Jarhead Enterprises Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Delivering 2 of these 2017 Mack GU713 Snow Plow Trucks to the Tennessee DOT Garage here in Knoxville this week. Trucks are MP8-455M, 8LL transmissions, 20k front, 46k rears on M-Ride suspensions. Pretty exciting - they have seen the light on IHC trucks hopefully! 2 Quote Jim Toussaint Division Operations Manager - Worldwide Equipment Inc Knoxville / Middlesboro / Crossville / Morristown / Asheville Highway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oso2 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Americans floor me every time. There is NO wing plow on that truck! The State spends all that money on a hurkin' big Mack with a 450hp engine, and then fails to spec a wing plow, thus making it half as effective as a regular plow. BTW, a friend of mine owned a couple of Ontario Ministry of Transportation snow plows. They were tiny trucks compared to this: two single axle Fords - an L-9000 with an L10 Cummins and a L-8000 with a 225hp 3208 Cat. Both had wings. P.S. Upstate New York has some nice plow trucks. I'm sure other parts of the States do too. Edited May 19, 2016 by Oso2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted May 19, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2016 Mate that looks like the Dame Edna of trucks "Hello Possums" only Aussies will get that those head lights LOL I can see why they are there but well like Dame Edna LOL Paul 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I may be stupid. Hm May be? But what is the purpose of that mid frame little plow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oso2 Posted May 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2016 18 hours ago, james j neiweem said: I may be stupid. Hm May be? But what is the purpose of that mid frame little plow? It's a scraper. The front plow is designed to ride on top of hard surfaces and not take out things like curbs, speed bumps and the like. The bottom plow is like a grader blade. It will dig in and either remove or scarify any ice surface (i.e. to make the surface rough and provide traction). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 On 5/19/2016 at 11:55 PM, Oso2 said: Americans floor me every time. There is NO wing plow on that truck! The State spends all that money on a hurkin' big Mack with a 450hp engine, and then fails to spec a wing plow, thus making it half as effective as a regular plow. BTW, a friend of mine owned a couple of Ontario Ministry of Transportation snow plows. They were tiny trucks compared to this: two single axle Fords - an L-9000 with an L10 Cummins and a L-8000 with a 225hp 3208 Cat. Both had wings. P.S. Upstate New York has some nice plow trucks. I'm sure other parts of the States do too. All depends on what type of roads these trucks will be plowing,wing plows are only good for interstate hwy where there are no cars parked on the side of the roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Enterprises Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 I am originally from Upstate NY and spent 6 winters in snow plows. Tennessee gets maybe 3-4 storms a year with not a lot of snow - I have been in East Tennessee 6 years and the worst I can remember here in Knoxville is 5-6 inches which was gone in a week. These trucks have been designed to keep main roads clean and probably will do more sanding and salting than actual plowing. 2 Quote Jim Toussaint Division Operations Manager - Worldwide Equipment Inc Knoxville / Middlesboro / Crossville / Morristown / Asheville Highway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) On May 19, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Oso2 said: Americans floor me every time. There is NO wing plow on that truck! The State spends all that money on a hurkin' big Mack with a 450hp engine, and then fails to spec a wing plow, thus making it half as effective as a regular plow. BTW, a friend of mine owned a couple of Ontario Ministry of Transportation snow plows. They were tiny trucks compared to this: two single axle Fords - an L-9000 with an L10 Cummins and a L-8000 with a 225hp 3208 Cat. Both had wings. P.S. Upstate New York has some nice plow trucks. I'm sure other parts of the States do too. All our trucks in MT have wings. Lots a miles of road to plow with very few people and resources. Edited May 20, 2016 by HeavyGunner Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oso2 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 7 hours ago, MACKS said: wing plows are only good for interstate hwy where there are no cars parked on the side of the roads. Hardly. Wing plows can be used in all but the tightest of spots. They aren't good for old, pre-automobile neighbourhoods - that I'll grant you. But just lift the wing! Everywhere else, they work well. Come up to Eastern Canada - pretty much every snowplow has a wing (Although big cities like Toronto tend to use front end-loaders with plows for the tight areas, btw). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 City of Manchester, NH runs double wings in the city. Depends which side of the street the cars are parked as to which wing is down. A one way street can be completely plowed in one pass. NH State highway department will plow the interstate in convoy. Lead truck will have double wings and plow to the left. Every truck has a wing including the hired trucks. I even have one to do my own driveway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 tow plow reduces the need for wings 1 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grayhair Posted May 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) Ah, whenever I hear someone mention wing plows I am reminded of a fellow whose house was on a downhill stretch of a rural country road outside of Buffalo, NY. The county plow truck drivers would sometimes come all the way down the hill without lifting the wing plow and clip off every mailbox along the way, post and all. Just lazy and mean. The mailboxes and their posts, thus sheared off, would flip end-over-end flying through the air. I've seen it and quite a sight to see. Well, this fellow got tired of replacing his mailbox. His solution: Got a piece of railroad track, drilled a hole 8 feet deep, inserted the railroad track, back filled with concrete, and mounted his new mailbox on top. Picture one big ass truck, V plow on the front, full load of salt in the box, getting up a head of steam downhill, really traveling now, air cloud of snow mist... That mailbox ripped the wing plow right off the truck. Payback at its finest. Edited May 21, 2016 by grayhair 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29Bowtie Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 On 5/20/2016 at 6:12 PM, grayhair said: Ah, whenever I hear someone mention wing plows I am reminded of a fellow whose house was on a downhill stretch of a rural country road outside of Buffalo, NY. The county plow truck drivers would sometimes come all the way down the hill without lifting the wing plow and clip off every mailbox along the way, post and all. Just lazy and mean. The mailboxes and their posts, thus sheared off, would flip end-over-end flying through the air. I've seen it and quite a sight to see. Well, this fellow got tired of replacing his mailbox. His solution: Got a piece of railroad track, drilled a hole 8 feet deep, inserted the railroad track, back filled with concrete, and mounted his new mailbox on top. Picture one big ass truck, V plow on the front, full load of salt in the box, getting up a head of steam downhill, really traveling now, air cloud of snow mist... That mailbox ripped the wing plow right off the truck. Payback at its finest. That reminded me of a friends Dad up here, who got tired of people running over his mailbox, he did a similar thing, 12 feet of steel pipe, with only 4 feet above ground and set in concrete, but with soil covering the concrete. one night a 4x4 with a big bush bumper tried to take it out as a prank. Surprise, truck stopped and barely marked the mailbox post. Ouch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_martell Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 All of the plows (big trucks) in the county have wings, a few have mid-mount scrapers. They use pick ups for small spots and loaders when the p/u won't fit lol. It's also not uncommon to find a grader plowing a back road.....likely a "make work" deal. There's a lot of two lane country Rd around here they can plow the lane and most of the shoulder in one pass. We also have a few tow plows. Quote Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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