Busting Through a GIANT Snow Bank in a 6x6 Western Star

[@gsmith207]

I’ve been plowing all my life and I was just reminded of 2 important lessons... 1. Get the chains 2. Failure not an option. We are the cavalry. Nobody around to save us.

[@timh9407]

I used to love plowing snow. Thanks for getting rid of the music. I'd much rather listen to the machines

[@gadielsantiago8813]

I second that

[@kerygonder331]

I just retired from plowing snow for 30 years from the Department of Transportation in Pennsylvania. I loved it . That brings back some memories of a couple deep snows we had over the years.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thanks Kery! I don't think we got any more than an inch of snow each time I got called out this month. I'm sure we'll pay for it later, lol.

[@cahg3871]

I’m retired now,don’t miss pushing the white stuff.But when I see a rig like yours(which is a piece of mechanical art), I get a little nostalgic.Thanks for the posting,it made my day and cured my want to get behind the wheel one last time. P.s.-you handled that drift with great patience and care,you deserve all the accolades you are getting from the comments section.👍

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thank you so much for the kind words! Some people comment that I should have just hit it hard. But as an experienced plow operator like yourself, you understand that's how you get in trouble and end up stuck or broken. I hope you are enjoying retirement and thanks for coming along for the ride!

[@o0huia0o]

Me: Why am i binge watching snow clearing videos, I live in Australia. Other me: Because its 113F outside, youve never seen snow and that looks like fun.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Wow, that warm. And I thought 90F around here in the summer was hot.

[@londohondo]

I'm from Wisconsin USA, just got over -30 to-50. Arctic blast, ha ha, then got 12 more inches of snow, and blowing and drifting, snow up here is asshole deep on a tall indian, ha ha, still got 2 months to go, its 18 amd feels warm, i couldnt take that heat, in the cold you can warm up, but in the heat you cant cool off😅

[@bjorker40]

Trust me...owning all the snow removal items used to be fun , but now after many years of snow removal it’s really starting to suck for me! Lol

[@kurtismckemmie4850]

Honey247365 is it warm year round for you guys over there?

[@MrWarrendale]

Live in Vegas, 115-120. Saving video for same reason you are binging now.

[@ostlandr]

Thanks for posting this! Brought back lots of great memories of working on the road crew. This is a situation that calls for a V-plow and double leveling wings. Great job getting it done with what you had.

[@bocfus72]

I work for Ohio Department Of Transportation, great video, we don't have any 6×6 here cause there is no need for them just tandems and single axles, stay safe and keep the videos coming!

[@minerdad02]

The whistling sound of the turbo gave me a woody

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Maybe the video should have an R rating lol.

[@adambrunt7290]

It would be weird if it didn’t

[@minerdad02]

@@adambrunt7290 true dat

[@K9bitten2]

Man that reminds me of my good ole days. Started in ‘76 with a Gas Autocar. Beast.

[@jimzuccaro6131]

Good work! That's a lot of snow to push back, you really did a good job.

[@theredmonkey8280]

I just love the sound of that big cummins and the turbo spool, can't be anything better than that

[@robertmoreau9382]

Detroit diesel in WS. DD16

[@northdogueman]

I use to plow for State back in 79 east Va. got dumped on . we new it was coming we were out 5 days earlier put up snow fence at major snow drift spots . I was the old FWD driver and my pump man was a buff dude , oh and the FWD still had the hand pump mounted in floor not to many state trucks back then were fully equip with electric plows . but we had some dam deep 6 foot drifts we had to bust though a 35 foot long one , that muscle bound boy was so tried after a hour or more he didn't come to work for 3 days . loved plowing . specially when 6 of us would line up side by side on I-95 and 14 inchs of snow moved from left to right and be amazed at 5 foot pile left on the right side of road ! ! thanks for a memory !

[@robpeters5204]

This is one reason you have to be careful when buying one of these trucks at auction cause some employees drive the shit out of them. This guy drove it like a champ. Nice work!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thank you! I have a lot of respect for any gear I run and treat it as if I owned it. Thanks for watching Rob!

[@cahg3871]

@@JimHowDigsDirt that’s key-respecting your equipment,if you don’t look after it,then that will come back to bite you when least need the hassle.

