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Clearing a residential driveway in Incline Village, Nevada Video of snow removal on Rüütli street in Tartu, Estonia (December 2021) Hiring a contractor with a winter service vehicle or a shovel. In many high elevation or heavy snow accumulating areas, companies with snow removal equipment offer to provide services to remove the snow.
Fisher Engineering is a subsidiary of Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW), which also owns Western Products, Blizzard, and TrynEx International, each producing their own snowplow brands. Fisher Engineering is one of the leading snow management equipment providers in the Northeastern United States . [ 1 ]
Snow plow blades are available in various sizes depending on a vehicle type. Service trucks usually use a blade sized 96 in (2.4 m) and more. Common blade size for pickup trucks and full size SUVs is 78–96 in (2.0–2.4 m). Smaller ATV snow plow blades are 48–78 in (1.2–2.0 m) wide. [citation needed]
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A winter service vehicle clearing roads near Toronto, Ontario. 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 ...
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The wedge plow or Bucker plow was first developed by railroad companies to clear snow in the American West. The wedge plow forces snow to the sides of the tracks and therefore requires a large amount of force due to the compression of snow. The wedge plow is still in use today in combination with the high-maintenance rotary snowplow.
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