD2, XBLADE, HDX, XTremeV, and MC Series snowplows for municipal use. Fisher Engineering also produced several lines of salt spreaders for large-scale private or residential areas and large-scale commercial work. These models include the Poly-Caster, Pro-Caster, Speed-Caster 2, and Low Profile. The Poly-Caster and Pro-Caster are common sights on the road during the Winter months, especially in areas such as the northeast coast, where Winter conditions tend to be the most severe out of anyplace else in the United States.

Fisher XLS plow on a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. 

In 1984, Fisher Engineering was purchased by Douglas Dynamics, home of rival snowplow company Western Products. Douglas Dynamics was now the owner of two of America’s largest snowplow companies. In 2005, Douglas Dynamics acquired yet another one of Fisher’s top competitors, Blizzard Corp. Blizzard’s XLS adjustable-width snowplow designs were soon applied to Fisher Engineering’s products.

Fisher HT-Series plow on a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. 

Fisher Engineering still remains as one of America’s top leading snow and ice control equipment manufacturers. They, along with Douglas Dynamics’ Western and Blizzard brands, continue to dominate the market with powerful, durable, and innovative products to fight back against the increasing threats of Winter weather. Loyal owners of Fisher plows range from those who are private homeowners, small property owners, large commercial property landlords, and municipalities that contract commercial drivers. Even with Fisher’s current line of modern snowplows and salt spreaders, some operators may choose to employ their trusted older models from the 90s, 80s, and prior. As such, Discount Starter & Alternator specializes in brand new, aftermarket replacement parts and accessories for Fisher snowplows. We are a snow plow parts warehouse and we are stocked full of plow parts and replacement parts for maintenance and repair. We sell replacement motors for salt spreaders and horizontal mount pumps for plows, spinner motors, Western-compatible 12 volt hydraulic snow plow pumps, power take-off clutches (PTO clutches), Fisher snow plow shoes, and other essential replacement snowplow parts for Fisher Engineering products.

Discount Starter & Alternator sells replacement Fisher Engineering plow parts, including this aftermarket Fisher/Western pump motor.

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