Late Winter Snowplow Surprise
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ย. 2024
- Here is a good example of why the roads are closed in the spring of the year.
After a snowfall everything looks beautiful on the surface, but danger lurks below that blanket of nice fresh snow as warmer temperatures have thawed out roadbeds. Here my plow dug in and tore up some asphalt when I hit a soft spot on this rough section of road. Fortunately I wasn't driving fast so nothing on the truck was hurt. If this happened at a higher speed I could have rode up on my plow and done a lot of damage.
Well that certainly could have been a lot worse! I was watching the plow truck today wondering if something like this ever happens...and then your video pops up in my recommended and answered that question. Great video! Glad you didn't get hurt or break your truck.
If I was going faster the plow could have ended upside down underneath the truck. It's called riding up on the plow. It's happened around here a few times in the past.
Spring time snow plowing . I had this happen ‘1’ time , we were plowing a light snow & slush off the road , there was about 3” of slush ice on the road , in an area that crossed a swampy area about 5’ down off each side the plow dug in & started that side skate motion at 20mph . I was quick on the leaver because I was expecting that it might happen! Even though That driver , (my Forman, )
claimed the plow as his , he immediately thanked me.
At the first snow of the winter ( while in the shop, on the level concrete) we set the plow on 1/2” plywood & the slide shoes on the floor, so the plow would not dig in , but i don’t remember ever doing it in the spring
Thank you snow plow drivers! From Ex- Colorado resident!
You are welcome from Nova Scotia! Thanks for watching!
Just like operating a dozer, you never know what lurks beneath the surface..
Thanks for posting, we do appreciate your time and effort to create and post these videos.
Thank you! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Love the sounds that Western Star makes! You did a great job dealing with a bad piece of road!
Love the sound of a Cat purring! Thanks for watching!
Allright!! Finally another snow plowing video, thanks Jim
Sorry for the long wait! We never got much snow all winter.
The feeling of wondering if it’s going to happen again never goes away.
I thought we were out of luck on more plow video this season. Then this. Great stuff.
This one just may be for the road...as you can see, spring is in the air!
That's why it's nice to have belly scrapers under the truck. I've driven big trucks plows for 25 years, an with that type of road u wouldn't need the front Plow. U also can apply the pressure u need for the belly Plow an Go a lot faster to to push it farther off road 👍
Great video, that was a close call keep them coming thanks Donald we are getting our third NorEaster tonight
Thanks Donald! It would be nice to get one good snowfall before spring!
wow that brings back a memory , About eight years ago I was plowing a dead end road . Close to the end of the road was a bridge for a drainage ditch that was built in 1938 , plowed one way turned around started to go back and ripped the concrete bridge deck off crumbled into dust . but i did not know i did it till a cop went down and stabbed the radiator with a hunk of rebar . road was closed still closed today
It sounds like the old bridge had better days!
JimHowDigsDirt I just have to ask do you still like the manual shift?
My first two trucks were manual now the last two trucks have been auto getting a new truck next year
New truck is 170.000 dollars getting all the bells and whistles
Looks like the whole road is alligator cracks and in need of replacing. Nice job getting it stopped before doing any damage to the equipment.
Hey, that's a perfect description for the shape of this road, lol. Had a sore arm for a few days but no harm to the truck. Thanks for watching John!
Well, the ice gets into small cracks in the asphalt, goes through many freeze-thaw-re-freeze cycles; enlarging the cracks; heaving up asphalt chunks, where your blade catches it, and tears a BIG hole. So, it's up to the Summer crews to FIND those cracks, inject 'em to the brim with Sealant, then steam roll the dickens out of 'em! You may not always be to blame, for these "boo-boos", my friend.
Where is this guy? It looks like Northern Wisconsin or Upper Michigan.
I am in Nova Scotia, Canada!
Thanks for the ride
The joys of spring plowing. Know it all to well. I plow country roads. many boobie traps...
10-4 on the boobie traps!
Wow!! You were one lucky man not to do any major damage to your plow truck, other than tweaking the angle of the blade a teensy weensy bit. That old wet snow really didn't help your day either. Glad that it wasn't worse. Hope you are ready for the next blow coming. Keep safe and try not to tear up your truck on those naughty roads. Thank you for showing us why we need the roads closed in early spring. :)
Thanks for watching Dana! Glad you enjoyed it!
What the hell did he hit ?
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What was in the snow jim? Rock?? Or did it just start cutting deep?
I caught some asphalt that was sticking up and dug into the class A gravel under it. I'm just glad I was driving slow!
Admire your job, truck and talent. Keep up the great work !
Mostly love the rig though.
Darned soft spots one minute your plowing snow the next your regrading the road lol oh well thats plowing
Why the engine brake?
Slow the engine faster for quicker shifts when plowing snow.
Greetings from the California northern mountains. Believe it or not, we have counties where we plow snow a great deal also.
I could use a bit of narration, please. What was the blockage in the road?
