We came, we saw, we trucked. (Snow removal Mammoth Lakes CA)

Check out the last couple day in Mammoth as we remove massive amounts of snow along with trucking operations. Weather gave us a window we had to take it. Follow along see how it went.

[@montecromwell1911]

❤ love watching. Especially your 4 legged employees. They steal the show.

[@pushpipe]

if you can, try and do a time lapse of the spring thaw. set it up at your house or office just for fun

[@areaone3813]

It’s nice to read all of the kind comments. I always consider what impact my words will or may have on others and never type anything I wouldn’t speak to a persons face. Great worlds to love by in this tech age.

[@Mrbfgray]

I want one of those bumper stickers. 😄

[@Mrbfgray]

Found them on Amazon.

[@user-su2sh9ve7g]

Truly unbelievable!! Luckily you didn't have more building collapses due to the weight of the snow on roofs.... You guys are doing great!!!

[@gobbletegook]

The guys on the roof of VONS are going to get their 10,000 steps in on those fitbits without leaving the roof!

[@jeffjansen582]

Two weeks later.

[@drmarkintexas-400]

Thank you for sharing 🤗🙏🇺🇲🎖️

[@tats4ever]

The roof snow seems to be never ending this year! Thanks for the views of Twin lakes and the frozen waterfalls. The views off the Village roof were spectacular! Nice office views. Plow Brothers are legends!

[@wendyphillips5002]

You guys are doing the hard work of keeping Mammoth Lakes somewhat clear of snow and moving. Without you guys the city and entire area would come to a halt. You do a great job of clearing and moving this heavy snow. What is next more snow building even higher plies everywhere? Spring is hear and soon lots of melting snow with water creeks, streams, small pools and small lake everywhere. Every water flowing path is blocked by heavy snow and ice. All that water is on its way down to hot creek and to fill Crowley and the Owens river. Big flooding is coming real soon. All it takes is for a few warmer weeks above freezing.

[@Dana-wq5tp]

I hope you're still making videos in July because I have a funny feeling some of those snow piles will still be there.

[@Donovanhikes]

Hats off to the guys, removing all this snow from rooftops parking lots absolutely monumental job. 💯💯💯

[@MyNameIsChristBringsASword]

I cannot believe that vons roof is holding up under that weight but there it is

[@gobbletegook]

It will be leaking when it rains in spring--the stress will have popped a lot of seams where the flashing is

[@GT-mn3bx]

That store has endured decades of this. They must have built it right.

[@RoryMitchell00]

That house and the others at the 8:28 mark...holy $*&t! Those houses are _entombed_ to the point where saying they're "buried" just doesn't cut it anymore. That's a terrifying amount of snow to be able to cover a house that much. Also, the system your "hands team" has set up at the 11:11 time is oddly satisfying, in the way it makes efficient use of their manual power. I actually described something just like this many videos back, in a short comment discussing the biophysics of human snow removal, although I doubt my comment was the reason for you landing on this fairly straightforward and effective solution.

[@laurachesvick9052]

Wow!!! All the work you and your crews do to help Mammoth this crazy snow season. Hope they all appreciate what you do. We've been spoiled here in Bremerton WA with a beautiful sunny hi 60 degree day yesterday and today Sat 3/18 was almost 70. Much appreciated here. We've had lots of cloudy gray weather. Hope you all stay safe there. Thanks for sharing

[@Howrider65]

Unreal! Keep up the good work. You guys are better than any first responders. You the real heroes.

[@yettimannettii2039]

Use to ski Mammoth in the 60's and 70's. Never saw this much snow. So much for global warming. Thats awesome that guys are coming to help.

[@deborahlewis5964]

Hope these people that building and going to live there know what to expect to live in the mountains…. Wow!!! What huge houses up there….You guys are doing a great job clearing the snow… Hope the weather holds out so you all can get things in order…..Love your videos.

