City Snow Removal - Montreal, Qc - Jan 4, 2013

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[@TheRambeau53]

That is real snow removal. Here in Crookston Minnesota it’s called snow relocation. They take it from the street and relocate it to our driveways

[@Di-Diane]

This is so funny 😂 😂 Good old days when people used to wear scarfs on their mouth because it's freekin cold , not stupid mask !

[@shanehawkins5361]

This is why, here in Quebec, we pay some of the highest taxes in the world!

[@MAgisAWESOME]

@@shanehawkins5361 Lol its cause of our crooked politicians at every level of government, not snow removal

[@bongalord4800]

🤔🤣

[@brianparent4882]

Brings back memories. I grew up in Montreal. Oddly enough I miss the way the house rumbled and the incessant beeping that would lull me to sleep at night. I miss the immense snow mounds that would allow us to sled, build snow forts and the way they sometimes lasted until the first part of June.

[@roadwarrior607]

i actually watched the entire video. thanks for posting

[@jimmyssnowremoval1075]

Same with me

[@MrMauidiver]

I will come back in June to get my car

[@NickRanger]

Sometime snow is still here in Montreal till June.

[@cool19man]

@@NickRanger where in montreal... in may all is disappearing...

[@return2basics242]

WOW!! - This was surprising really fascinating! I'd always wondered how lots of snow in a city is removed. Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@Lizmarie775]

You should see the Japanese snow removal videos. Mind blowing!

[@wkl747]

You have a lot of patience to document (in the cold) the whole process. Thank you.

[@kubotaoz6108]

Now that’s the way to make it happen. Very professional if I may say so. I made a great living plowing snow in Michigan. Thanks again for the content. Take care and stay safe.😀

[@CrazyMan0824]

That’s amazing, thanks for taking the time to make this video

[@bnkwupt]

Great video of some very well coordinated snow removal! I'd love to come up and visit - no snow here in DC this year.

[@robertng135]

Wow! I am impressed!! That is the most ocd meticulously awesome city/town snow plowing/removal I have ever seen!! My city averages 70-100 inches of snow per season. And my city’s snow plowing is the worst in human existence. This makes me wonder those dudes in Montreal are the gold standard in plowing snow and removing it for city and towns.

[@G.R.V-v4g]

Thanks for watching my vid. Actually the temperature was around 0 C (32 F) so it wasn't cold at all. But I was a bit wet at the end.

[@101southsideboy]

heart attack snow as we call it

[@troypatillo1688]

They really do a great job. In Virginia where I am you'd be lucky to get one pass. That's it.

[@jeffwiley3730]

That’s awesome I love your videos, my wife don’t understand she thinks I’m nuts because I watch these videos all the time.

[@thomasurban4238]

Its therapeutic. As I often come back to this . I'm now more sympathetic to are Canadian friends .

[@SantaFe19484]

Awesome video! I have always wondered how Canadians deal with snow. Greetings form the USA!

[@mikemacleantrucking]

The final result ::: now you're ready for street hockey !!!

[@TowMater603]

ehh

[@Coolzombi]

All this energy all this ressources for every single street unbelievalbe but what can you do, its the only way to go. Nice video

[@Tailss1]

Is that Park Extension? I grew up there, Montreal has the biggest snow removal budget of any city in Canada (or used to) and when they are done there isn't enough snow left in the street to make a snowball. They would tow the parked cars that were in the way over to the next street and give you a 40$ ticket. Many people didn't mind as their cars were stuck anyway. They used to truck it away and dump it in huge vacant lot where there was a factory that burned down. In the spring when it was melting we would play hooky from school and go there to find money and stuff in the melting ice and snow.

[@G.R.V-v4g]

Close. It's actually NDG.

[@byever1]

140 fine now.

[@curtiscox7105]

We're lucky if the city only does one pass on any side street. And what they do plow, they leave an inch of snow then throw sand on it. The streets are usually better BEFORE they plow them. Thanks for the video.

[@sunxil3534]

I'm studying snow removal recently. Your equipments are so cool.