I caught a piece of broken up asphalt sticking up from the road. Peeled it right down into the gravel.
I wouldn't have thought there would be snowplows in California. Thanks for watching!
@@JimHowDigsDirt Some parts of CA get lots of snow... other parts have lots of idiots.
Head on a swivel !! Not your first rodeo !! Good driving!! 👍 👍
Thanks Tommy! Ride em cowboy! lol
I like the plow view or wing view. Not the truck just driving down the highway.
I will try to get more outside shots this winter.
I've been waiting all winter to see you move some snow!
We never really had much snow to move this winter! Oh well, it's not over yet. Stay tuned for more!
BEAUTIFUL PLACE!
Nova Scotia has a lot of nice scenery!
Keep that chain and cable tight and knuckle up a bit😉 damn dirt roads
Would like see the results in a rear facing cam! When you mow a lawn you get to see your results every time you turn to make a new pass......never see your clean road behind you or line of cars waiting for the road to be plowed.....Just a thought.
What year is your dump truck I have a 1976 Ford f600 and a 1994 Ford backhoe
I wonder when caterpillar stopped making those C12 engines. They are great sounding. How much horsepower is that engine in your truck? I hear some could go to 600. But I know I yours is definitely not that much.
I think it was 475HP but then they turned it back. Maybe 400 now?
Very tough to get 600hp from a C-12 Cat. Much easier for a C-15,16
WTF did I just watch . surprise, what surprise I didn't see no surprise. I was expecting something spectacular like a pack of wolves or snow snakes , something .
Boy you sure sound surprised, lol.
Nova Scotia hummm, when I thinj of Nova Scotia, I think Bay of Funday. Lol. Not country roads and trees or snow
Very good from cape breton guy.!! 👍 👍 👊 ✌
👍 👍 I love Cape Breton! Motorcycle heaven!👍 👍
Course I don't get to usually plow any snow, the town I'm in if we get 3-5 inches were round and round 0.001 at a time😤
Same thing happened to my father years ago working for New Brunswick dot,only he drove up on the plow.1969 ford super duty at the time.
That musta been one hell of a smash! Did he get hurt?
No he didn,t get hurt,,he was able to back down off the plow and push it off to the side of the road.
He got off lucky! A couple of years ago one of our guys plow dug in and put the plow upside down underneath the truck. The bottom of the plow put a hole in the oil pan. Scary shit!
From what I remember him sayin the Ford wasn,t very fast,391 gas,,3rd gear low ruxel most of the time.
Good looking out. Who do you drive for?
The Nova Scotia DOT
Do you plow by st Ann's bay?
No. I'm in Pictou County, NS.
Excellent Video Brother!
Stay Safe.
Thank you!
roll the plow back screw down the shoes and get read of the one way that will keep your pants clean in the inside ive had them go throw black top road in the spring
white knuckle push that snow son!!!
we are having more snow next two days here in Eastern finland, we have already almost one meter so may be very late spring since temperatures are again dropping below -10 derees in celsius
Wow! Looks like you might have gotten all our snow this winter because we certainly never got much! Looking like an early spring here in Nova Scotia, Canada
I can’t get over that nightmare plow truck. What do they plow with before the gravel freezes ?
LOVE the look at the 7 minute mark.. "that was a horrible shift, **glances back and forth** good nobody witnessed it!" Giver the gears bud!
Jim, sent a couple noreasters up your way
Thanks! Just don't send any after the end of march!
Just like many things in life: can’t everybody be a snowplow operator, I’m sure it helps to know the terrain you live in though,
Great video!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Manual snow plow. Good lord that would be a very long winter. Dreading every time it snows and hanging to drive that on his route.
With the exception of a few bad roads, it's a lot of fun !
Jean : I thoroughly enjoy these videos where experienced drivers like you do your "thing". In my country such driving is only a dream... but it could turn into a nightmare! Do I get censored?
10,000/20,000 (maybe more?), pound truck, stopped on a dime.... wow.
Probably weighs that much in kgs. That's the fastest I ever came to a stop in that truck!
Fully loaded they can be 10 to 30 tone
Our highway plows weigh ~60k lbs fully loaded with 3 loader buckets of ice slicer and 800 gallon of liquid de-icer. We use 2016 westernstars with a Cummins
Doesn’t sound like it shifting right after that accident.
My fault! It's just a little trickier shifting at such a low speed while pushing heavy snow uphill.
What area/State is this ??
This is in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
I hate this time of year. Not sure if you guys have frost laws but that’s why we do!
Yeah it makes for slow going on the bad roads! Here, the roads now have weight restrictions on them till things dry up in the spring. Is that the same thing as your frost law?
JimHowDigsDirt
Yes it is. They usually last 1.5 to 2 months. They can be a real pain but do good for the roads. Here in Michigan we call them both frost laws or weight restrictions.
mr7badass
Ontario has load limits from march till may due to soft roads. Guys call em the half load limit.