[@kathleenhavilan82]

Great videos - you guys are amazing! And I can get my Sierra views without adding to the chaos & visiting crowds

[@ew7ube]

Again....mind blowing! Much respect to the hand crews! Flat roofs = no bueno

[@stuartx4]

Why in hell would anyone build a flat roof building in mammoth? Why would the mammoth planning commission allow it when it is clearly a life and safety hazard in the winter?

[@anthonypaparo1975]

Because we live in an age where stupid is a stupid does.

[@anthonypaparo1975]

My spelling is a great example.

[@gobbletegook]

Never under estimate the graft.

[@mattnew1773]

You must be new. When you learn how this messed up society works you're going to shit a brick.

[@ronr3656]

I was going to ask about the flat roof if you didn’t. In fact, it looks like very little of the development considered the possibility of snow and snow removal.

[@davidm4689]

Absolute Mammoth Mountain machines. Awesome!

[@francisdelaney2228]

that swimming pool of a parking lot in the rear is gonna be a nightmare when the sun goes down, along w/ the temps.

[@Mrbfgray]

I believe that Vons is one I did few weeks of steel work on when under construction back in early '80's, they were very proud of it's designed snow load capacity, it was claimed to be the most expensive they ever built at the time for Safeway.

[@MrThorp1]

the Vons roof job is nuts. thats like an acre of snow you gotta clear by hand. too bad there isnt a cut out or something in the wall. something to think about for codes and future storms. give an " easy" exit for the snow.

[@Michael-le7kl]

Had a nice morning to truck the snow

[@pedrogunner9750]

I wonder if this was like the amount of snow they had when the Donner party was stuck in the mountains. The good news for business is you guys will probably be moving snow into the early summer because a lot of that has to be moved so it doesn’t flood people’s houses out as it thaws and you guys get rain.

[@kristinchrishadley936]

The Donner Party dealt with 22 feet of snow. 😳

[@camilospolskawschodkowal7704]

in Poland, in the Polish Tatras, the highest mountain in Poland, Rysy, 2,499 meters above sea level, and in Slovakia, Gerlach, 2,650 meters above sea level (the mountains are winter in a different way to the Carpathian Mountains). in the past, winters were better in the lowlands in my eastern Poland, as the wind blew from Ukraine and Belarus from the east, north-east). You will need so much snow because from what I see you sometimes have fires. Regards, Beautiful America, we also have Poland, 322,000 km, sea, mountains, highlands, lakes. (Besides, I have a family in Canada but I wasn't there. My aunt ran away to Winipeg after the Second World War)

[@canadianphil421]

I have only one word for the snow banks WOW

[@clydeneclinger5888]

Need a bigger snow blower. Hard workin guys

[@ArifurRahman11]

Thanks for your share

[@smokeydablunts7313]

SPRING IS COMING!!!!

[@areaone3813]

Yeah, isn’t that scary

[@pawamore4047]

Dump Trailer truck parked below next to Von's roof blower over the edge of the roof filling the dump trailer full of snow to haul away.

[@3535gt]

You should setup some Timelapse cameras in areas like those houses fully buried. Record when the snow finally starts to melt and see the transformation from snow covered to no snow. Where is all that snow being trucked to?

[@bwillan]

For your flat roof top job, have you tried using a hand saw to cut the snow into large blocks to put on your sled shovels? It should allow you to carry much more snow per trip and make the job go quicker. There is lots of youtube videos showing snow saws being used to clear snow off roofs in japan.

[@steveaumann6335]

A very enjoyable video. Why do I think you guys are going to receive another blizzard this year.

[@optimoprimo132]

You have Sasquatch in those Mountains. The famous sierra sounds from Ron Morehead's camp.

[@bioniclife]

Would a blue tarp rigged with some "rick-shaw" style handles move snow on that roof? A lot of people use a similar setup for leaves around here. I wonder if it would work with snow.

[@KittGagnon]

that's crazy snow even for N ont Canada since I was a kid since the 60's

[@bikesbeersbeats]

I noticed an army of bay area priuses on route to the sierras… get ready 😂

[@Betonrg]

Many bay área drivers will be stuck today (Sunday) in Donner Pass for the snowstorm there. Many will try to comeback home after a ski weekend

[@MrCalisoca]

Another great video. Nice work boys.