[@OpenAirAdventureFirewood]

Some of the comments on here are from viewers who definitely never plowed snow in their life, or did once, and know it all. With the equipment available to Jim on hand, the job at task was performed perfectly. He took his time at first then gradually increased power. Working with a one way blade obviously restricted Jim from directing the snow to the left. He didn't over power spinning wheels to much, and the wheel spin is natural to that beast, it was designed to work in such a manner in those conditions. I've seen plenty of snow and pushed plenty of snow with multiple types of equipment for many years and for that reason I give Jim a 10 out of 10 as a professional driver.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thank you brother! I appreciate your kind words!

[@大発定吉]

It's simple, easy to understand, and full of achievements.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thank you!

[@forbeshutton5487]

You should have just claimed it was a dam built by a snow-beaver and dropped 2 sticks of dynamite in it.

[@MRIDNETGUY2004]

Forbes Hutton LOL

[@xx5zi]

snow beaver, 'eh?

[@forbeshutton5487]

What? You've never heard of them? They are pretty rare as the Sasquatch have eaten most of them.

[@64CadDeville]

lol

[@thiebaude]

Eh? lol

[@robpeters5204]

Going through a snowdrift like that would surely wake you up or knock the coffee out of your hand. Lol!

[@tomz9241]

Loved it. Thanks for the ride along.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Any time Tom! Check out my latest videos if liked that one.

[@robertsalvati518]

Nice truck. Great job of whittling down that drift!

[@dangunn6961]

In PA we have a big snowblower attachment that goes on a front end loader for that. That way the snow is blown way back off the road so we have room for the next snow.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

I could have used a snow blower this day!

[@dgsports69]

In Alaska I operated a Electro Westinghouse haha 440 and we sure cleaned up roads like this all day long and all night. Them old knuckle busters you couldn't stop

[@lomgshorts3]

Nice and easy gets you through. Nice technique! Don't matter how many times you have to push the snow away to break through. Handle the equipment gently - that way you do not break welds or blow hydraulics or rip cables on the plow. Do not beat on the rig if you feel impatient! I might damage a hydraulic ram once or twice a season, but it was already close to broke when I got the truck. I very seldom got stuck, too. We had a competition each season - with the winner earning the $500 prize if they had the least number of breakdowns or getting stuck. I won the prize 5years running.

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

I plow a lot at work using a half ton truck. I actually angle the blade the other way so the right side will dig in and take small chunks out of the pile.

[@smokum0]

Good job

[@Android_Warrior]

Love that Turbo!

[@richardclintonjonesjones1807]

I'm retired now but my fondest memories of snow removal was coming into work at vdot, and putting 12 hours in on their large snow blower

[@bret2972]

His first attempt is at 7:26 your welcome

[@minerdad02]

Bret 2/ thank you

[@ronalddubuc848]

We use a v plow or a snowblower for that kind of drift but then again, it's only because we have that equipment available

[@richardclintonjonesjones1807]

That ole 6x6 is doing a great job

[@richardclintonjonesjones1807]

Everyone should spend at least one bad winter plowing snow, it's something you won't forget

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

You got that right! Sounds like you've been there and done that!

[@rhutch3876]

Great job, slow and easy, didn’t break anything. To those who say you should have called a loader, we don’t know how far you we’re from a loader or if it was immediately available. If you were 30 miles out it could take 1 1/2 to 2 hours or more for a loader to get there , then that much time to return plus a lot of Diesel in 3 to 4 hours of road time plus the operators time/wages. Very costly compared to taking your time and dealing with it yourself. Again great job!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thank you! I'm glad someone sees it my way. Slow and sure wins the race!

[@happypappy6371]

What they needed was a good wing operator. Then start back away from the blockage and keep winging the bank back so the front plow has a place to push snow too. Once the bank builds up, the front plow can't get rid of the snow and has to just keep pushing it down the road.

[@bobbysolo5411]

I've seen a couple of these in action and it's like watching professional chainsaw racers, vs average joe's, the way they can chuck snow so you never have to move it again, it's gone. They can cut a path through DEEP snow, even if at lower speed, they get it done. UniMog with a Schmidt snow thrower handles some snow.

[@chippytucker6318]

Could you not have called in a front end loader to take care of that?!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

All our gear was tied up working on more important roads at the time, so I was asked to check this out as I was working nearby! A loader would have been a lot quicker but it would have taken him longer to get there than what it took me to plow it. Thanks for asking!