[@ronaldhiler7449]

I freaking love it! Back in the day a few years ago Anchorage Alaska received 38 inches of snow all at once! Most of us were stuck at home I fired up my big 4 x 4 and was able to go and assist our company. I pick up the president and was paid quite handsomely along with the nice dinner at a fancy restaurant.

[@MrSaemichlaus]

Fantastic job, and thanks for filming!

[@G.R.V-v4g]

Thanks. We had some more snow removal done this week from last week's snowfall but they passed by late in the evening and I was too tired to record it.

[@Zteffe666]

Nice video mate! Curious question, do you guys have "cleaning days" over there, as in even days there's no parking on the same side as even house numbers, and the same with odd days and numbers? I figured maybe you do, since all the cars were parked on yhe same side...

[@GetToThePointplz123]

Patience pays off...very thorough and well executed

[@shuvmesumknowlegde]

I remember this. My side of the street sidewalk was never plowed until teh day they cleaned my side which was 7 days later. We had to mount a snow hill to get across the street. The worst part is they cleaned teh other side 3 days earlier. Bad decision making I tell you.

[@suzymoroka297]

Thanks for sharing! What a well coordinated operation.

[@steviemunier8411]

A lot of people complain about how long it took for this one road but it has to be done. It would take a long time to melt and I would much rather do it now when it's all frozen and clean than when it's half melted heavy and really wet!

[@jeanlafrance8746]

Stevie Munier also it was january. Snow starts to melt mid-march

[@oceandrew]

If it takes about an hour per block long street do the math and realize a city like Montreal has a lot of work to do to clear all its streets. But it's human nature to want to be first and not have to wait. Funny though.... I thought people would complain about the noise the trucks, scrapers and plows made when they finally got around to clearing the snow. But then I'm used to Americans.

[@7riverseast217]

Hats off to the street crews..nice job

[@bryanjjones4163]

Agree

[@ROTAXD]

7 Rivers east hats off ? After 8 days those streets should be bare asphalt. We get far more snow in and around Syracuse ny and that would be cleaned up within 24 hrs. 8 days. Amatuers. Smh

[@sprucesoldier]

ROTAXD here in Canada we don’t cry about the snow.. we Embrace it.. and well you should thank Trump for that snow removal!😃

[@stacey3007]

This is just fascinating to me. I live in ms. We NEVER see this amt of snow. We may get 2" every 3 years. I don't envy you by no means but our kids in the south sure would love to see a lot of snow just once! But the clean up crew is fascinating !

[@redmuddr]

My sister live down there

[@gearjammer5499]

Greg Bowlan I live in New York state and I must tell you this is a terrible clean up crew

[@magnahoofdrim7030]

i would love to have a job driving one of those sidewalk cleaners

[@SmolSir]

3:10 awww how cute it is in compare to that gigantic tractor 🚜 😂

[@nighteyergbg]

There Must be a midget inside 😄

[@pierreletourneau722]

I would like to say to a lot of people answering here that maybe you can use your 4 by 4 pickup truck, or just push the snow on the side, but another snowstorm may arrive in 2-3 days. And then another one. So you have to REMOVE that snow, it will not melt before the ned of march.

[@hadders1973]

Who would have thought clearing snow would be so time consuming. Here in the UK, even if we get a lot of snow, it never stays around for more than a few days so it never gets removed in trucks. Was fascinating to watch.

[@jessikajean]

This is the best video about our wonderful snow removal tha I've seen! Thank you for making and posting it. :-)

[@kingdvd74]

man, you should've stopped them and gave them a nice cup of coffee. Excellent job!

[@alanack67]

They did a real shit job if you ask me.... They do better jobs around here with pick up trucks

[@denisgermain2682]

Alan Ackaway do you have some 18 inches snowfalls? I wish not. And in those little street like in Montreal it is pretty impossible to do this job with a pick up. just try to put a 6 feet wet snow bank in a 12 feet truck with a pick up. Pretty difficult

[@alanack67]

Denis Germain Last year we had 30" of snow in one storm. The biggest storm this year was a little over 12".... My dodge 2500 cummins diesel was able to push back the 4ft windrows and pushed 3 feet of snow with out too much trouble, thankfully it was dry snow last year.... This year its all been heavy wet snow, I still havent had any issues

[@martinmartin9648]

Alan lol you don't know what your talking about.wow you got a big truck hahah. You can push snow. Don't you see those truck in the video, I think they can push more that your kitty Cummins with a plow. What you don't understand is where do you want to push the snow !! It MUST be removed not plow.