[@dixiemae5042]

From Indiana 👊🏻💪🏻

[@dr.a006]

I’m sure they have all the utility boxes and fire hydrants accounted for, but can you imagine a front end loader smacking something hidden?😮

[@noraleestone2859]

03:10 🤣🤣🤣 LOVE IT!!

[@williamrussomano3014]

Mammoth Mountain Life, did you ever consider buying a snow melter?

[@philiphorner31]

I think the snow is so deep it's arching over the roofs and transferring the weight like flying buttress.

[@HeatherRose2023]

I see blacktop roads again!!

[@gsten2116]

You need to get some material transfer shovels for the rooves.

[@aleeti65]

Howdy, is all quiet on the front on december de 5 th 2023? No big snow removal? Lets hope!

[@karlshomeremodeling123]

If your access is to get on theses high roofs through a hatchway, how do get the hatchway open when there is that much snow on top? A lot of work, good job

[@ckm-mkc]

Not sure why you all to get a snowblower on that roof? Either way, great job, sure everyone is grateful.

[@billdwyer7897]

Wow , That flat roof project is horrible

[@bobwallace4198]

Why would anyone build flat roofs in Mammoth and all the doormers wow they go to school for years to do it all wrong the shopping center is hard to figure 12 and 12 roof should be on the whole mountain folks bw

[@gumble223]

Y’all need a mini skid on the vons roof.

[@patrickburgmeier7902]

Truly defies description. What a way to make a living. Where does the money come from to remove all the snow? Would powdered Charcoal or even just powdered coal blown on top of the snow and let the sunlight melt the snow be quicker and cheaper?

[@chrisreecedrummer]

You have some bust ass workers , congratulations . Hard to find a good crew these days.

[@canadianphil421]

Do you have a rough idea on how many house have been made into pancakes

[@gillbujold1918]

Could you use a boom truck to put a compact tool carrier on the roof like a toro dingo? Would move a ton of snow quick probably lighter than all that snow

[@susanhighfield8284]

I'd be scared to walk in that Vons roof.

[@donlum9128]

Be safe. Sierra snow is concrete now

[@ClaytonHartin]

I wonder if you make some nice cover photos for your videos if it would bring in more views? Like take a screenshot at 2:45 or 13:45 with the loser and dump truck for a cover photo for the video. Just an idea for more followers. I love the videos and been watching for a few months now

[@dualingbozos]

Would you ask Mike what model Kuiu jacket he wears for me? Thank you

[@Kevin-ex2yb]

What determines whether the pit is open for trucking? Seems like trucking should never end.

[@jeffjansen582]

24/7 Here all winter.

[@tyalexander8154]

We have a family condo at 1849 just wondering how the acsece is to get there

[@pedrogunner9750]

Why do the dump trucks in California have so much room between the cab and the front of the dump body? It just makes the trucks longer than it needs to be? Does it have to do with bridge laws and stretch the weight out further over more axles?

[@jeffjansen582]

No square box, not 23 cubic yards small trucks for snow, never used here in the winter.

[@aceyorba]

Absolutely Insane...

[@walkerd73]

this new construction: did they plan on snow storage and rooflines that will enable easy snow removal? like a buffer around the building that snow can fall off of the roof then you dcan come through with a blower adn blow it away from the building.

[@johnjaco5544]

Looks like no planning

[@gobbletegook]

Worst planning in the world...not to mention parking is next to the buildings/under roofs. So much for good building codes too. Not even room for fire lanes in normal situations when they do that.

[@scottthompson2785]

why does Vons have a flat roof? - that must cost sooo much money for them with dozens of guys up there taking many days to clear!

[@jeffjansen582]

Two weeks per acre.

[@aceyorba]

After vons get done with the cost of removing the roof snow. All of their grocery prices will double. It's called Snowflation..

[@ericstewart4732]

Where are you guys dumping all that snow?

