OOH THE PWR!

Thanks for sharing this! Our county was Mackinac County in Michigans UP. In the 1960’s they used a big old plow we lovingly called the “Oshkosh”. It was a big V-plow that had a wing on the side to wing back the snowbanks when they got as tall as the top of the plow. We could hear that big diesel engine coming from 6 miles away. It was a beast.

This is the poorest filming I have seen in a long time.

get a load of sand on back and tire chains and them and oshkosh's are unstopable

No problem getting heat in that cab , she’s workin

Look Ma, no computer on board

Be nice to see the roadway after plowing

Got them NY plates on it!

Worked for Town of Root ,Montgomery Co in the the rarly 90's when the blizzard came through.All the regular dumptrucks took their turn getting stuck but an old timer named Bob and I truged on plowing and opening many roads with their 1980 orange walters.Seemed like you were on top of the world till the snow was as deep as the cab is high.

Amazing how much snow that little truck can push. Very surprising.

Wow, it's like a giant combine, only for snow😯

Nothing beats the Oshkosh P-Series & MPT chassis. FRONT AXLE (P-SERIES): Oshkosh 25K, single reduction with special heat treated alloy steel shafts and Oshkosh cage ring type steering ends REAR AXLE (P-SERIES): 4 x 4, 23K - 38K available 6 x 6, 46K - 58K available.

Impressive! Definitely could use this rig in our department!

They should have had their lights on.

I remember plowing snow in the mid seventies the good old days

The only bad thing about plowing snow out in the country is you never know where the road is at exactly and you get in trouble really quick

OMG... The PWR Those trucks have AND the Skill...

Not very effective leaves too much snow behind

What was it about these incredible trucks that made them so capable? They weren't the heaviest trucks nor the most powerful. Blows my mind every time I see them in action. Could watch them work all day.

50,s and 60,s in hull massachussetts had 2 of these. One diesel one gas. Gas was retired to beach cleanup..the diesel one carried on till the very end of the 70,s. It was the only functional plow in the middle of the blizzard of 78 storm. It never got stuck. All the other plows got stuck on sunset point trying to rescue each other. Its sole purpose during the blizzard was to keep the 6 hills of the town cleared in case of medical emergency. There was nothing else left capable of the job. After that it was retired

Is that Kirklands truck .👍👍👍👍👍(

They even had like a cup holder, but big enough to hold a quart of beer or bottle of Jack Well, in my town they should have, lol.

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what is consider the ''dad'' of all snoplow ? ohskosh or that ?

Wow great video just subscribed

These old plows have old souls, too. Magnificent Equipment!

great video. Wish I could find a smaller version for my 4 wheel drive tractor. I can't imagine the side thrust on those plows when coming through on the cleanup pass

Saw all the old original videos of these trucks- thanks for bringing it into modern day!

Beast Mode as it's default setting. Impressive.

I'm going to own one before I'm dead.

Town of Niles in CNY had a 71 with a 903 V8 cummins and allison. Double wings too. Would move serious snow. But reliable it wasn't.

It's a beast! But I'd add a ton of weight to the back, it could easily handle it and give you more control and traction.

Credit to Canadians they know how to make a snow plow.

It’s the screaming turbo for me

Now, this is what I call a snowplow! I could watch these for hours. Thank you so much Jon Scott.

Been looking for a Walter but they are all pretty beat up and been sitting to long.

What a beast this machine is, wowsers!

Thanks so much for such an amazing video. i could watch it all night long. Very powerful equipment, I used to see when I was a kid, In New Brunswick, Canada,, in the 60' As kids, we would shout: The walter is coming down...watch out!

We still use these old 70's model Osh Kosh trucks.. We have 2 in use at our base here in Cape Breton Nova Scotia .

Pushin back bankings is my favorite part of storms! ❤

I used to be wing man in a 5 ton single axle dump truck , gas powered 478 cu Ford , & I did this high bank cut down with a champion grader / 14ft wing , 3rd - 4th gear full throttle , make it roll , -/ all county roads

What do you do when you come to somebody's drive way in a situation like this?.

Yeah I plowed roads until I retired for the state this is here really looks cool I love to run something like that good job guys love it

Need someone to video my 74 oshkosh here in nh.

Want a walt or fwd for my fleet...know of any.

Great footage, nice old rig. I run an oshkosh everytime it s 😚😙😙

OLD SCHOOL

.... HaHaHa ... it maybe have been a Ford Pick-up ... but it knows which truck is BIGGER !!! Just loved that scene .... Ford Tough meets "WALTER !!!" No contest ...

The driver looks just like I suspected lol

My father worked for Onondaga County for 32 years. A Walters was the first plow he drove. 4WD all the time. No sander. V plow and double wings. He said it was a tough old machine. He ran that up through the 80’s. They then put him in a 6 wheel drive Mack. Double wings and two plows for the front. One V and one reversible. They would use the reversible plow most of the season until the banks were higher than the truck. They would then put the V on to buck back the banks. His last truck was in the late 90’s. That was a 10 wheel drive Autocar. He said that would put all the others to shame just due to the hp and weight. Had the same front blades as the Mack. I can still remember the truck numbers. Walters 35, Mack 68, Autocar was 192. I used to love riding around as a kid between my dad and the wingman. He has many stories about plowing roads with graders, with a 1 way or in these three trucks. Great stories.