[@timothygaits7972]

Or moved your goddam cars!

[@QiuyuanChenRyan916]

That was my first winter in Montreal, and I say thank you to that winter. It pushed buying enough gear and jacket enough to handle another snow like that which hasn't happened again but I never had to worry about the snow again and finished my four year university in peace.

[@jruss9109]

Damn you guys have that down to a science there! Cool vid

[@daleolson3506]

jruss not really it took them 8 days

[@YodaTheHabsFan]

@@daleolson3506 Such small streets get done last. There are over 10,000km of streets and sidewalks to clean. To put that in perspective, it's twice the distance between Montreal and Vancouver.

[@w1ldrover]

8 days is terrible. Two days would be too long. Montreal should have this worked out as this much snow is normal.

[@upnorthviking823]

@@w1ldrover i bet you never been here,never went on a snow run... 2days is a small town lmao!!!!

[@robertmalloy9764]

@@upnorthviking823 Unless we get a 12" of snow from Midnight to 6am schools are open because roads are clear in NY. Granted Cities have a bigger challenge with parked cars and narrow streets.

[@Linguistmm44]

The reason why it may have taken so long for your street to be plowed is because in Quebec, the province requires crews to rest for 48 hours after a certain number of consecutive days of work.

[@todlindley8101]

LMAO !! Yeah ! Health n Safety is Highly Dysfunctional !!. Mega Safe CREW but theres Car accidents n people getting hit due to no Snow removal, SO WHATS SO FRIGGIN SAFE ABOUT THAT !! TOTALLY UNINTELLIGENT, DOSILE AND RETARDED POLICIES and crews will get paid for doing SFA whilst resting up, its Sickening Bull Shit of the 21si Centuary

[@85evil4]

i live 2 blocks from the city building where they house the city plow trucks yet we are the last people to get are street done and they leave snow on the street like you could not imagine currently there is a solid inch of ice / snow packed on the road like black top its insane but you guys up i canada are getting the job done for real but you would have to with the snow you guys get

[@jimgjmn-mpbccollins6995]

I love snow!!! The more we get the better it gets!!! Love to plow snow as long as no breakdowns occur!!!

[@G.R.V-v4g]

Thanks for your feedback. The snow in my neighborhood goes to an old landfill about five minutes by car from my place.

[@G.R.V-v4g]

The snow in the landfills are usually gone by anytime from late May to late June depending how much snow we had and how warm the Spring was. By then they are covered in black dirt and look like small hills.

[@Lanefasts]

I used to work across the street from a snow dump in DDO, and those 'small black hills' could last into August!!

[@jeffj126]

Looks like Quebec really knows what they're doing when it comes to removing snow, they actually clean the streets for the people unlike in New York City where the sanitation department just runs along the street and burys your car and drive way with two feet of snow you just spent two back breaking hours to remove ,thank you very much guys.

[@pattimac373]

they waited 8 days to get this cleaned ...lol if that happened in nyc the mayor would be strung up ... maybe a few % of nyc streets are this large

[@jeffj126]

@@pattimac373 this actually did happen in New York City twice. The first time in 1969 when Mayor Lindsey abandon the borough of Queens for 2 weeks. And the last year of Bloomberg's third term we had the infamous Christmas snow storm with a sanitation slow down that didn't plow streets for over 10 days in Queens. Neither of these politicians suffered the consequences. Bloomberg actually had the audacity to blame the citizens for driving in the snow and the plows couldn't get through which is the furthest thing from the truth.

[@lewispg4352]

That is a nice sounding Valtra :P

[@warpedbeyondhelp]

After 28 passes, only half the road is clear and all the cars parked on the one side are now packed into the artificial snow bank.

[@paulthesoundguy1]

warpedbeyondhelp your an idiot.....they come thru with a snow blower and dump truck and clean out the snow WATCH THE WHOLE VID

[@pettergardo3874]

@@paulthesoundguy1 you might read exactly what people write before start throwing heavy words around.

