[SamAdams76]

[DesertRhino]

And when we had steam locomotives, they had that huge rotary snow blower on front. Several are still in use today.

[rlmorel]

Snow Blows!

[dfwgator]

[terart]

thanks for posting...I enjoy seeing and reading about the history of things I didn’t know :)

[Sacajaweau]

Thank goodness I never had to dress in those ridiculous dresses. I did have several long elegant dresses in the 1960s but they were evening wear and not everyday dresses.

That reminds me....wonder where my iron is?

[McGruff]

That's not snow,

[fhayek]

The Encyclopedia of Snow Removal, Volume XI.

Yeah, you have to laugh at that...

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I knew a guy who had a story about being out working on the road with a fresno plow in Nebraska.

[redfreedom]

Several years ago I had a very large 8’ wide by 4’ high blower mounted on the front of a 4WD truck. The blower had it’s own 300 HP gas engine mounted behind the cab.

With this size rig you are actually creating your own whiteout conditions which really restricts visibility. This rig had a master kill switch that shut down both the truck and blower engines in case of emergency.

One night I was blowing snow with restricted visibility. I thought I saw a person approaching the blower, then came a white out. Next visible moment the person was directly in front of the blower and fell down in the deep snow. I hit the kill switch immediately.

I got out and there was this drunken lady looking up at me saying: “I need a man, I need a man”. As it turned out she needed someone to light her furnace.

True story.

[nascarnation]

I use a 4wd Polaris ATV with a blade on the front.
It’s a superb machine. Lots of drawbar pull with great maneuverability.
With their drive system all 4 wheels are locked together when you are in low range.

Also great for pulling a sled full of people.

[pepsi_junkie]

I was in Norway when it snowed and nobody cleared anything, even the streets remained unplowed. They told me that in Norway the law is that God put the snow there so it's not the responsibility of anyone to clear it and it's not their fault if someone gets hurt on it. But if they clear it and then someone gets hurt it IS their fault because they didn't do a good enough job. So of course nobody bothers at all.

For the first time I considered moving to Norway ...

[Chad C. Mulligan]

My father remembered a time when the New England towns simply packed the snow down with a horse-drawn roller to make it easier for sleighs.

[Recompennation]

Of 52 graders 51 were broken down along about the big snow of 1987 in Washington dc. The national guard pushed the snow to bail out the democrat desk occupiers. The effectiveness of progress is dependent on more things just saying?

[heavy metal]

from what i understand the biden clan just inhales it...