[@chippytucker6318]

JimHowDigsDirt That's what I thought!! Well you did a fine job Sir, and Cheers n' beers my friend! Stay safe out there mister!! :)

[@simonrichard9873]

Chippy Tucker A loader? Call a big old snowblower. They get trough everything.

[@simonrichard9873]

Art's Bobcat Yuck... No loader mounted shit. Get a real Vohl snowblower, the ones based on modified Ford tractors with a 6-71 hanging out the back. They were made in the 70s and are very common in Quebec.

[@richardwayne1990]

Art's Bobcat go full hog and get the train version they go through ANYTHING!!!!

[@swotteh]

The front end loader operator was still down clearing the girl friend's driveway.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Yeah, but you should see his girlfriend! lol

[@spookytowie7838]

@@JimHowDigsDirt lol haha

[@Big.G5137]

@@JimHowDigsDirt lol

[@imzackson]

@@JimHowDigsDirt gotta cover for that one lol

[@Fabes002]

Western Star are the old Macks of today. Beasts! Plowing uphill seems dumb to some people but it's hard to back these heavy rigs uphill if your were plowing downhill.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

I agree. And it's easier to get unstuck if you have gravity on your side.

[@Fabes002]

@@JimHowDigsDirt Yep thats what I meant to say. LOL! Our township had a pretty nasty drift on a gravel hill. For years I wondered why the guy plowed up hill. Once we took over it didn't take me long torealize there's no way to back that truck up and out of a drift on that ice covered gravel. Same with the road grader.

[@metalwaves4154]

Grind em til u find em 💪 THANK YOU and every PLOWMAN out there for the battle you do against mother nature so we can get to work every morning

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Sorry to make you have to get to work, lol.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

Spoiler Alert!!!! Nature will win, in the long run....or.....are you the same "Louis Ampersand Pamela Hedges" what are designing a Spaceship for to transport Mankind, to a different, yet, similar, Planet, for Mankind to destroy, in the long run? I thought it was you. Merry Holidays.

[@gebwv84]

This Operator did a great job !

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thank you! It was fun!

[@jeremeyellis16]

"Busting through" = strategically moving snow out of the way over 20 minutes (in my mind it was a high-speed battle with snow flying everywhere and a man standing on top of his huge truck victoriously pumping his hands in the air)

[@reinholdsklinefelter3879]

Captain Hindsight here. You should have used a front-end loader. This is Captain Hindsight.

[@algorel4763]

That was tuff to watch. An old Walker Snow Fighter would have flown thru that. But these guys were on the clock.

[@chrisk7984]

My grandfather worked on a crew in SW Iowa where they moved snow by hand with shovels.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Ohh....the good old days, lol.

[@northernliving2387]

Your going need a fron end loader to move that snow from the road.. I amaze how you broke thur. Did you gave to bring a front end loader or a big snow thrower to remove the sides of the road back?

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

No, it was at the end of our plow season and is a road without much traffic so they didn't bother.

[@crushthis123]

I wonder how they plowedmthe roads in the 60s and 70s with the equipment back then. We could walk over the hydro wires the banks were so high. We had mostly graders with a wing and chains on all the wheels. Some of that old equipment would scare you the way they moved snow

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Yeah, some of those old Oshkosh and FWD's could move a lot of snow.

[@lennymiller9308]

Good job Jim, another great video !

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thanks Lenny!

[@dave4854]

80 mile an hour with a V plow would have made short work of that snow.

[@williamharden2294]

dave12546 yeah, you'd love those repair bills.

[@dave4854]

no repair bills if the operator knows how to drive, when to coast and when to use the throttle.

[@williamharden2294]

dave12546 they aren't meant to hit tough snow piles at 80

[@dave4854]

didn't know that, we haven't used them since 1953 and they wouldn't 80 MPH.

[@michaelmactavish1728]

our big huge case 340 maggumm 400 hp tractor go through it if i was handy

[@tonyiverson6182]

I am curious why you pushed so much up there before pushing through

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

The grader pushed it up from both end when he tried to break through a big drift during the storm. I just happened to be in the area when my boss asked me to swing by and check it out.

