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Cory Schmidt
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Those are tough trucks, could almost go through a house without the plow. That one only has a one way plow you should see those rigs with a big V plow. Town has one they pull out for big drifts. Years back, up the road it would drift tight as high as a shed. They'd start almost at our yard and wind it tight over the quarter mile and almost snub it as it hit the snow, back out and ram at the drift again till it would break.
Russ from MN
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- Location
- Bemidji MN
There was a guy near International Falls MN that bought one with a V plow for plowing ice roads on Rainy Lake for the fishermen. It worked great until he dropped it through the ice, just the back end, the big V plow stayed on top. He got it out just by using come-a-longs and rigging, with shade tree engineering!
37chief
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- Location
- California
That is one heavy duty truck. Not saying much for the top cylinder mount. Looks a little under built. I guess it works. Stan
Dave Sherburne, NY
Member
Probably push snow better with snow tires on it, and chains
Glen SW Wi
Member
In 68 when Chicago got buried in snow Wisconsin sent some of these down there to help them out. On the way a Illinois trooper gave them a ticket for being overloaded. Drivers decided to return to WI. The two state governors got involved and straightened the mess out. Can imagine how that trooper got razzed for his action.
showcrop
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The old Walters were a great snow plow truck. The drive system, from what an owner told me forty years ago, enabled it to pull with two wheels even though two were spinning. They were slow however and became obsolete once road speeds increased and roads had to be kept clear right through storms.
John Achmann
Member
I?ve got a 1949 model that?s been rebuilt by Oshkosh. Had it
towed home when I bought it. Wrecker driver figured it
weighted around 34000 pounds! Looks a lot like this one but
much older. Has tires that look similar. I only used chains
when we got stuck with it. One summer had to pull a loaded
semi with hay out of a meadow. Acted like it wasn?t even
there! Plenty of power but sucks on speed. Don?t have a
picture handy of it.
towed home when I bought it. Wrecker driver figured it
weighted around 34000 pounds! Looks a lot like this one but
much older. Has tires that look similar. I only used chains
when we got stuck with it. One summer had to pull a loaded
semi with hay out of a meadow. Acted like it wasn?t even
there! Plenty of power but sucks on speed. Don?t have a
picture handy of it.
Part Time Pete
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- Location
- Leatherstocking Region NY
It looks to be in great shape. My brother in-law worked at the Walters factory back in the 70's - they made some cool stuff
Pete
Pete
Adirondack case guy
Well-known Member
It has likely been retired to plowing parking lots in a mall by a private contractor.
Loren
Loren
John Achmann
Member
Mine originally had a hall Scott gas engine. Oshkosh repowered it with a Cummins diesel. Guessing this one would be a Cummins also. The ones I?ve seen with the blowers were powered with a climax gas engine.
Zachary Hoyt
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There's a blower truck that's kind of like that for sale in my town, I saw it in 2015 when I bought a John Deere crawler from the same guy. Here's a link to the current ad, I think the price has come down some over the years.
Zach
Sno go truck
Zach
Sno go truck
We had an orange one just like the one pictured, we sold it on auction within the last year, it had a 3306 Cat and think the other two have the same 3306 Cat. We have two older ones with 3208 Cats. We have some Oshkosk blowers with Detroits, 8.2 for the drive train and 8V92 for the blowers. And one with an Allis Chalmers 1200? for the blower. Will have to check the size tomorrow. Then we have a LEMON Kodiak blower made in Washington State that has a C11 Cat for the drive train and a C15 for the blower. Northeast Nebraska DOT
Bob M
Well-known Member
Most likely a Cummins in that truck. However Cat and 2 stroke Detroit diesels have also been used.
As john achmann mentions, older Oshkosh trucks were equipped with Hall Scott gasoline engines. Blower drives also would have been Hall Scott, though LeRoi and Buda engines were also used.
A local museum has on display an 800+ cubic inch V8 LeRoi power unit salvaged from a 40's era Oshkosh snowblower. The engine is HUGE!
As john achmann mentions, older Oshkosh trucks were equipped with Hall Scott gasoline engines. Blower drives also would have been Hall Scott, though LeRoi and Buda engines were also used.
A local museum has on display an 800+ cubic inch V8 LeRoi power unit salvaged from a 40's era Oshkosh snowblower. The engine is HUGE!
Bruce from Can.
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- Location
- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
Quite a machine, but I still think a road grader is
better value for a county?s dollar. Plough snow all
winter, grade road all the rest of the year.
better value for a county?s dollar. Plough snow all
winter, grade road all the rest of the year.
