When it’s you, your vehicle, and a plow up against the worst winter can throw at you, you need equipment you can count on. For Sam Lanning, General Manager of Wilson Construction & Landscaping, the efficiency and reliability of FISHER® snowplows has yet to let him down.
Located in coastal Maine near Lincolnville, Lanning has plowed for over 18 years. Starting with mainly residential contracts, his portfolio now consists of over 30 accounts that are mostly commercial properties.
“I started out plowing with an old BLIZZARD® blade,” Lanning remembers. “In this part of Maine though, you feel left out if you don’t have a yellow blade hanging off your truck.”
When it came time to purchase a new plow, Lanning made sure it was yellow with the FISHER splat. While he has used many plows throughout his 16 years using FISHER products, the XRS automatic wing plow has provided efficiency and reliability to his plowing jobs for over five seasons. Wilson Construction & Landscaping uses the XRS automatic wing plow with skid steers and wheel loaders to service their portfolio of large, commercial properties.
“When you pair the XRS [blade] with the articulation on our compact wheel loader, that thing can get anywhere to move snow,” Lanning said. “And the oscillation on the plow makes sure the scrape stays clean.”
So when Lanning heard that Fisher Engineering was making a truck application for the XRS automatic wing blade, he knew he wanted to try it out for his clients. As a dedicated V-plow and XLS wing plow user on his own plow truck, he has found that the XRS plow is lighter and easier to transport. The simplicity of operation is refreshing when he is out plowing for hours on end. The XRS blade combines wing plow performance with the operational efficiency of a straight blade.
“The versatility is so helpful to me as a one-man operation,” said Lanning. “It can handle the winding, tight driveways of residential properties and the wide open lots of commercial properties.”
Due to its unique design, the XRS automatic wing blade positions the right and left wings in the optimal location based on the operator’s selection on the control. Simplifying complex maneuvers with automated wing placement and oscillation, the XRS plow allows novice and expert operators to achieve optimal performance. The blade automatically retracts the inside wing when fully angled and then returns to scoop position once straight. Like the operation of the skid steer attachment unit, the all-new truck hydraulic attachment unit provides three degrees of oscillation in either direction to enable the blade to better follow the plowable terrain.
Available in powder-coat steel, the XRS snowplow is available in an 8'7" blade width. The wings can be manually pinned to create a 9'8" straight blade for extra clearing width. The 29-1/2" tall, 12-gauge moldboard features independent wing control and comes standard with a 6" steel cutting edge, increasing wear resistance, and the poly wing cutting edges feature trip protection. The blade is also pre- punched for easy accessory installation.
“When I use other wing plows, I have to really think about what I want the plow to do,” said Lanning. “The XRS [plow] or [blade] does that thinking for me.”
Learn more at https://fisherplows.com/products/xrs/.