Main line, fifty years of railroading with the Southern Pacific
In conjunction with the box plow it was necessary to use a Sanger, as the plow removed snow only down to the level of the rails. ...

Electrical engineer
The details of the snow-plow are as follows: Length over all, 20 feet ; width, ... in an iron box, and placed on the platform in easy reach of the operator. ...

Engineering news-record
In that box a fan-wheel revolves with the same velocity as the ... The plow, when working at 180 revolutions, threw a column of snow about 4 ft. in diameter ...

Engineering and contracting
Rotary snow-plows should be fired up and thoroughly tested. ... Extra flanger points, with suitable bolts, are carried in the tool box. and it is only ...

Municipal journal and engineer
The Newcomb highway snow plow is mounted on a sled, which has four ... Grading Wagon with Extension Upper Box The Watson Wagon Company, Can- astota. ...

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The Ohio Mailbox and The Snow Plow

by Dave In Tucson

Every year it seemed a driver would get too close to the ditch and would take out (destroy completely) the mailbox and post.

Over the years dad tired a variety of different configurations.

Set the pole back further Raise the pole up and extend an arm Paint the pole a bright red Get a bigger box (easier to see)

None of these seemed to work every winter same ritual.

It was after I had left home and gone off to college I noticed once again Dad had a new mailbox and post.  But this wasn’t just a mailbox post it was like he had sawn off a 12″ tree and mounted the box on top of it.

There was a slight curve to the post putting the box exactly where the mailman (yes, back then they were all called mailmen) could reach it easily from their mail truck.

When I got in the house I asked Dad about the new mailbox (always a bone of contetion.  He said last year it was snapped off as usual and this past fall he had to cut down a large locust tree.  (Locust trees are hard wood and back in Ohio the bark is stripped from them and they make exellent fence posts.)

He decided it was going to be his new mailbox post instead of fuel for his stove in the garage.

He cut it so it was almost 10 feet long and dug one very deep hole and poured cement around the post and mounted the mailbox on top of the post.

I ask him if he thought this one would last.  He said “Yep, I think this one will last.”

I asked why he thought so, here is what he said.

“About a week ago we had a couple of snow storms and the trucks were coming down the road every couple of days.  Then we had one really big storm and the ditches were already getting pretty full.  I was watching from the window when the truck came down the road and I could tell he was going to hit the mailbox post.  He did, and when he did his truck spun right around in the road and landed in the ditch.  My mailbox post never moved.  I don’t think he will be hitting my post again.”

Source: The Ohio Mailbox and The Snow Plow

News

A shine to teaching

Minot Daily News - Dec 06, 2010

"The snow plow finally got there and just swept the horse, threw (it) up on the bank, and tore the reins right out of his hand.

Plowed streets sometimes leave homeowners in the lurch

Billings Gazette - Dec 02, 2010

Mike Jablin, who lives on the 2200 block of Monad Road, said city crews plowed the snow off Monad and dumped most of it on his sidewalk.

3-6" Snow By Tuesday Metro Area (more north/west of MSP)

Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) - Nov 29, 2010

That will probably be closer to the final amount, more like 3-4", still enough to shovel/plow, but some 6"+ amounts are possible over central and western MN

City gives $10M boost to snow-clearing plan

Vancouver Sun - Nov 16, 2010

He's also bracing for complaints about the snow banks that plows will create on roadsides that box in cars. Jones says there is no plan to clear parked cars

Flying dilemmas in October and November 2010

Alaska Dispatch (blog) - Nov 27, 2010

Finally, I had a missed approach into Togiak, Alaska because the snow on the runway was too deep and well, there was also a plow on the runway plowing snow.