[@aaronlapensee1059]

Need a v-plow for that type of drifts 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@notabiker]

Looks like the wind blows from the side you were pushing snow, if that's true then you just made the next drifts that much bigger with that huge bank to drift off of. Too bad you can't roll over that plow and push the snow to the other side.

[@DonaldKing23]

Still my fav video on this channel. Cant wait till Ya folks get some more snow up that way.

[@mmiller1188]

Is road graders for snow plows a Canada thing? Never seen one for a plow here in the states, but a lot of videos from Canada of them plowing snow.

[@michaelredman3840]

Standard in Minnesota

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

In my area the road graders mostly plow all the dirt roads. They do help on the pavement when needed tho. Thanks for watching!

[@mmiller1188]

retiredusfsnps well acquainted with truck plows, live in central NY. I've seen blowers, loaders ... but never graders being used as plows

[@ivang97997]

we have that plow in Northern Illinois

[@ericweenink7578]

Mike Miller I live in Northwestern Canada and I'd be happy to answer your question. Not too sure how familiar you are with plowing equipment so forgive me if this is too long of an explanation, generally road graders are used on rural roads and the plow trucks cover the paved highways. This is mainly due to the trucks ability to travel faster so they don't impede traffic. The trucks also sand the highways at the same time, which graders do not have the ability to do. The graders will run down the highway a few times a year to "wing" the snow deeper down into the ditch when the snow gets piled too high on the edges of the highway, but otherwise they are generally not used on paved roads unless we get massive amounts of snow. Graders can push through much deeper snow than the trucks. Hope this helps

[@galehess6676]

Easy does it. What we say in PA. Nice job. BTW a farmer in Philip, S.D. told me they'd occasionally get 30' snow drifts (I am assuming it was light n fluffy because it's a drift) and if the driver wasn't seat belted in "forgot", it ends very poorly because that truck takes a hit to bust through. This pile is compacted and with 6x the driver can work his way, just have to go bit by bit or you end up with too much behind you and lose traction if you don't get all the way through, waiting to be pulled out.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Slow and sure win the race! Thanks for the comment Gale!

[@davidwadsworth8982]

need the blower type plow,like they use on 81.

[@chogg611]

Wow, you don't realize how much power this beast has until the 13 minute mark. Wheres the location? Looks like Eastern Canada. And, how much HP is that beast?

[@eltigre249]

I drove a 1970 Toyota Crown 4sp with snow tires in Wisconsin. Used to enjoy seeing Jeeps stuck as I drove by. People don't learn that the secret to driving in snow is "Be Gentle." Is that plow blade adjustable so you can throw to the left as well?

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Slow and sure wins the race every time. And no, this is only a one way plow. Thanks for watching!

[@bobbysolo5411]

V, bank left, right, and forward V as well as straight blade. VERY versatile. I added wing extensions onto my little Western plow, as my drive way got so tight one year it was like a cork in a bottle. I needed to make the blade wider than the truck to save the paint.

[@Smittyschannel]

Umm don't you need to hit it faster than 3 mph?? I know you don't want to break anything but geez. Ideally you should have a V plow for busting through that

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Can't hit it harder or the angle plow will shove me to the right and into the ditch. I just hit it hard enough to get some snow behind my blade to back drag it away from the pile. I agree an angle plow would do a better job but would have taken me longer just to go back to the plow shed to get it.

[@JoelMac]

Nova Scotia, I should have known! lol .. love the videos buddy!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Glad you enjoy! Thanks for watching!

[@LoBeau53]

This time was easy. Where do you put the snow the next time it blows in?

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

This was at the end of March just a few day from the end of our plow season. Never got much snow after this.

[@tomasthomas8563]

If you think that snow is easy to plow thru (more or less) sometimes the drifting snow gets so densely packed by the wind that you can drive your F-150 truck over the top without breaking thru and getting stuck. The diesel powered front end snowblowers just bog down and stall the engine. So here comes a line of front end loaders to break up the drifts with trucks pushing the snow down the road out of the way of traffic.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Wow! That's some hard packed snow when you can drive over it.

[@jennadollface]

where is this at looks beautiful scenery

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

This in Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada!

[@randybedker1584]

Needed a v-plow to start with the side plow just gonna bust an axel. Seen that done a few times.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thanks Randy!