Spring is when its time to use new coasters .
I don't feel so bad about tearing the yard up now LOL
When You bruise your ribs from landing on the steering wheel. That’s how you know your plow doesn’t trip worth a damn.
Frost come out there or did you get under it some how? boy quiet winter all over.
Really quite winter here too Marvin! Frost is coming out and the roads are closed. I think I hooked a piece of broken up asphalt and peeled a layer off the road.
Where is the surprise
What did you hit
I hit the road! Must have been some old broken up asphalt sticking up and caused the plow dig in!
I see you got part of the storm? it about to miss us, in Wisconsin, but further up north
That might have been the biggest snowfall we had all winter! We never got more than 3 or 4 inches most of the times it snowed up here this winter.
looks like the chipseal stuff.
- Where is the Surprise ? ?
What part of NS do you plow?
Pictou County area.
cold patch ?
Not really sure! There is a lot of patches on that section of road.
Cold patch never gets solid , stays soft even is sub-zero temps.
@@williamcrooker8329 I hate cold patching. Our bosses make us do it in below freezing temps all the way to above 100 degrees with 100% humidity. Just to give us something to do.
@6:10 the truck did an un happy shift lol
It happens to the best of us....especially when pushing snow, lol.
Museum that’s where that truck should be
Yes, she's a real gem!
Keep them chains tight buddy its that time of year eh.
Bad spot on the road? Or the plow just dig in? Good thing you were going slow!
The pavement here is in pretty bad shape! I think I hooked a piece of asphalt that was sticking up and caused the plow to dig in.
is that road paved
Yes, but in really bad shape!
JimHowDigsDirt
Ya you see behind it, its all cracked up and in pieces
So thats where i left that pile. Oops, my bad. That sure looked like a hell of a ride.
I'm glad I was only going slow!
Screw this job, my hat is off to you.
Thank you!
Bet that didnt feel good. Stopped ya up pretty quick. I see you guys will be busy in couple days too with that big dump coming. Calling for up to 40 here.
Hurt my arm a bit from the impact. The good thing about getting a big dump of snow now is that it won't last long! Where are you located?
Near Fredericton. We got hit pretty good with the storm but it was so mild that a lot melted by morning. Then another 15cm fell on it. Probably 25cm down out there id say. Real wet too. Can see shocks lift after clearing off vehicles.
Thanks for taking us with you Jim, darn thawed ground!!! Lol . How many kilometers of roads you do??
Good job Jim yes it mite of been worse .
Thanks Leo!! 👍 👍
yeah the plow blades are handy for dozer work like we ended using our snowplow blades for too
yo jim are plowing up in nova scotia that road looks familiar /
This is the Glengarry Road out in Lorne, Pictou County.
Safety first ⚠️
This vid was shit 575 likes you guys are way to kind. Holy fuck!!
Cool sonic the engine. 😍😍😍👌✨🌟 from Dominican Repúblic
Thanks Angel! Glan you liked it!
Glad*
it must be a hot inside when u got window open ......
I like the fresh air when it's not too cold out.
it's a Cat C-12 ? ...well it's dosent sound bad.
Purrs like a kitten!
Best engine I have ever owned! Hands down beats the service I get out of the 6NZ I have.
It's a plow not a grader.....lol
It would have been a good job for the grader!
Turn off the Jake!!!! lol
Good to know
Well there's 15 min I'll never get back
If it makes you feel any better, thanks for watching!
Turn of that fucking engine break.
That's 14 mins I will never get back
SAME OLD CAB VIEW
Your blades to low.
Asphalt was too high!
He leave the jake brake on
Yes! It slows the engine down quicker when shifting gears, which is a help when you are pushing snow.
💪👍🇫🇮🇸🇪🇺🇦❤️😁
why do i watch such weird stuff....
I dare you, lol.
Watch the whole video just to see two guys stopping for lunch big deal
- I did not see a surprise
If I were your boss, I would restrict you to automatic transmissions only.
I wouldn't like that!
You obviously have never plowed snow in rural America with dirt roads you have to keep your rpms up so you can keep your momentum! This snow was really wet and takes a extreme amount of power to plow plus you gave unthawed ground beneath taking power!
So where is the surprise? Pretty lame...
BOO!!!
I bet he got a good surprise when the truck came to a sunnded halte like that
Like thief said turn the Jake off
We use thick rubber blades to prevent this and if you hit a raised manhole with a steel blade God help you. You might end up going to the vet when you eat the windshield if your not wearing your seat belt.
Some guys I work with will use rubber with a soft steel blade on their wing. Most of us use carbide edge sandwiched between two soft blades, like we do on the plow. Luckily we don't have too many manholes to deal with in the county.
what county do you plow in
Nova Scotia, Canada
yeah im in hants county just wondering if you were on any of our roads
almost looks like south rawdon road
I have never plowed in that area but I do ride those roads on my motorcycle sometimes in the summer.
Glengarry Road, Pictou County