Excavating Snow Buried Houses | Battling Mammoth’s Blizzards

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2023
  • We were supposed to visit a massive tunneling project in Los Angeles, but torrential rain in So Cal had other ideas.
    Since there was a lot of precipitation, we planned an impromptu trip to check out snow plowing in Mammoth Lakes, California with the Plow Brothers.
    Checking out snow plowing in Mammoth sounds fun, but it was a 5 hour drive from LA (1 way) so it made for a 10 hour day in the car together.
    We saw plenty of snow plowing, Eric complained a lot, and “snow mode” on the rental car wasn’t exactly up to par for this kind of precipitation.
    And just clarifying for the haters... I swear I’m 5'6. Stay dirty, my friends! #snowplowing #heavyequipment #snow
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  • @ericjenjohnson
    @ericjenjohnson ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Plow brothers is such a great channel! What they have dealt with this winter is insane!

  • @emiljrgensen4860
    @emiljrgensen4860 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Should get up here to Tromsø, norway during snowfall, crazy how much different equipment they have for snow clearing. L110 loaders with snowblowers and blades, scrapers, trucks. Not too mention its totally dark for 2 months

  • @tommyp4728
    @tommyp4728 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    dude full circle lol just started watching mammoth mountain life like 4 weeks ago and now hes here hahaha

  • @tolandmike
    @tolandmike ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've been watching the Plow Brothers battle the snow in Mammoth since MLK Day and have been impressed. Very cool to see them on your channel, Aaron!

  • @TheEarthHistorysConfusing
    @TheEarthHistorysConfusing 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a Aussie I find this Amazing!. Ive seen snow but not like this.. Cool Share!.. Thanks

  • @ericknowles6588
    @ericknowles6588 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Will, you would have loved to see the snow blowers the town operates. Cat 966ms with an additional diesel motor on the back just to power the blower! We also use the 966ms just to push it around. The first week the snow let up for us, we brought in crews of dump trucks/haul trucks, filled them up and took the snow out of town! Would love to see/meet you back up here! Long time fan, so happy you got to taste what I got to grow up with!

    • @ericknowles6588
      @ericknowles6588 ปีที่แล้ว

      Witt*

    • @DeDreamer
      @DeDreamer ปีที่แล้ว

      They need to use a Larue D60 th-cam.com/video/tLZcKl5rQr0/w-d-xo.html
      Engine blower on the back of a loader is outdated and in the way when in tight areas.

  • @RONJAE212003
    @RONJAE212003 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love when people meet challenges with jokes and don’t start yelling or being mean to staff. That takes an amazing person.

  • @brandonnelson7814
    @brandonnelson7814 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That’s so cool Aaron. Mammoth has the most amazing snow removal ever.

  • @martymorse2
    @martymorse2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No worries about being 5'6" tall Aaron. Perfect height for a marathoner. All the best this season on the roads.

  • @donweden7199
    @donweden7199 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool. Good job showcasing the Plow Bros!

  • @FECosta-ei6pv
    @FECosta-ei6pv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was one of your best adventures, Mr. Aaron. Keep on sharing cool content 👍🏻

  • @tracylokstadt4294
    @tracylokstadt4294 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad to see you in California again. Amazing place, Mammoth. Great coverage.

  • @blueman5924
    @blueman5924 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yup. Playground for the rich, but it does look pretty as heck with all that snow. 👍

  • @AndyFromBeaverton
    @AndyFromBeaverton ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mammoth Mountain already had 441 inches at its summit by mid-January. At a certain point, even the snow blowers can't eject the snow over the bank. The animals will definitely have a long hibernation this spring.

    • @ericknowles6588
      @ericknowles6588 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We have over 520" now

    • @JackTruitt
      @JackTruitt ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm in Tahoe and we are in similar shape. We use snowcats to bring the walls down so we can keep blowing over them. Towns and neighborhoods without places to put snow truck the snow to a place it can be blown into giant piles

    • @AndyFromBeaverton
      @AndyFromBeaverton ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericknowles6588 What? I’m ecstatic there’s so much snow. I just hope everyone is safe and warm, including the animals. The melt is going to push a lot of rivers to the limit.