[@paulthesoundguy1]

HEAVY CHEVY.....WORDS ARE LIKE PIZZA....DONT GO TO THE PIZZA PLACE IF YOU DONT WANT TO EAT PIZZA.......

[@chuckr9938]

that is insane the amount of resources for a single street, you guys aren't messing around. fascinating to watch. now contrast this with a souther us city like atlanta georgia the entire city shuts down for days if they get 1-2 inches of snow.

[@Padoinky]

Grew up in the snow belt of central NY, where lake-effect snow of +200”/yr are the norm. Gotta love the northern climates!

[@G.R.V-v4g]

You're welcome. Hope to post a couple more before the end of the winter, depending on the weather of course :-).

[@nateswiger6960]

I like the little sidewalk buggy. I need one of those for my driveway!

[@G.R.V-v4g]

We have the same commitment to clearing the snow. As soon as 2 inches is on the ground, the plows and salt trucks are on the road. But once the snow is cleared for driving, they start the process of removing the snow so people can park their cars. In the past, they were able to all of it in 3-5 days but this snow removal took longer primarily to budget cuts (we're embroiled in a corruption scandal) and the when this storm occurred (2 days after Xmas).

[@Lanefasts]

Hey, someone copied your video and posted it to their channel, search for "SNOW REMOVAL OPERATION QUEBEC" on the 'Lolodi Adventure' channel

[@eliaslindblom2553]

But that Valtra though! Didn't know you use Them in canada!:D

[@danielesbordone1871]

I've seen snow plows pass a couple of times on a road , but never this type of cleaning with all this equipment. Montreal knows how to deal with snow.

[@GranMastaDee]

A wonderful example of government work and "climate change " and global warming. I lived in Montreal 30 years ago - nothing has changed except that taxes went up and the Canadian dollar value has declined.

[@mjb12141963]

same everywhere. In a lot of cities in the U.S. you feel blessed if you get one pass per snow event. Then it's pushed against your cars a meter of two high filed with slush that freezes solid before you can dig your car out. Not saying that we get more snow but we would love that service.

[@LoneWolf-yp2mo]

Yeah ... climate change ... if you look it up, you'll notice Al Gore and his minions have absolutely NO wind generators or Solar panels ANYWHERE on his property for his MASIVE mansions ... bunch of BS is what it is ...BUT it did make THEM rich .... smh.

[@dougj7]

today there are palm trees lining that very same street thanks to gorebull warming.

[@rogernadeau3708]

J'aime t'es Video, envoie en plus. Merci ! 👍😀

[@michelgougeon]

Thank-you for sharing your video. Greetings from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

[@bryancoles8817]

Ugh that's to much snow but they did an awesome job cleaning up

[@CannonFodder873]

You want to see snow...go to Timmins and try and tunnel out of a basement apartment in January.

[@AfroMyrdal]

In Norway we would be legally mandated to remove our cars so the crew could do the entire street.

[@Nfl_fan_12]

We can't do that sometimes because by the time we wake up the whole place be covered in snow

[@AfroMyrdal]

@@Nfl_fan_12 well that's what thinking ahead is for.

[@showboardguy6048]

Multiply this street, by how many streets there are in Montreal. Yikes!

[@henerymag]

Over 2400 miles of roads on the island of Montreal.

[@cattleNhay]

8 days! Omg... Here in Switzerland 8 hours of no cleaning is unheard of.

[@thomasurban4152]

I've watched this many times .Its a constant reminder mother nature will visit your door step . how you feel withbit is up to you . quit bitching about the roads . don't like the weather move somewhere less miserable. these people that work resurface replace and m and maintain . do a awesome job . and can only do so much .

[@G.R.V-v4g]

Dude, I don't know where you're from but if you think waiting 8 days to get your street cleaned is an awesome job, then you are really out to lunch. I bitch because I have to street park and trying to park after a snow storm is no fun; between getting stuck in snow banks to our inability to find parking when getting home from work and fighting with my neighbours for that last parking spot. My wife, who grew up in this area and has street parked all her life, has noticed that Montreal's snow removal service has deteriorated over the years (from slower service to shoddy cleaning). She's frustrated with the service too as is most of my neighbours. So I take exception to your comment that they do an awesome job. They do not. Sometimes they do a good job (as in this video) but other times they do shitty jobs. I pay way too much in taxes and expect my street to be cleaned within 5 days. There is no excuse for it taking longer than that.

