parts founded 1948 founder dean fisher headquarters rockland maine united states products snowplows spreaders parent douglas dynamics nyse plow website www.fisherplows.com a fisher plow with a steel snowfoil added to the top to help keep snow from blowing up on the windshield . fisher engineering is an american manufacturer of snowplows and other professional snow removal equipment located in rockland maine . fisher engineering is a subsidiary of douglas dynamics nyse plow which also owns western products and blizzard each producing their own snowplow brands . fisher engineering is one of the leading snow management equipment providers in the northeastern united states . 1 fisher engineering designs and manufactures snowplows for commercial snow plowing as well as institutional residential and municipal applications . contents 1 history 2 innovations 3 products 3.1 snowplows 3.2 spreaders 4 references 5 external links history edit dean l. fisher a civil engineer from kansas and a united states navy u.s. navy seabee founded fisher engineering in 1948 . after noticing a potential market for small snowplows mounted on willys jeeps fisher decided to go into business for himself and started a manufacturing facility in rockland maine . with a handful of welders and general workers fisher began designing and building snowplows producing approximately 50 in the first year . initially fisher engineering built snowplows exclusively for willys jeep vehicles the only light duty four wheel drive vehicle at the time . as new models of lightweight four wheel drive vehicles came to market fisher responded by introducing corresponding snowplow models . at the same time he began introducing new innovations . by 1957 the trip edge cutting surface and under the hood belt driven hydraulic systems were available in the fisher snowplow line . 2 in 1984 dean fisher sold fisher engineering to douglas dynamics of milwaukee wisconsin . the purchase gave douglas dynamics ownership of the two largest snowplow manufacturers in america at the time western products and fisher engineering . 3 innovations edit in 1957 fisher engineering developed a trip edge system which allows the lower cutting surface of the blade to collapse backward when the snowplow hits an immovable object . in 1962 fisher engineering introduced the quick switch hydraulic angling system . the system enabled the snowplow operator to change the angle of the blade left and right hydraulically from a control lever mounted inside the vehicle s cab . until then the snowplow operator had to manually change the angle of the blade from outside the vehicle . in 1975 76 fisher engineering created an electrically driven hydraulic system capable of operating off the electrical systems of modern trucks . 4 in 2005 douglas dynamics purchased the blizzard corporation which is known for its adjustable wing snowplows . shortly thereafter fisher engineering introduced the xls adjustable width snowplow that incorporates the technology acquired from blizzard corp. 5 products edit snowplows edit homesteader straight blade snowplow for residential use ht series full size straight blade snowplow for half ton pickups sd series straight blade snowplow for lightweight four wheel drive vehicles hd series commercial grade straight blade snowplow for heavy duty pickups and four wheel drive vehicles xblade straight blade commercial snowplow with crossbar reinforcements and a stainless steel moldboard xtremev commercial grade hydraulic v plow xls adjustable width snowplow with wings that are extendable and can be put into scoop and windrowing positions mc series large municipal and contractor grade snowplow hd2 replaced the hd with more accessories made with more reinforced vertical ribs hdx replaced the xblade with an articulating a frame and adjustable attack angle spreaders edit poly caster large salt and sand spreader for commercial or municipal ice control mountable in large pickup trucks pro caster salt and sand spreader mountable in pickup dump or platform trucks for commercial and municipal ice control speed caster 2 tailgate mounted salt and sand spreader for commercial and residential ice control low profile low profile tailgate mounted salt and sand spreader for commercial and residential ice control references edit 4q profits up for snow plow maker . the business journal . the business journal . retrieved 3 april 2012 . merriam paul g. 1996 . plowing with the storm the history of fisher engineering . rockland me gem productions . douglas dynamics corporate timeline . douglas dynamics corporate timeline . retrieved 3 april 2012 . merriam paul g. 1996 . plowing with the storm the history of fisher engineering . rockland me gem productions . douglas dynamics buys blizzard line of snowplows . the business journal . the business journal . retrieved 3 april 2012 . external links edit maine portal companies portal official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 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