Adams County Penndot, Snow Removal Tow Plow

tow plow 2013, Rt 15 and Rt30

[@Norwegian733]

Cool! Looks like he`s drifting.

[@bettyechols6405]

Love watching these videos

[@Ripplin]

I saw one of these for the first time a week ago. It was so cool! Looked freaky when it deployed the first time, though. Thought the truck was spinning out or something. Haha. We were quite a bit behind it and I thought it was being followed by a smaller truck. Didn't know it was attached. ;)

[@extremepyro624]

Weve been getting plenty of use out of the thing. The crew loves it. Cleans two lanes plus the shoulders in one pass :-)

[@bettyechols6405]

Now go to the above video of the Minnesota trucks clearing the roads

[@joelmadrid2193]

"PANAMA RELOCATION TOURS!! WITH JACKIE!🙋😊👍❤👈"

[@OlysGarage]

Thing of beauty right there!

[@tjonesauto]

Well, I know what I'm adding to my model collection!

[@katillackilla]

How does it work? Not the plowing part but the moving the trailer back and forth. I live a few counties over and have never seen this.

[@ph11p3540]

+katillackilla It's called remote controlled crab steering. Trailer traction is helped on icy road with little chain spinners (They look like a weed wacker but with chains). They are mounted on the underside of the axil very close to where the pavement meets the tire. Similar system is employed by fire trucks as well in Canada for keeping traction on ice.

[@DesertDigger1]

I'm surprised they ran the tow plow at night, that has to be tricky.

[@Rain-or9yx]

Me nor my kids ever lived in Adams county ever

[@lytken]

now that is how you do it

[@lathamarea1437]

Was there ever a study of the savings by using a tow plow..Just labor and fuel savings alone had to pay for itself in two years.?

[@virginiaporter9244]

They dont touch the roads we live on in in Missouri

[@Diana-wg1tm]

That is insane!

[@extremepyro624]

When we started using it, it freaked people out. It does an awesome job. I left there an went to York county an got 3 for there. Takes a good driver :-)

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

Badass!!!

[@robinenbernhard]

Whis we got this type winters back in netherlands. And nice plow to

[@isakjohansson7134]

Are the wheels on the trailer powered in any way?

[@glennrowe2170]

No they just turn which causes it to come out to the side I just ordered another one for York county

[@michaeldorsey6826]

@@glennrowe2170 if they turn they are powered...

[@T.C.R.]

@@michaeldorsey6826 I think he means turn as in steered, not turn as in driven

[@catdieselpower193]

Nice rig boys but dose It hold up well?

[@extremepyro624]

surprisingly it does hold up well. 3rd year and haven't had to replace the blade yet, thats unreal. wish our trucks would be like that

[@catdieselpower193]

Just rite figured with all the moving parts it would be spendy to keep up! Is that mag chloride he's sprayin?

[@extremepyro624]

salt brine at 23 %. we've had really good luck with it. even with the single digit temps last year

[@catdieselpower193]

+Glenn Rowe YEA ten four! that that's what we're using here in Idaho as well only prob were having is the wildlife is causing a bad deal because there standing in the road liking it like a salt block not so good lol

[@bkane573]

@@catdieselpower193 People don’t talk about it, but there has been an ongoing civil war between terrorist deer and humans in Pennsylvania for centuries. Adding salt doesn’t bring them in. They just want to murder people by jumping through their cars.

[@mark-1234]

Those tanks for ballast or is that where the liquified salt spray is coming from?

[@extremepyro624]

Good question,,,The tanks haul the salt brine for spraying behind the tow plow. The weight actually does help some when pushing heavy/deep snow. But !!!! You'd like to have about 500 more horsepower 🤣

[@mark-1234]

@@extremepyro624 - I'm a mechanic so that salt spray is not my friend.

[@extremepyro624]

@@mark-1234 The media puts it out there that the salt brine is really bad and rusts worse than the rock salt. It's actually less concentrated than the rock salt. Brine is made by putting rock salt in a tank an agitation with water till it reaches 23% salt solution. Definitely better performance from it with less salt. I could write a book on salt brine. But I know salts salt and it gets in tiny places an rusts everything it can but its a tool we gotta use. Might have to do a KZbin video on salt brine now that I retired, I can say what I want :-)

[@mark-1234]

@@extremepyro624 - I agree the brine is used because it starts to work quicker and isn't blown around by wind but you're right, there's absolutely no difference between rock or brine in their effect on vehicles. It's an electrolyte and it greatly accelerates corrosion. (I've seen the undersides of vehicles after just one year of exposure and the corrosion can be significant enough to have to torch fasteners off.) No, I wasn't sure if those tanks were filled with water simply for weight, or brine. The spray made me think brine but couldn't tell if it was that or just the snow being kicked up by the tires.