[@runningman1156]

I would have put the V on and been though in two three passes , but then I wouldn't have piled it in the middle of the road from each end either lol, good work with the one way ant way.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

I agree with the Vee plow making it easier but it would have taken me longer to go get the plow and return so I thought I'd give it a try. The snow was pushed up by our grader as he attempted to get through from both ends. Thanks for watching!

[@richardclintonjonesjones1807]

Really enjoyed the blizzard of 1993 and the blizzard of 1996

[@schneiderexc3557]

V-plow!!! it's amazing how fast the one way sides the front over!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

You are right! A vee plow would have been much better but we got the job done. Thanks for watching!

[@02hreblue30]

Learn from the Scandinavians

[@CraigArndt]

Glad you reposted this, I must have missed it. This is just insane. What a fantastic truck, takes some serious power to move that heavy wet snow.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

She's a great old truck! Days like this make it fun to be at work!

[@jimchik]

What were you using for a mic..? The sound quality is great.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Just used the mic on the Gopro 4 Silver.

[@jimchik]

@@JimHowDigsDirtGood to know. Thanks.

[@russse2793]

Loved watching this video. Thank you for sharing. God Bless from Phoenix.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thanks for watching Russ! Bet you don't get snow like this in Phoenix?

[@relaxingnature2617]

a V plow is definitely better for this kind of challenge -- I just watched a video of a V plow in 1939 slamming thru deep snow with a thick hard ice layer , it was alot tougher challenge than this pile of snow , but his old truck was doing good smashing thru it

[@roomwithapointofview]

Good job, second camera man. Nice and steady.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thanks! He did a great job ehh?

[@YogaAndersson]

Crushing snow, ice and dirt.. How often do you have to repair the blades and are there other parts that gets beat up?

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

We run three sets of blade on these plows. Two carbide tips blades with a soft blade sandwiched between them. We would likely change blades four or five times a season depending on the weather. These plows take a lot of abuse and often need other repairs for worn or broken parts.

[@YogaAndersson]

Thanks for the intel!

[@DynoDieselWagon]

That there star actually enjoys it . Couldve sworn I heard her giggle when she come thru there son

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Yeah, I enjoyed it too! Don't beat her and she purrs like a kitten!

[@rb16sk8]

i love that star car man. thanx for the video

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thanks for watching!

[@openstationloggingkevinbak4625]

Nice job you didnt get hungup and snow can be miserable to keep pushing up in a pile in front of you . Have you ever tried a reversable plow? Might help with pushing straighter just asking

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

I have never tried a reversable plow as we don't have one for this truck. I could have gone back to my base and get my vee plow but that would have taken a lot longer.

[@_L_o_r_d_V_a_d_e_r]

Is that a feather duster

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

No Glen...this ain't no feather duster! lol

[@awoodworker]

I really enjoy your videos. I am in Ontario Canada. I was able to take an early retirement three years ago after a 33 yr career in driving tractor trailer, heavy equipment and snow removal for the same company. The snow removal was my favorite. Loved it at night. Less idiots on the road. We had big equipment but not like the beast you drive. I was just wondering though, wouldn't it have been easier on equipment to just use a big pay-loader on that drift? It looks like you cover a lot of open country. Though it may not be feasible to drive a loader out to each drift. I stayed off the trucks for about nine months after I retired. I am back driving a tri axle dump truck part time and am loving it. Keep those videos coming.

[@michaelmactavish1728]

a buddy of mine uses the M series kubota s with the snow plow and blower for doing snow clearing

[@sophieparent9700]

awoodworker a

[@awoodworker]

Since I retired I just use my ATV with a 54" Warn Plow and winch to do mine and some neighbors driveways. It's just a 350 Kodiak but it pushes lots of snow. For heavy drifts I get out my trusty 12 yr old Craftsman Snowblower. My dream is to get a Kubota, or Deere with a Cab and Blower.

[@michaelmactavish1728]

awoodworker yeah the kubota M5-111 111hp are selling for $60,806 with cab and the deere 109hp are $109,000 here in pei and kubota blower are about $1,000.00 to $4,000.00 wich deeres frontier are $3,200 to $9,000.00 here

[@archuka1]

Grader didnt have a V plow attachment ???

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

By the looks of the pile of snow, I would say he didn't have it that day!

[@stevevlietstra629]

Should try to straighten up the main plow to stop it from pushing the truck to the left. That's how them funnel plows were designed. Works great!

