Ultimate Snowfighter Compilation
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- Опубліковано 1 січ 2016
- Here is a bunch of short clips from over the last three years on the snowplow . It is also my first video of the year 2016. Please feel free to comment, like and share this video. Thanks for watching!
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Great compilation of your clips. One of my first paying jobs when I was much younger was riding in the back of a salt truck all night moving salt over the tubes to drop salt down on the duels which spread it pretty good ,, driver used to honk when we cam to an intersection and we would throw a few sweeping shovelfuls out the back., didn't have spreaders like they do now. Some of those nights were the coldest I have ever been.
Thank you! I heard that they used to get guys in the back shoveling sand and salt. Man that would be a miserable job...Brrrr...
We don't normally get weather like this in the UK but I love it. Thanks for sharing :-)
Wow you have cured me from ever wanting to plow snow...You all are just the best...Good job...
Jim, your plowing videos are probably the best recruiting tool I know of, when people ask me, "Hey Andy, what's it like driving a snow plow?"
That Western Star sounds damn good! We had one down in Antigonish just to get fixed, but it was Sherbrooke's. Heard it go up street a couple times and it sounded wicked! Wish they still put Cat's in new ones and didn't have a bunch of emissions bull shit. Great video as always, hope to see more!
Quite a few years back we had a snow storm that shut down Anchorage Alaska. 38 inches on Saint Paddy‘s day! I was busier than a rat at a dump. The entire city was just about shut down. It will go down in history books as the snow of all snows. Continued work and safety for all of the road crews that are south of us! Happy holidays to all.
Hell yeah man....... Love that intro music.....just good ol' down home pickin.......love the vids
You have a lot of great footage, enjoyed watching the entire video. The decorated truck is nice to see, happy new year!
+Craig Arndt Thanks Craig! appreciate it.
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Greetings from Ottawa. Love your videos and the Pictou area. We spent a week at the lodge last summer.
Great video, nobody can understand what it’s like to operate one of these monsters on icy roads until you’ve done it, I’ve got 25 years behind the wheel of one of these machines, it’s sad the public treats us like dirt, keep it between the ditches.
Love the entry music, and glad we never had to buck those kind of drifts , there was only one area i had to take the grader to a couple times to punch through! Our trucks were 1968 Ford 478cu” gas short bed & an old International with a V they changed that out in 1972 for a International with a 479 gas we got 2-3 mpg , only plowed the county roads ! My longest day of plowing was 37.5 hrs
Hi and happy new year from Paris !
Thanks for sharing your first vid of this year. I remember the snow wall demolition vid !
And I also agree with Craig Arndt about the decorated truck :-)
+vistaquad Thank you for watching! Happy New Year to you too!
That western star sure outperforms all the other trucks you’ve run
I drove a 2014 Pete tractor for 7yrs and a newer paystar tri-axle for 4yrs in upstate NY stressful enough with out a plow! I give you props brother
Thanks Richard!
good stuff jim, as always, thanks mate
+Kevin Harkin Thanks Kevin! I appreciate it.
Thanks for the great videos Jim, from a fellow snowfighter!
+Andrew Stubblefield Thanks for watching Andrew! Where are you from and did you get much snow to plow this winter?
Hi! That winter started out as an El Nino, with a lot of cold, wet precip, and then in the middle of January, it warmed up considerably. So we went from a lot of plowing, to keeping the ditches and culvert open.
Hey Jim! Hope you're enjoying a great Canadian summer! A few questions for you-
Is NSPW still running mostly Westrrn Stars and Volvos?
Which do you prefer?
Are the yellow plow light a big help when the snow is kicking up?
Thanks, buddy!
Great videos Howie. You make it look like a lot of fun.
+Dan Marchand Thanks Dan. It is fun.
Great video. Of all the jobs i had in my life i enjoyed snow removal the most. I was a truck driver heavy equipment operator for 30 years. Really enjoy you,r videos,wish we got that much snow here.
+Daniel Luttrell Thanks Daniel! It can be a lot of fun plowing, and the more snow the better!
Great Video As Always! Happy New Year! Keep Up The Good Work Cheers Charlie!
+MaximumMPH Thank you!