[@robertmcgee7969]

This is smazing

[@RishiG20]

rishi

[@bradkaberline5828]

That's one hell of a law suit waiting to happen when you lose control of the trailer and hurts or possibly even kills someone ice and snow trailers ate not the best thing to be pulling

[@extremepyro624]

Let me guess,,,,,,,, You voted for Biden

[@bradkaberline5828]

@@extremepyro624 no I'm independent man but what the hell does voting for anyone have do do with snow removal lmao wtf man why did Trump design a fucked up trailer idea lol just saying man I don't think I've ever seen Trump drive a truck he has a limo man or even operate a plow but I'm not mad Biden or Trump has never paid my loan or loaned me money man but thanks have you a great day besides got my own opinions Trump stands up for America but it doesn't mean I'm going to agree with him on some things but it's not political it's snow removal but thanks man but I'm not real happy with either party fighting like school children but I'm not a politician either but thank you and if Trump told me to pull that trailer and possibly hurt or kill someone I'd say no in a heart beat is a bad idea pulling a trailer possibly taking out a truck or hurting a driver. Not to mention all the tickets and if anything does happen with that trailer on icey rd conditions is coming back to dot and the driver not the manufacturer is just not a good idea a side plow would work just as good. The trailer could flip on a highway causing it to shut down completely or even lose control of it hitting another vehicle ect. As far as 2lanes at a time use 2 trucks one in front of the other

[@extremepyro624]

@@bradkaberline5828 these plows are actually very safe. The drivers that use them end up loving using them because they take 2 lanes at a time. Like everything else they need to be used with respect an common sense. There given time to mess around with it to get use to how it operates an deploy to the right. These are actually safer for the public driving ,,there's no snow an slush splashed over in the other lane from traffic like a single plow. The public also drives with common sense when there around this,,,its intimadating for sure. Everyone is short on drivers these days. These are equal to having at least another truck an driver. Less salt is needed because it cleans so well. Normal trucks can't keep up with snows of an inch an hour,,,these do. I could go on with the benefits. These are truly amazing tools for snow removal. Lefties usually are ones to down things and bring public safety into play when it's really not a safety issue.

[@bradkaberline5828]

@@extremepyro624 commen sense tells me trailers over turn in good rd conditions now add ice and snow to it them are not safe is an accident waiting to happen and a side plow would work just as good if not better no tire cost less maintenance and once again if that trailer jackknifes in the ice could take the whole truck out and possibly even hurt a good driver then down a truck and driver say what you will I'm not buying it. Then cause a very bad accident shutting the highway down then clean up crews have to fight the snow and ice to get it cleaned up lose of a truck that would be needed and all could have been avoided if you just used a side plow which attaches right to the side of the truck no trailer needed. Then if the truck does get crashed or driver hurt that means more work for the others to pick up the lost truck ect just more guys and gals that ate already sleep deprived having stay longer is a bad idea. Then if the driver is hurt what about his or her family? As far as the truck goes they get banged up anyways but the driver and other people getting hurt is a whole different story possibly even killed then the law suit that follows. But I'm not a truck driver I had a cdl but all the bullshit that it takes I'll stick to the equipment opperatoring I'd rather use a 163H OR A 14 OR 16 than a truck. Not to mention is hard to find good help these days no body what to do hard work get dirty if the don't come with a phone app. Now days new equipment operators can't do it unless it has GPS that not good sometime you have to do it manually

[@bradkaberline5828]

@@extremepyro624 look at some of the new equipment remote control bulldozers stand our side the cab then bitch is to hot is to hard then get in the cab man and sit down and it has remote controls in the cab come on man. Then they think you don't like them or mad no I'm here to help ya I used a wood handle excavator and probe rod to spot utilities is not easy some days some days the ac didn't even work on it either man lol and the rippers was a yard rake them was the days there good ol machines one thing about them wood handle excavators though don't sit down in them the seat is probably very uncomfortable

[@sammythompson3694]

This wouldn't work in NC. The state turns every pothole into a bump.