    • @AndyFromBeaverton
      @AndyFromBeaverton ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JackTruitt Just wow! I remember seeing some roads in Japan where the snow is so high at the sides it doesn’t seem real. Stay safe!

  • @johannessamuelsson6578
    @johannessamuelsson6578 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you think thise drifts are tall, you should see the Wilderness Road through the Scandinavian Mountains in northern Sweden. This road is closed all winter. They clear it with big loaders with blowers attached, just like 11:46 but way bigger.. This road is closed all winter. Clearing is done by April and the road is only open for like five months until the snow comes back. The snow blowing creates drifts 18 feet tall.

  • @phts2279
    @phts2279 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's the way nature works the snow melts slowly through out the summer filling rivers. Dams that generate power and water farmers crops to grow food

  • @marksellinger3736
    @marksellinger3736 ปีที่แล้ว

    I spent many a winter skiing in Mammoth and do remember the years where snow was 20 feet high. Of course, Mammoth was a small town then. Oh how its changed.

  • @litz13
    @litz13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just want you to notice ... Aaron/Eric ... bundled up for the Artic, and shivering in the cold. Tyson Carr standing there only in a sweatshirt.
    The boys are way way way out of their natural habitat on this one.

  • @dreib778
    @dreib778 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Eric's rant at the end made the video for me.

  • @ClaytonHartin
    @ClaytonHartin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There’s a TH-camr up there that does snow removal “Mammoth Mountain Life” uses a John Deere loader and some skid steers with snow blower.

    • @Betonrg
      @Betonrg ปีที่แล้ว

      I follow him. Love all these guys.

  • @FishFind3000
    @FishFind3000 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Who pays for all this work. Is the city covering it or the state? The fees gotta be crazy.

    • @rp1645
      @rp1645 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This looks like private contact for the housing development. My brother in law has a home next to ski area in Washington State. The State plows the Freeway and off ramps, the county crews do the side street into my in-laws housing just like this video. Then a guy in the area uses a CAT (416) Backhoe to clear the cul-de-sac. my in-laws he just got a (Honda) powered snow blower. Small unit with tracks for his driveway. I just went up there with my 2021 Silverado 3500
      Z-71 Duramax Allison. The snow was up to the frame of pickup going into the housing development. Had NOT been plowed yet, in
      4 × 4 Low I was able to crawl through it to his house. Had to deliver a load of Fire wood. Plus most "important" his MOTHER. My nagging mother-in-law could not stop telling me how to drive through the snow. Then when we got to her son's home. She said how well I drove through it. Meaning how well she back seat drove.

    • @ericknowles6588
      @ericknowles6588 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's the town and private companies.

    • @RitzmanPerformanceMotorworks
      @RitzmanPerformanceMotorworks ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I work for another high elevation ski town in Utah. Currently we have received 327" of snowfall and it takes millions of dollars to keep salt down, roads 2 lanes wide, and trucks/loaders running. It's no joke!

    • @cullenaukee5899
      @cullenaukee5899 ปีที่แล้ว

      H.O.A’s and second home owners, the taxes pay for the public roads I’ve worked for both

    • @josephvargas187
      @josephvargas187 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Snow creek is the condo project with all those private roads, but the town has a fleet of 966s 950 and blowers that do all the main roads

  • @fishingwith_luke7010
    @fishingwith_luke7010 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You should hook up with Ken white and go visit them

  • @_multiverse_
    @_multiverse_ ปีที่แล้ว +36

    It's going to be funny when California mandates all this equipment be electric

    • @klausthedog9670
      @klausthedog9670 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      And running on gender fluid…

    • @nickcollins1528
      @nickcollins1528 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@klausthedog9670 and non binary ignitions

  • @babconstruction
    @babconstruction ปีที่แล้ว

    Itchy and Scratchy’s snowmagedon🤣

  • @aldoogie824
    @aldoogie824 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best channel out there!

