On 2017-01-08 11:17 AM, Gary wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> Your highway department needs better snow removal equipment. Here the
>> plow trucks are behemouth 20 tonners loaded with a mix of sand and
>> salt.... no matter how heavy a snow and how cold our roads are always
>> cleaned of all snow.
>
>> Those beasts plow my road hourly.
>
> No they don't.
>

NY State has some huge plow contraptions that have an offset plow
trailer, but they don't do the road he lives on. Most plow trucks are
singe axle 5 ton trucks and there are some 6-7 ton trucks with dual
axles. They need to have a short wheel base in order to be able to
maneuver. Dual axle trucks do no turn as sharply as single axles, and
having a plow on the front makes it even harder.