[@stevevlietstra629]

Looks like a Wausau plow and it is a great two lane road plow!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

It's an right angle plow and can't be moved.Thanks for watching!

[@jacobrobinson175]

Wheres a V plow when ya need one...?

[@northernliving2387]

Do have a vee plow for that truck? If you could get through with your truck what other equipment could you used?

[@sharpshooter012345]

That was a lot of snow. Great job!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thank you! It was fun!

[@richardclintonjonesjones1807]

I miss hearing that big 12 cylinder engine behind me and seeing snow flying out through the field for 50 or more yards

[@sethb9545]

Need some snow fence up to help with the drifting

[@cameronstoltie5952]

what kind of grader u guys have i have seen a 872 gp john deere push through even deeper snow drifts it had to use your battering ram method

[@clobbyhops]

Big motor grader with V plow full speed, BOOM! Go and gets some pizza

[@bobbysolo5411]

Treat it like you rented it. That'll get expensive.

[@larrypalmer2415]

absolutely! grader and v-plow.......tough!!

[@MrRandom750]

have you guys gotten blessed with the white stuff this year yet? we had it about 30miles north and west of me..

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

NO...nothing yet! I go back to work on the plow at the first of December and we don't normally get too much before that.

[@Drew6709]

Where is the snow blower? Or the loader? Wouldn't it be easier than a plow truck?

[@davidpedder9048]

You would think a large snowblower attachment would be the best way to go.

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Sure it would, but unfortunately the department doesn't have any snowblowers.

[@christophergaff6992]

How many mail boxes did you hit

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Snowplow operators never hit mailboxes...that's just an old wives tale, lol.

[@markhunter4677]

Should of had a plow blower blowing it out the side some odd 20 ft. Maybe an idea for the dot up there.

[@craigcampbell5129]

Many many years ago we used to load the snow and dump trucks in Stamford Connecticut and dump it in Long Island Sound just to get rid of it it would get to the point you had no place to push it no more

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

We don't often get that much snow, but that year we got nailed with three big storms back to back in March. It was fun while it lasted!

[@richardclintonjonesjones1807]

My ole four wheel steer blower would have made that look easy, I plowed snow for 32 years and really miss it

[@jaydengerber15]

looking forward to more videos this winter since last was so warm. God bless brother

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Stay tuned...won't be long now for the new snow plow videos to begin. Thanks for watching!

[@maineman11]

Probably another four passes up and down the road afterwards just to get the road back to its correct width.

[@Caje-zf8md]

A retired WI contractor once told me that he came across a snowdrift so big that his Caterpillar 12 road grader couldn't get through it. He came back with his Caterpillar D6 bulldozer and bored right through it.

[@sawzallmanken253]

Why didn't you push most of it off to your left instead of pushing the whole pile straight ahead ??

[@runheli]

Did the Snow Saison start again? Be carefule out there (as always).

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

No snow here in my area yet. It's 11 degrees Celsius today and going for a ride on my motorcycle. I go back to work on the plow truck the first week of December. We usually don't get a lot of snow till after the new year tho.

[@runheli]

Then i wish you a nice journey.

[@jodemit655]

I guess no one uses snow fences in high drift areas anymore!

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Never seen any snow fences used here in my county. I know a few places that could sure use some tho.

[@abikerinpa]

What a machine you got there my friend ! Keep them roads clean for us please and stay safe !

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Thank you! Drive with care!

[@runningman1156]

where is your V plow guys ?

[@was1069]

Love the TRUCK!!! My sound like s stupid question. But from my experience of plowing why did the guys before you just not keep pushing it off to the side instead of just pushing it all up higher and higher making it harder and harder to push??? Now I was lucky and had a plow that pivot left to right but then the snow doesnt become more and more compressed in front of the plow. I dont know guess I am asking the wrong guy. you are not the one that piled it up and packed it. But ya do love this truck!!! bet plowing snow at times can be a toot so to speak :)

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Yes it's an awesome working truck. I'm guessing it was a huge drift and I would say the grader only had his one way angle blade on it when he tried to get through. Leading up to this we had three major snowstorms in a row and it was a blast to plow.

[@anthonyarnone1366]

Does that have front wheel drive too?

[@JimHowDigsDirt]

Yes, it is six wheel drive.