The township I worked for a couple summers when I was in college in the mid 1970's plowed snow with two
366-powered C65 Chevy trucks. They were special ordered with a check mark for Every option described as
Heavy Duty. Township had both angle blades and a V-blade for the trucks. Worked one week during spring
break one year, got a late spring 6 inch wet snow storm. Boss still had the one-way blade on the '67
C65, it was always first truck out, lower gearing, top speed only around 62 mph. The '74 truck was geared
faster, almost 70+ mph. We could really roll a curl of snow off that blade around 4000 rpm in high side
of 3rd, almost over the fences! Put 3-4 loader buckets of crushed rock in the spreader box and if things
got REALLY bad they had tire chains too. Had an old early '60's vintage Super 300 Austin-Western grader
to put the big V-plow on, and the wing. Traded it in '74 for a brand new one. For snow removal their frt
driving axle was king! The Super 300 had a 4-53 Detroit, '74 had a 4-71 Detroit, S-300 had a shuttle
shift and torque converter drive, new one 8 speed fwd & rev. full power shift with torque converter.
New grader now is around $450,000-$500,000. Places that have them need them. The County DOT that plows my
road tries to do too much with their Volvo grader with the wing. There's a 6-8 ft high bank that drifts
in bad. They discovered a new invention 10 yrs ago, called Snow Fence. It helps, some. They tried
widening the road once with a frt angle blade on the grader, got all 4 drive wheels sitting on snow & ice
and a huge pile of snow behind the blade. I don't own anything big enough to pull that thing out, county
plow truck gave him a little tug and he was out. I have pushed back a foot or two of snow with my Super H
and loader with 80 inch blade, But the Best Tool for that job is their 544 Deere endloader, it piles all
the snow about 3 rows into the corn field on top of the bank. The bucket is 7-8 ft wide, only takes him a
couple minutes. DOT garage used to only be 4 miles from our place, think the big equipment is kept about
20 miles away now.
366-powered C65 Chevy trucks. They were special ordered with a check mark for Every option described as
Heavy Duty. Township had both angle blades and a V-blade for the trucks. Worked one week during spring
break one year, got a late spring 6 inch wet snow storm. Boss still had the one-way blade on the '67
C65, it was always first truck out, lower gearing, top speed only around 62 mph. The '74 truck was geared
faster, almost 70+ mph. We could really roll a curl of snow off that blade around 4000 rpm in high side
of 3rd, almost over the fences! Put 3-4 loader buckets of crushed rock in the spreader box and if things
got REALLY bad they had tire chains too. Had an old early '60's vintage Super 300 Austin-Western grader
to put the big V-plow on, and the wing. Traded it in '74 for a brand new one. For snow removal their frt
driving axle was king! The Super 300 had a 4-53 Detroit, '74 had a 4-71 Detroit, S-300 had a shuttle
shift and torque converter drive, new one 8 speed fwd & rev. full power shift with torque converter.
New grader now is around $450,000-$500,000. Places that have them need them. The County DOT that plows my
road tries to do too much with their Volvo grader with the wing. There's a 6-8 ft high bank that drifts
in bad. They discovered a new invention 10 yrs ago, called Snow Fence. It helps, some. They tried
widening the road once with a frt angle blade on the grader, got all 4 drive wheels sitting on snow & ice
and a huge pile of snow behind the blade. I don't own anything big enough to pull that thing out, county
plow truck gave him a little tug and he was out. I have pushed back a foot or two of snow with my Super H
and loader with 80 inch blade, But the Best Tool for that job is their 544 Deere endloader, it piles all
the snow about 3 rows into the corn field on top of the bank. The bucket is 7-8 ft wide, only takes him a
couple minutes. DOT garage used to only be 4 miles from our place, think the big equipment is kept about
20 miles away now.
Xtremesnow
New User
No its not retired. It one of 8 oshkosh I own. They all still plow for Maryland State Highway
Xtremesnow
New User
No its not, This is a P series. The Air Force had Wt2206 which make this one look like a toy sitting next to it. I also own two wt2206s. The wt2206 is the largest heaviest duty snow plow ever built and still is today.
Xtremesnow
New User
Its got a 8v92 475 hp turbo and blower 2 stroke in it. I also have a twin to her.
Xtremesnow
New User
You mean like this. #blowzilla
Xtremesnow
New User
No its not retired. Its one of 8 oshkosh I own and all still plow for Maryland State Highway
Xtremesnow
New User
Its got chains but it doesn't need it until it gets over 36". They don't make snow tires this big. Its weights 50,000lbs when loaded
Xtremesnow
New User
Its main one is 4" diameter and it was sent out to get rebuilt. We put that one to take it to the howard snow show
kcm.MN
Well-known Member
- Location
- NW Minnesota
Impressive rigs, for sure! Do you have other snow removal equipment as well?
By the way, welcome to YT!
Xtremesnow
New User
This one is 1990, This one and the rest that I have live in new windsor, MD. This one was down on display for the snow show. We also have a snow blower oshkosh
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