[@youknowmetoowell1516]

thomas urban I like to keep a sign on my door that says "No Trespassing!". I also live in Texas hue hue get my drift ;) that snow is in for a rude of awakening if it comes to my door step without permission.

[@matthewchurch1320]

well side road's are last no matter small town or big ass city side's roads are last so a big ass city like montreal it's going take a week or more for them to get to it then they have to deal with the car's that make it so they can't clean it all out

[@michaelcanney7218]

Excellent job boys, come on down to the states and show them how it's done

[@jimsteele7108]

That's quite an operation. Very impressive.

[@RizwanY37]

We have 2 inches of snow here in London and the whole country comes to slippy and slidy halt.

[@Newslogger44]

No, the final result is when BOTH sides of the street have been cleared, thus enabling parking by its residents and visitors.

[@bobo-wf1jv]

That is amazing, as taxpayers people should expect more. I live in the Upper Midwestern snow region where anything under a foot is a dusting. The plows usually have the roads open, including the remote single lane rural roads within two hours of the end of the storm.

[@dougcooper5740]

Expect more than what? Those guys are out there from day 1. Roads are prioritized, and I bet residential roads are the last to get done. Did you not see how time consuming that was? I'm guessing by your description you plow like we do and throw the snow off the shoulder and don't remove it. Montreal is a huge city with thousands of lane miles. Removing the snow is a lot different than plowing at 40mph

[@goodandman75]

thank you , its amazing , im the future immigrant in montreal

[@tiztim]

...but gotta admit you guys are pretty thorough. Not sure this commitment of so much equipment and personnel is good practice as the actual clearing has to wait more than a week. Our standard of contentment is being able to navigate streets and get where we want to go. Our standard is not removal of every flake. But still, I admire your clean streets.

[@henerymag]

Hoping for a lot less snow this winter. Don't live there anymore but I remember trying to find a place to park in winter. What a nightmare.

[@RizwanY37]

Money well spent by the council/municipal gov

[@tiztim]

Eight days waiting for 18 inches to get plowed strikes me as a long wait. We Chicagoans have ousted out mayor for being so slow. Whatever Chicago's failings, we get the snow off the streets. Two years ago we had a blizzard of 27 inches (6m cm) stranding hundreds of drivers on a major thorougfare (Lake Shore Drive). The snow was off the major streets in 36 hours or less and side streets within three days. The sidewalk plow is pretty cool and something we don't have.

[@maureengee364]

Why are they going down so many times in Winnipeg we aren’t allowed to park on the street during a certain times. Our snowploughs pass twice on one side and twice on the other and there done. Wow.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@mattholden514]

Lets not forget that it was the worst 24-hour snowfall ever in Montreal. Last time it happened (43cm) was in 1971 and the city was completely crippled.The police were driving around on snowmobiles.

[@franksweets1859]

Respekt! Soooo sauber sind die Straßen im Erzgebirge/Duetschland nie im Winter!!

[@JF32304]

I moved from Colorado to Florida and I don't miss snow one single bit!

[@DustyPearl-13]

Good for you Man! I wish I could move there!

[@JennyCarlos]

they did a nice clean job =)

[@G.R.V-v4g]

Well you need to come north of the border one of these days..lol. We had night time temps a few weeks ago hitting -15f, something we hadn't seen in a few years. But I have a Russian colleague who thinks it's just a nice winter's day (he's used to -30f). So I guess cold is all perspective.

[@Everythingisgoingtobealright]

Interesting video, don’t think I could live in a city.

[@G.R.V-v4g]

I was too young to remember the '71 storm in any detail. The only thing I do remember my was my dad using the snow blower to clear the sidewalk over snowbanks that were higher than him, and he was 6' 3" tall.

