Buyers Products
Snow and ice equipment built for the everyday municipal fleet.
Snow and ice equipment built for the everyday municipal fleet.
Buyers Products is the parent manufacturer behind SnowDogg snowplows and SaltDogg spreaders, plus a broad catalog of truck equipment, hardware, and accessories that show up on most municipal and commercial fleet trucks. Eighty-plus years of building practical, broadly-stocked equipment that bolts up to standard fleet chassis without custom fab work. The catalog spans plow blades, salt spreaders, hydraulic systems, toolboxes, light bars, hitches, and the dozens of small bolted parts that go into a complete truck upfit.
The SnowDogg snowplow line covers half-ton trucks through Class 8 chassis with straight blades, V-plows, and expandable wing plows. The SaltDogg spreader line spans tailgate spreaders for patrol trucks through hopper-style V-box spreaders for full-size plow trucks, plus pre-wet kits and combination bodies. Buyers also produces the hydraulic systems, electrical kits, and control electronics that integrate the plow and spreader to the chassis OEM electrical, so a department running Buyers gets a single-source bill of materials for the upfit.
Brown Equipment Company is an authorized Buyers Products dealer for the Midwest. The lineup is the most-asked-about plow and spreader brand on our service calls, and the parts catalog is deep enough that most replacement items ship same-day upon request from our Indianapolis distribution center. Factory-trained service on SnowDogg, SaltDogg, and the broader Buyers truck equipment line at our seven service centers.
- Founded
- 1946
- Headquarters
- Mentor, OH
- Manufacturer Site
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- Parent manufacturer behind SnowDogg plows, SaltDogg spreaders, and the broader Buyers truck equipment catalog
- Equipment bolts up to standard fleet chassis without custom fab work
- Plow blades, spreaders, hydraulic systems, control electronics, and accessories all from one source
- Deepest parts catalog in the segment, same-day shipping upon request on most stocked items from our Indianapolis center
- Authorized dealer with factory-trained service across the Midwest
- Pairs cleanly with Force America controllers for closed-loop spreader operation
- SnowDogg Snowplows
- SaltDogg Spreaders (Tailgate, V-Box, Combination)
- SaltDogg MDS Combo Body
- Buyers Hydraulic Systems and Electrical Kits
- Buyers Truck Toolboxes and Accessories
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We stock OEM parts and our technicians are factory-trained on Buyers Products equipment.
Buyers Products: Common Buyer Questions
Answers to the questions municipal fleets and contractors ask most often before specifying Buyers Products equipment.
- What is the relationship between Buyers Products, SnowDogg, and SaltDogg?
- Buyers Products is the parent manufacturer. SnowDogg is the snowplow equipment line within the Buyers catalog, SaltDogg is the spreader line, and there's a broader catalog of truck hardware, hydraulics, electrical, and accessories under the Buyers name. A department buying a complete plow + spreader package from Buyers gets a SnowDogg plow, a SaltDogg spreader, Buyers hydraulics, and Buyers accessories, all from one bill of materials and one warranty path.
- Does Buyers equipment fit all truck chassis?
- The catalog is designed around standard fleet chassis classes from half-ton through Class 8, with mount kits sized to the common pickup and dump truck platforms. A few non-standard chassis (older or unusual builds) need a custom mount, but the vast majority of municipal plow trucks bolt up without fab work. BEC can confirm fit for your specific chassis class before you commit.
- How does Buyers compare to Boss, Western, or Meyer for snowplows?
- Boss, Western, and Meyer have larger market share in the contractor and commercial plow space. SnowDogg / Buyers is more often spec'd on municipal fleet trucks because of the integrated bill of materials (plow + spreader + hydraulics + electrical from one source) and the depth of the Buyers parts catalog. For contractor-only or single-truck owner-operators, Boss or Western may make more sense. For a fleet running 5+ trucks with consolidated parts and service, Buyers usually wins on TCO.
- Should I spec a SaltDogg MDS Combo Body?
- The MDS Combo Body is the option when a department wants a single chassis to run dump and spreader duty year-round (asphalt in summer, salt in winter), but doesn't want to commit to a full V-body spreader. It's a stainless dump body with integrated spreader function and an optional pre-wet system. Common spec on mid-size municipal fleets that need year-round chassis utilization without the capital cost of a dedicated V-body truck.
- What service and parts support does BEC offer for Buyers Products?
- Authorized dealer with factory-trained service across our seven Midwest locations. The Buyers parts catalog is the deepest of any plow / spreader brand we carry, and most stocked items ship same-day upon request from our Indianapolis distribution center. We also handle warranty work on SnowDogg, SaltDogg, and the broader Buyers equipment line.
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