kcm.MN
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- NW Minnesota
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Rich'sToys
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- Southern MN
Cool!!
Olliejunkie
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Yes! That would be fun..
A rig about that vintage, blower augers were bigger, was used on state highway 14 in my part of minnesota until just a couple years ago. It was painted orange not
armed grey. We had a decade or more of not too extreme winters, then we had some big ones again, mostly blowing snow, fill in the roads. That old blower would come
humming along. I’d guess the hwy workers couldn’t handle the old cab any more. Engine in the back to run th blower.
Last 3-4 years I see a large JD tractor with a big tough blower on it now. Takes a lot longer for the tractor to drive the route to get everything blown back.
The plows usually get the road open, but the snow can be drifted and piled 6-10 feed high on the side of the road, on the road shoulder lane. Too much for a plow to
move any more, and any little wind drifts it all full feet deep again. So the blower comes along over the next days and moves those ridges back.
Paul
armed grey. We had a decade or more of not too extreme winters, then we had some big ones again, mostly blowing snow, fill in the roads. That old blower would come
humming along. I’d guess the hwy workers couldn’t handle the old cab any more. Engine in the back to run th blower.
Last 3-4 years I see a large JD tractor with a big tough blower on it now. Takes a lot longer for the tractor to drive the route to get everything blown back.
The plows usually get the road open, but the snow can be drifted and piled 6-10 feed high on the side of the road, on the road shoulder lane. Too much for a plow to
move any more, and any little wind drifts it all full feet deep again. So the blower comes along over the next days and moves those ridges back.
Paul
fastfarmall
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That color is better known as O,D. Olive Drab !!!!
RCP
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- Grove City Pa
That would be a challenge to drive, can you imagine being in a snow storm at night, trying to see through the blower in front of
you and the snow from it. I wonder how many times it was run off of the road and had to be pulled out backwards.
you and the snow from it. I wonder how many times it was run off of the road and had to be pulled out backwards.
Bruce from Can.
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- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
When we get one of those winters when the wind just seems to blow everyday. There are always a few spots were the snow that the plough pushes up gets so big they can’t push anymore. Once this happens the bring in a pay loader and dig the snow out and truck it away. Usually by the end of February by the time this happens, and winters back is broken.
fastfarmall
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But where does the drive shaft sit, from the blower motor to the snow blower itself, threw the passenger side of the cab ?????
Kansasredneck
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I can remember them bringing the blower rig to Lake Benton a few times to clear the highway West of town. That thing was loud.
Rode the Vee plow truck down to town once while they were clearing the road. Wild trip, and no working brakes on the thing.
Don't miss it much.
Rode the Vee plow truck down to town once while they were clearing the road. Wild trip, and no working brakes on the thing.
Don't miss it much.
Blackhole49
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- White Lake MI
That chute doesn't appear to turn. Why would you throw snow to the center of the street?
DeltaSteve
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My wife's cousins have a pre WW2 Fwd truck with a similar blower on it.Used on their resort at 10,000 ft Taylor Park,colorado. I wouldnt be surprised if it is still used.
Bob Collins
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About 1960 my school system got that exact truck outfit from surplus, it rarely got used, only when there was
really deep snow. That was in central NY where deep snow was common.
really deep snow. That was in central NY where deep snow was common.
Those sized rigs were often used in cities to load snow pushed to the curbs into dump trucks to get the snow hauled out of the business district. The blower would travel along the curb and blow the snow to the left so the dump trucks could just travel in a line on the main part of the street.
DoubleO7
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- Crystal River, FL
May have been airport use only.
Start in the middle and go back and forth blowing everything to the perimeter.
Brian G. NY
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Double07, you are exactly correct.....in addition to use by our military, a bunch of them were "lend-leased" to Great Britain to keep the RAF airbases clear during WWII. There were many of these built right up to the 50s. Google it up and you'll find a lot of interesting pictures and reading.
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