[@marbbridges]

That's a lot of work I don't see how you put up with it I'm from Alabama. But I guess it's all in what you used to

[@gatekeeper65]

Snow, beautiful snow ! The jobs and industry it creates are wonderful. It makes surviving the winter months great, because there's so much to do in it , like skiing, sledding, snowmobiling, outdoor skating rinks pop up all over the Province, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, street hockey, and the list goes on. It sure beats places that just get cold in the winter, without much snow, where all you can do is stay indoors and wait for spring.

[@LoneWolf-yp2mo]

I lived in Vermont and Connecticut, you NEVER get used to it .... I live in North Carolina now .... LOL !!

[@xXoutlaw95Xx]

I miss seeing the little sidewalk cleaner on my street lol

[@proton3227]

Great video.

[@pibyte]

Side walk cleaner is so cute!

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

It only took 11 minutes to clear it, not bad.

[@AStanton1966]

Nice quality video considering the time of day/night. I always ask, "Where do you guys put the snow in the city?"

[@brettrandall5210]

A Stanton1966 probably dump it in a river or something I live in the country 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@pauliewalnuts7088]

Nice! In my city,they'd just push it over the top of those cars and leave road pack on

[@Maloy7800]

How hard can it be to move the cars to the other side of the road? There are three cars. Just move them and enjoy the clean street.

[@felixhurteau2630]

In Montreal its really hard actually. When I had a car parked there, took me more than an hour to move it after a snow storm.

[@thomasurban4238]

Are Canadian friends really get the snow. Nice job

[@swedengines]

very nice video! greets from sweden! =)

[@thomasurban4152]

its amazing what these people do when we're asleep

[@Newslogger44]

The first snowstorm of the season usually "catches everyone by surprise"--which is no excuse since the public works department and its many sub-contractors are supposed to be ready in advance. Human nature and Murphy's Law take over, however. By the second storm, we have snow removal down to a science and an art.

[@ml2trick]

Looks like a Typical Wisconsin set up. Nice Plow Operators. You should be so lucky to have Good Operators like these Guys. Here ever car gets towed. No, if and's or buts. No Parking on the street. You get Towed.

[@larryguest3665]

thanks for sharing. perhaps this may give some insight to the time and money it takes to do snow removal. All the equipment and manpower is expensive. I wish they had towed the vehicles that were on the road so you could have had your whole street cleaned.

[@kellwood1404]

They do🤣. At least their street is ploughed when they get it out from car jail.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

8 days is a long time to wait for the city to clear the snow.

[@georgesymons9843]

in my parts there would be a snow emergency declared and sections of town would be scheduled. North/South Streets one day and East/West the next day. And if your car does not get moved you get a ticket and a tow bill to have it moved to a clear street.

[@joeydillon4471]

Here they will put the snow on your car if it is in the way!!

[@PrayerCoach]

11th difference between Canadians and Americans. Canadians REMOVE THE SNOW. Americans just push it aside by plowing it.

[@joek0617]

it depends... we don't get THAT much snow... and where i live, there's plenty of room for snow plowing, but in the city, they cart it away

[@kenmtb]

Something wrong with plowing the roads if thats all they need?

[@Francesc2000]

In NYC they do remove it by melting it.

[@tiztim]

Does it finally melt through summer or is Montreal growing its very own glacier?

[@daveallen4194]

That is a large snow blower working with the dump truck, not a snow removal plow. A plow just pushes snow around.

[@petermaciak8030]

Why are there cars parked on the roads during winter in Montreal? I live in s.w. Ontario and we don't have problems with snow removal, we don't park on the streets from November so the city crews can do their job quickly and frequently.

[@martinmartin9648]

Peter Maciak there's no where else to park

[@gabrielshupe8927]

Them are some huge snow snow banks!

[@lauragadille3384]

I wonder where they dump it

[@Theking-yj3fj]

Laura Gadille there are grates that they dump the snow threw the grates lead to creeks and stuff I belive

[@rs92stockie]

They throw it in kind of sewers to the water treatment stations. There is also big snow dump available where they pile the snow.

[@NickSilcox3]

Sometimes, cities they have a snow melter which melts huge bucket loads in a matter of seconds

[@TurboManiacal]

Local river or city parks.

[@simonrichard9873]

You guys are all wrong. They either dump it at abandoned quarries or into the St Lawrence.