[@gregprince2523]

Each of those loader buckets on the 950 should be bout 8,000 lbs???

[@waltjames9988]

I believe a snow melt machine would be beneficial in those tight area

[@finncon4399]

I know right. Just put it into the storm water system and let gravity do the work

[@teddybear4020]

ok so where u take allll that snow tooo

[@teddybear4020]

ya u said CRUNCHIE . hopin people are not . !!!! LOL LOL HE HE HA HA .!! WOWu said about 40 feet tall .!! there at tennis court. some places are deeper or talller than that . YA VERY WILD snow.!!!! if i were a kid still i would make a snow cave 4 myself.!!! i am from LAKE EFFECT SNOW area . back home near frewsburg. AROUNDthe time whenBUFFALO NY got hit . we got some extra heavy snow , but not as much as buffalo ny did that year. i made snow cave .would always disappear on my family and b in it.!!! i had my fun . !!!

[@Betonrg]

Where are you living now Teddy Bear?

[@FishOholic17]

Will still be snow melting in August

[@exmichigansnowskier2150]

At 3:21 that car in the way reminds me of years ago that Pete a co-owner of this apartment complex had his front end loader put some vehicles out of the way so he could use the same loader and plow the parking lot. Between 5:35 to 6:52, how can people get through there especially the last seconds of this portion of the video? VERY CAREFULLY!!!! At 30:25 that scene reminds me of videos of the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado in Spring 2019. It was estimated of 800 inches on highest peaks 12,000 to 14,000 plus peaks. I never heard in my life that people could drive through a previous avalanche(s) like happened in late Spring 2019 there in those mountains. The snowfall in the Sierra Mountains this season likely rival what happened in Colorado that season. Here's a sample of KZbin videos then. 1. Animas Forks Road 2018-2019 avalanches 2. Corkscrew Clutch 2018-2019 avalanches These are on 4x4 off road mountain dirt roads like driving a Jeep.

[@panamint]

Wouldn't it be faster to use snowblowers on Von's building and transfer the snow to the edge using snowblowers? Throw it as far as the machine can then throw it to the next step and keep doing that until it's over the edge. Machines can do more work than men and the men have to be getting run down.

[@briane173]

I'm assuming for the moment that the channels they're cutting will allow for blowers to maneuver up there; the only issue is with such a wide roof, blowers are just gonna blow snow from one part of the roof to another and not over the side. So it wouldn't save them a ton of work in the long run.

[@jeffjansen582]

25 hp snow blowers when it was dry and light.

[@susanhighfield8284]

​@@briane173 I've been thinking the exact same thing for a week. A least he's got a snow blower up there finally. That's got to be a big help saving those guys backs.

[@joeq8157]

When you guys aren't cleaning snow what do yous do

[@MrThorp1]

man, after watching this I want to invent some sort of conveyor belt. that way guys can just throw snow it and and it piles up where ever you have it pointed. probably impractical, but would be ideal.

[@susanhighfield8284]

That sounds VERY practical. Great idea!

[@douglasmarchildon1772]

Your trucking it out . But you never showed where you dumped the loads

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

It’s really to bad that you couldn’t have gotten ahold of several 6 to 8 axle dump trucks. If you could have, each time one of those trucks pulled out, with a load of snow, it would be carrying 2 loads for every 1 of these are carrying out. By far.

[@jeffjansen582]

Not 23 cubic yard trucks.

[@davidsandberg7631]

Has anybody brought in a snow melting trailer ?

[@jeffjansen582]

They cost millions.

[@halverdha1]

So just to say this, I took maybe too much edibles to little bit ago, so some of this might not make sense because I’m using voice to text, but my brain cannot comprehend how much snow I’m looking at. It doesn’t make sense in my brain I can’t I can’t we’ve had a lot of snow where I live before 136 inches. I believe is the record, but this is ridiculous. I don’t even think if you guys had snow melters it’ll be worth it. The snow melters diesel powered diesel heated. They do work, but not for every situation and I don’t know if they would work for this one because I don’t know about drainage.