I've not had the opportunity to drive a truck mounted snow plow unit, but I have spent some time shinning the seat of a grader mounted plow, and the worst part of the job was the public. I'll leave it at that.
Geesh! You gotta load your own salt? WTF is up with that? LOL! Kool video.
Great video !
Kyle
+Kyle L Thank you Kyle!
Great video sir . Stay safe driver .
Just wondering, does your company just leave that front loader running for each truck, and is the cold the reason and how it makes things harder to start?
Great video, has it snow much there? We've had a lot of rain this winter here in Minnesota. ElNino I guess!!!!!!!!!!
+Schneiderexc Not much snow here either. Pretty mild as well. Thanks ElNino!
I see you're operating one of the Granites in this video. I'm jealous. Here in Washington State, our time with Freightliners may be coming to an end, as we are plagued with electrical issues, mostly connected to the 18 speed automatic transmissions.
We have had problems with wiring on some of our Internationals. We just started getting trucks with automatic transmission a few years ago and never had any issues yet that I know off. Yet!
@@JimHowDigsDirt, I suppose anytime we're slinging salt around in a wet environment like we do, we are probably lucky we're not having anymore electrical problems than we already do lol
Safe travels, my friend.
Jim, very entertaining video. I see it said Nova Scotia, what part? Some of it looked like the Annapolis Valley and some didn't. I'm from the Valley born and bred. Hope to see more.
+Brian Snyder Thanks for watching Brian! I live in Stellarton, up in Pictou County.
I live in Nova Scotia too what part do you plow
I thought the plow trucks in Canada used blue warning lights?
Not here, but I kinda wish they would so we would stand out more! I think they might use blue lights in Newfoundland?
how many plows do you have up at your station??, and happy new year.
+Nathan McNally Happy belated New Year to you too. We have eight trucks based at our plow shed.
What highway garage do you work out of in NS?
I work out of the MacLellans Brook branch in Pictou County!
Why are almost all highway snow plows are Western Star trucks ?
@13:46 man that’s moving some snow, must have been over a foot on the road
Very nice but 3:48 got a little something on your windshield
I never knew you guys had to load your own salt. I thought an operator just camped there all night
Yes we do load ourselves. I guess we don't have enough trucks at our base to justify having a loader operator.
new truck this year? and how much so far has fallen
+Mr. Random Same truck as last year.(Western Star) It's been a pretty mild winter this year and not very much snow.
It must suck to have shift gears all night and how come no power angle front plow
+Tyson Walsh Actually Tyson like standard over the automatic I drove two winters ago. I think it's because you can push the clutch and rev the engine to lift your plow and wing without having to shift into neutral. I love an automatic truck, but not for this work. Most of our trucks are just plowing two lane highways and don't need to angle. The two trucks we use on the Trans Canada Highway have angle plows tho.
Nice vid but why are they using manual shift trucks ? The allison automatics now days get better fuel miles per gal. and when a manual clutch fails your down no quick fix here + your right hand is free to work other other controls plow wing spreader and you don't lose momentum when plowing large snow packs.
better use the SNOW BRUSH PLOW TRUCKS behind each other snow plow truck on the road just sweeps off snow ice films and feeder salt where spot the ice on road SAVING the lots salts and snow plow truck plow BLADES don't need do over around there will spoiler the black top break hole spots. Once snow brush plow and salting JOBS! snow plow truck use for thick inches snow off the road....that all
That sounds like a good idea!
I bet the locals in nova scotia love snow removal crews
here in bc an the city where I live, they are either out too late, dont do a good enough job, or "sitting on their asses at timmies not working", even though they are probably on their coffee break
Why so much salt?
We use salt to melt the ice and snow and make the roads safe. The only drawback is it rusts out our vehicles a lot sooner!
Ah, yes. It's a shame, really. Causes premature wear on asphalt, and causes considerable and expensive rust damage on cars. I've never experienced problems on snowy roads so I guess I don't really see the need for it. It's better if people drive slower than having my car rust on salty roads :)
great videos and thanks,,,,,but its beyond me why people would choose to live there,,,fighting the weather day after day, year after year,,,sooo much wasted energy and expense,,,,,,im glad to live where there is no snow,,,ride my motorcycle most days and within 4 hours of the beach,,,but thanks for the effort in saving people who otherwise might die with no connection to cities and services,,,