Larue 7060 & D65 - Big Snow Removal Operation at night - Memory of 2022 [4K]

[@lucidrain9469]

Those Larues are beasts! ❄🌬

[@thepragmatic6383]

For many people, this second pass may seem like an unnecessary expense. But in Montreal, it's not uncommon to see temperatures drop well below freezing after a snowfall. The snow then turns into ice, which greatly complicates the lives of motorists thereafter. This ice also becomes much more damaging to equipment during future snow removal operations. Because even if these mechanical monsters may seem indestructible, they become very vulnerable when confronted with ice.

[@speederz1]

great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@theinquisitor3930]

Is the alarm at the beginning to get people to move cars?

[@jakewebber4567]

Evidence points to yes

[@afdetailing8104]

It is

[@fullraph]

Yep, final warning before one of the on duty tow truck come pick it up.

[@Raether608]

thanks for asking the question for me : )

[@W2IRT]

How many inches/cm of snow are required to fall before all this equipment is mobilized, and how long does it take to clear the entire city? If there are multiple successive snowfalls forecast for a week do they just keep working or wait until the last flakes have fallen?

[@Vinnywell]

we generally start operations at 15cm and it takes around 2-4 days for the city to be clean and yes we keep working even if it continues to snow

[@oldretireddude]

As a certified armchair expert, did the order of the sidewalk cleaning seem wrong? Or, does the need for the second pass make that a moot point?

[@p.j.lajoie]

Not at all. Very very routine work. The job of the sidewalk tractor during this type of operation is make sidewalk safe from inner edge to outer edge against potential ice build-ups when mercury drops down to -40 with wind chill factor at play

[@brucekatkin5310]

When living in Montreal, I have seen the sidewalk cleaned with snow pushed to the street, the main plow passed. Back then they were using the larges graders to clean the streets.

[@johnnydebonis]

I think it could have ben done in one pass.

[@SebastianWarth]

Awesome Video!!

[@peter-fuppe-fuchs]

OMG how much snow have u got?

[@MontrealTruckSpotting]

Average of 82.5 inch par year. Can get 1 to more than 15 inch par night on a good week

[@peter-fuppe-fuchs]

@@MontrealTruckSpotting 😱😱 quick conversion..... It's more than 2 Meter of snow.... Holy moly, we're closer to a foot now...... Normally we have 1,5-2,5' in winter, but this year it's late, and have been more rain than snow.....

[@Hpmks]

Great video!

[@QiuyuanChenRyan916]

@@peter-fuppe-fuchs Montreal's location is surrounded by river and lots of pocket lake around that area. It is very snowy in general.

[@ErnestConnett-d4p]

Now this is how des Moines Iowa highways department does this as well and city road crews, former plowing service contractor.

[@dustinsudkamp3722]

are the trucks that are hauling the snow contracted or privately hired trucks how does the city go about getting the needed trucks to haul it off

[@MontrealTruckSpotting]

Owner operator / Company are contracted to haul snow.. City give contract to tons of contractor to cover the whole city.

[@dustinsudkamp3722]

@@MontrealTruckSpotting thanks for the reply I appreciate it

[@MrPummi88]

Has the car at the beginning beeing moved or towed?

[@QiuyuanChenRyan916]

If they can't remove themself they will be towed or relocated for now.

[@shuvmesumknowlegde]

2022 Dec and the beginning of Jan 2023 our streets are not being cleaned since our "Mayor" decided to only send out the clearing contractors after a 10cm dumping. But our sidewalks are covered in ice and we still have the snow on the streets after the last dumping of 9 cms plus ice

[@jxh02]

What do the tow trucks do about AWD cars? And who pays for the damage, I wonder?

[@realemonful]

As an Ontarion and someone that plows snow, nothing like this happens in Ontario

[@dariusmccormack7793]

where do they dump it and does it create a tsunami when it melts?

[@Supersquigi]

Generally they'll dump in a designated field and there's no tsunami but the field will be snowy well into spring.

[@ЕфросиньяРюрикова]

Я фанат маленького на гусеницах🥰

[@TomboySue]

Winnipeg could learn from Montreal.

[@brians9633]

Seams like alot of Equipment would think there would be a more efficient way but it is Government

[@Supersquigi]

Dude what the fuck would you do? Pull out a weed burner or literally hundreds of tons of salt? This is a time tested method that gets it down as much as possible. If even an inch is left, it WILL turn to ice that stays long into spring and is a danger to following snow removal equipment and efforts. Every layer matters.

[@ErnestConnett-d4p]

Oregon doesn't do there roads like this they waisted are tax money and they don't clean up the side walks either and I've lived here 40 years!

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

The wheel loaders seem to be bad at both the plowing & the collecting, the motor graders ready scrape down to the road surface & the dedicated snow collectors leave the road almost bare of snow.

[@trevordilley4504]

The loaders are bulk movers. They get the majority and don’t waste time doing what they’re not good at and let the blades do the actual scraping since they’re better at that than moving the majority of the material.

[@p.j.lajoie]

Oh the times hiding 2 pairs of white sneakers during one collection, 4 pairs of white socks during another collection, to see if the city snowblower would breakdown and stop working. The only thing that did that trick was black garbage bags of household trash left outside by telephone posts - which be pushed with the snow from the graders and scrapers into the middle of the street .

[@dimonchik105]

Хорошо "вылизывают"дороги!

[@dariusmccormack7793]

whats with that siren at 3 in the morning wtf very inconsiderate and unnecessary.

[@MontrealTruckSpotting]

The siren truck is used as a reminder, he passes around 18h00 to 22h00 to make sure the road is clear, after this they will simply remove the car

[@dariusmccormack7793]

@@MontrealTruckSpotting ok that's more reasonable but the description states the time at which the footage was filmed as 03:35am, which would be an unreasonable time for such a violent alarm. The machinery itself is sufficiently audible as to alert residents to the operation, surely?

[@Supersquigi]

@@dariusmccormack7793 you'd be surprised how stupid people are, not remembering to move their cars to the designated area before a plow, but it happens every time.

[@professor_thunder]

Seems like a huge waste of tax payers money.

[@p.j.lajoie]

Hi ! Annual snow removal costs Montreal $170 million dollars , representing a mere 3% of the city's entire 2021 yearly budget

[@huzzhaq661]

@@p.j.lajoie and saves many lives

[@carmiethompson2676]

Ha! Says the person who lives in Hawaii.😂 Don't get out much do ya perfusser.

[@danbon7554]

@professor_thunder If you lived in Quebec, you would know it is not a waste of money. Search the internet for photos of Montreal or Quebec City in winter in the time there was no machinery, like the 1800s and early 1900s, and then you wouldn't give this kind of opinion. Snow starts from 1st November or mid-December depending on the year, and you don't see grass before April. So just imagine the accumulation of 6 feet (1.83 m) or more of snow when you get to March. There would be no possibility of using any vehicle and if you could, where would you park your car without blocking the street, there would be no possibility of parking your car.

[@scottmiranda7254]

seems ass backward to me but I am American soooo

[@Supersquigi]

Dude what the fuck would you do? Pull out a napalm or literally hundreds of tons of salt? This is a time tested method that gets it down as much as possible. If even an inch is left, it WILL turn to ice that stays long into spring and is a danger to following snow removal equipment and efforts. Now THAT inch stays next snow fall, the plow can't properly scrape the snow since the ice is uneven, more ice builds, on and on. In Montreal one year some sidewalks got to 6 inches of ice. Every layer matters.

[@JP-cb8bz]

It pays the bills all the same. I know I've been plowing this shit for over 20yrs and it just keeps on coming every fucking year.