  • @gabegjl3265
    @gabegjl3265 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eric = grumpy and no jokes!

  • @TheGaggenau
    @TheGaggenau ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Winter tires is a good thing……..

  • @ScottWarder
    @ScottWarder ปีที่แล้ว

    "It's gonna be a good day".. Sounded a bit like Larry Enticer?..

  • @juliecohen9041
    @juliecohen9041 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in chicago and we have not gottne much snow this year I am okay with that

  • @knowltek
    @knowltek ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Catch the mammoth mountain life..plow bros…haha…yee yee…

  • @tomhogan264
    @tomhogan264 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoy you gent !

  • @ericknowles6588
    @ericknowles6588 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aaairroom you were here!!!! Whatttt

  • @anthonydalesandro145
    @anthonydalesandro145 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Back in the day.... Hate that saying when talking about snow fall rates

    • @RMosher11
      @RMosher11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is very true here in CNY. It just doesn't snow here anymore. When it does it is gone in less than a week.

    • @jimbeam2705
      @jimbeam2705 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Those days will be back. People think that the weather should run like a fine tuned watch ,year in year out. People don't realize that giant ball of fire that we call the sun could kill us all in seconds .

    • @rp1645
      @rp1645 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimbeam2705 YES, if the SUN ever burns "OUT"
      The EARTH are round ball of hard Rock in its CORE, in my Humble opinion that would just blow apart, a huge ICE cube in space in are galaxy.

    • @CGT80
      @CGT80 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hate the "back in the day" phrase all together. It sounds so unprofessional and it is vague. He could have said when he was a kid, or a decade ago, or even just years ago. To say "in the past" would sound better. I do agree with the sentiment that weather tends to cycle. I live an hour East of LA and 5 hours below Mammoth and have vacationed at the lakes in the Sierras quite a few times. It was interesting to see that amount of snow since I always go between the end of May and October for the better weather and fishing.

  • @RONJAE212003
    @RONJAE212003 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’d like to see a place in Mammoth that’s hadn’t been touched. Meaning NO plows no shoveling nothing and see how naturally tall the snow ended up being on flat ground though

  • @tlgx884
    @tlgx884 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @lowermichigan4437
    @lowermichigan4437 ปีที่แล้ว

    How long until the state says they have to do this with electric equipment?

  • @JackTruitt
    @JackTruitt ปีที่แล้ว

    to correct Eric, California does use salt. mostly brine, also lots of sand.

  • @nickcollins1528
    @nickcollins1528 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im really surprised they dont use snow melters pile the snow and start feed the macine and melt it off

  • @stakman78
    @stakman78 ปีที่แล้ว

    What on earth in a 2wd Aaron... really dude.

  • @brentbasto
    @brentbasto ปีที่แล้ว

    Rookie at driving in the snow I see

  • @tugboat2739
    @tugboat2739 ปีที่แล้ว

    Howdy y’all

  • @ludvigborg2826
    @ludvigborg2826 ปีที่แล้ว

    when is the colorado videos coming

  • @DeDreamer
    @DeDreamer ปีที่แล้ว

    Why don't they have Loader mount snowblower? Way more productive and can clear more snow than the mini skid steer units. Just wondering.

    • @TheTomkat13
      @TheTomkat13 ปีที่แล้ว

      They do. At least in town they do. They have loader mounted blowers with separate diesel motors to run the blower. The skid steer blowers are usually used for tight neighborhoods and driveways.

  • @jeffjansen582
    @jeffjansen582 ปีที่แล้ว

    Noseason tires on two wheel drive, best you stick to hot dirt.

  • @freewillmonk9283
    @freewillmonk9283 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got stuck on nothing 😂

  • @JEM133
    @JEM133 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you're driving around in those conditions without your chains,you deserve what you get.Its not just your own safety you're playing with.

