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2. Winter service vehicle - Wikipedia

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   A winter service vehicle (WSV), or snow removal vehicle, is a vehicle specially designed or adapted to clear thoroughfares of ice and snow. [1][2][3] Winter service vehicles are usually based on a dump truck chassis, with adaptations allowing them to carry specially designed snow removal equipment. Many authorities also use smaller vehicles on ...

3. Snow removal - Wikipedia

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   De-icing is defined as removal of existing snow, ice or frost from a roadway, airport runway, roof, or other surface. It includes both mechanical means, such as plowing, vacuuming or scraping, and chemical means, such as application of salt or other ice-melting chemicals. Anti-icing is treatment with ice-melting chemicals before or during the ...

4. Snowplow - Wikipedia

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   Snowplow. A snowplow (also snow plow, snowplough or snow plough) is a device intended for mounting on a vehicle, used for removing snow and ice from outdoor surfaces, typically those serving transportation purposes. Although this term is often used to refer to vehicles mounting such devices, more accurately they are known as winter service ...

5. Why salt melts ice — and how to use it on your sidewalk - AOL

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   Ice-melt crystals on a paved sidewalk for snow removal. (Getty Images) This surface layer of semi-liquid ice comes only a few molecules thick at the melting point, and has the ability to vibrate ...

6. Street sweeper - Wikipedia

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   A street sweeper or street cleaner is a person or machine that cleans streets. People have worked in cities as " sanitation workers " since sanitation and waste removal became a priority. A street-sweeping person would use a broom and shovel to clean off litter, animal waste and filth that accumulated on streets.

7. Snow Removal and Other Shared Winter Expenses With ... - AOL

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   Normally, the owner of a building, or place of business, that is adjacent to a public walkway or sidewalk is responsible for keeping the walkway free of snow and ice.

8. Snow blower - Wikipedia

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   A heavy-duty walk-behind two-stage snow blower. A snow blower or snowblower or snow thrower is a machine for removing snow from an area where it is problematic, such as a driveway, sidewalk, roadway, railroad track, ice rink, or runway. The commonly used term "snow blower" is a misnomer, as the snow is moved using an auger or impeller instead ...

9. Area legislators announce millions in LSA community projects

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   Purchase of a new heavy-duty pickup truck with plow capabilities for road maintenance and snow removal. —West Pittston — Levee study and preliminary engineering project, $100,000.