MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
Equipment Editor Jim Park shares photos from Valdez, Alaska, where he joined Mack Trucks' video crew filming an episode for season 2 of the Road Life series. The series is about Mack customers and their trucks, and this episode features a Mack Granite snowplow specially built for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
The City of Anchorage, Alaska, is trying a new tactic to make icy sidewalks less hazardous, by scratching the ice on the sidewalks to create traction for walkers.
Winter Equipment announced two skid shoe assemblies for Arctic and ProTech pusher box plows.
The Western Star 4700 set-back, all-wheel drive 6x6 and 4x4 trucks can now be spec’d with an 18,000-pound front drive axle.
Torwel Limited snow and ice management division announced improvements to its Economizer gas-over-hydraulic pickup truck spreaders.
The City of St. Paul, Minn., may purchase an entirely new plow fleet in order to take on snow removal in alleys around the city.
The Boss stainless steel XT’s flared blade wings and enhanced curl design allow users to throw snow higher and farther than conventional plows.
Boss Snowplow’s SK-R 8-foot and SK-R 10-foot box plows for skid steers offer a rubber cutting edge, fixed attachment system, and heavy-duty wing shoes.
Overall, the city will enter the winter season with 81 pieces of winter operations equipment on hand, including loaders, brine trucks, and pickup trucks.
The Nebraska Department of Roads is outfitting all of its 697 plow trucks with tracking technology that also monitors the amount of brine and salt they spread.