  • @michaelsedway9703
    @michaelsedway9703 ปีที่แล้ว

    Plow brothers

  • @Nick-nw6zg
    @Nick-nw6zg ปีที่แล้ว

    Why the hell would you bring a 2 Wheel Dr. car into that?

  • @brianlofton2489
    @brianlofton2489 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out his TH-cam channel.

  • @ryandelaney4657
    @ryandelaney4657 ปีที่แล้ว

    Next time call me, I'm canadian ,I'll drive you up there, garunteed I'll get you there

  • @danielsill4120
    @danielsill4120 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Snow almost all the way up to the bottom of the treads on the tires????...wow!.. yup looks very bad you could get a job reporting the weather on CNN.

  • @Nick-nw6zg
    @Nick-nw6zg ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, they sure do get a lot of global warming in California

  • @Luui2x
    @Luui2x ปีที่แล้ว

    they should make a snow melter and direct it to river or lake or so

  • @Ethantice04
    @Ethantice04 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why don’t you just rent trucks in these kind of conditions?seems like your always getting stuck

  • @tylerkinley268
    @tylerkinley268 ปีที่แล้ว

    'snow is a form of precipitation that falls from the sky'; bullshit sir! Next you'll tell me the earth is round.

  • @joopvanharte2640
    @joopvanharte2640 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this Germany?

    • @ericjenjohnson
      @ericjenjohnson ปีที่แล้ว

      Northern California!

    • @Betonrg
      @Betonrg ปีที่แล้ว

      Eastern sierra. Mammoth is not part of the northern California, Lake tahoe does

    • @joopvanharte2640
      @joopvanharte2640 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Betonrg oké, i never been there

    • @Betonrg
      @Betonrg ปีที่แล้ว

      Where are you from brother?

  • @StubbyPhillips
    @StubbyPhillips ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nope.

  • @realistic.optimist
    @realistic.optimist 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Boo Hoo - come to Alaska. It is not -40F there and the snow.
    No salt, no problem use gravel.

  • @aliikane
    @aliikane ปีที่แล้ว

    No EV snowplows and electric snow blowers are going to cut it in any severe snow conditions.

  • @psychonet380
    @psychonet380 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "And just clarifying for the haters... I swear I’m 5'6." Lmfao didn't know haters would care about heights but, hey, I believe it

  • @ropo772
    @ropo772 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What fool would go to Mammoth in such a historic snowfall in a rental vehicle that doesn't have four wheel drive? That speaks volumes for the common sense of you all.

  • @michaelmiller7208
    @michaelmiller7208 ปีที่แล้ว

    If they were supposed to work in Tunnels means they are Govt. Workers or contracted by government

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you can afford a house like that, there, you can afford to stock a pantry to hold you for a month or two.

  • @jimbeam2705
    @jimbeam2705 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    But ,but, but ....the democrats said that we would be so hot and dry that the oceans would rise and cover the state that I live in ... Florida. Strange, the oceans haven't risen in the over 30 years that I've lived here. This reminds me of the winters in Upstate NY in the 60,70,80s when I grew up on a dairy farm.

    • @matt45540
      @matt45540 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Global warmings a snapback effect, hotter and colder. I live on the coast too a lot of our parking lots are starting to flood and roads get covered at high tide.

    • @taylorhickman84
      @taylorhickman84 ปีที่แล้ว

      4 inches isn't nothing

    • @FishFind3000
      @FishFind3000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don’t forgot that democrats also bought beach front property after spewing that nonsense… guess they can’t take there own advise. Unless they know it’s total bs like it is.

    • @bludowski
      @bludowski ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@taylorhickman84 4 inches is a lot, I'd say it's plenty 😢

    • @FishFind3000
      @FishFind3000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@matt45540 I’m sure the urbanization might be having an effect on that. More more buildings and hard scape that doesn’t allow the water to move like it used to so it’s pushed to new areas.