[@Miss.Frog.Fabulous]

You might still have snow hidding in July.

[@jeffjansen582]

October, ready for next winter.

[@Miss.Frog.Fabulous]

@@jeffjansen582 hahaha, it'll be the protective layer. Lol

[@nononsenseBennett]

Would melting the snow be more practical and cost effective?

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Have you got something pratical? There is a lot of open ground there big enough for a solar furnace. My other idea was a 'conveyor belt'. Theycould talk to the ski lift operators as well suggesting a bucket lift. Could carry snow away for a mile or more with out post build labour. Snow blowers could cut in to the snow all day blowing snow on to a conveyor belt. Then the 10 guys pushing shovels could do anout a hundred times as much per hour blowing the snow on to the belts.

[@nononsenseBennett]

@@MikeGreenwood51 Creative ideas are everywhere but officials need to adopt them. This big dump could be a sign of things to come so preparation for next time starts NOW.

[@patrickwhelan5703]

Who's bright idea to build using a Flat Roof in the snowy West???!!!!

[@sshaw760]

How much money does it cost to remove and shovel all of this, and if it is as expensive as I think it is, how can these places make any money?

[@jeffjansen582]

$350 a night.

[@GT-mn3bx]

Well, when they pay 35 cents for a family sized box of cereal that sells for 6 bucks or more...groceries are a massive rip off. Especially crap like cereal, bread, etc. 1000% markup on alot of junk. Stay out of the aisles.

[@raggdoll1977]

how much snow does the area normally get?

[@Betonrg]

Mammoth lake in average between 350 to 400 inches every season. Even in bad winter Mammoth gets a good amount of snow. Considering that mammoth is at an altitude of 8000 ft

[@gregprince2523]

​@@Betonrg inches.....

[@Betonrg]

@@gregprince2523 yes bro inches 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤣🤣

[@hkguitar1984]

Couldn't you develop a portable conveyor system that could be easily moved and take the snow up to and over the edge! There has to be an easier way to clear those roofs. Not to mention, much better designs when constructing the roofs.

[@shooter7a]

I was thinking the same. But the problem is you would only need to use it once every 5 years. Would it pay for itself? Probably not.

[@hkguitar1984]

​@@shooter7a Agreed shooter7a, these conditions are rare enough that there is no cost effective solution. It is painful to watch, so much snow and so few shovels. I live in Northern Michigan and have shoveled my share of snow, these guys on these roofs are bad-a$$ for sure, much respect.

[@gaffmarhan]

You have the wrong type of dump truck for snow hauling check out the trucks used in Montreal Canadian on youtube

[@katsa12]

Use a saw on that snow on the roof, easier than a shovel.

[@TimberTramp]

I heard another 24-48” this next week…true?

[@philiphorner31]

Definite maybe

[@Betonrg]

In Donner pass for sure from 2 to 3 ft there.

[@Mermaid4Ever]

Ha…if it was St. Patty’s Day it was 3/17!

[@noraleestone2859]

True, but they haven't managed to dig out from the 16th. 🤣🤣🤣👕🧣🍺☘💚😁

[@CesarPerez-dx1jk]

Are you still hiring?

[@chilloutfpv991]

Anyone ever tried using a flame thrower on it 😂

[@joewhite2809]

Hey where is Sadie and bud

[@dogbarbill]

25:12 to 25:45 that clip section is a repeat.

[@anio6865]

Use Air Guns for the roof tops. Knock that snow down !

[@Just_Joe71]

Those shovelers are working harder than the Chinese did building the railroad. They must not have many opportunities in life to end up there.

[@TheJimbob1603]

Insurance companies should penalize anyone with a 'low pitch' roof in snow country. Common sense?

[@jafontaine]

Hope you’re using this platform to help folks (your folks that speak Spanish). Or film them working and say stuff like WE, OUR, we’re gonna. Warming Hut is in most videos…where’s your Mexicans? Never seen them. They don’t get hungry?