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A sidewalk clearing plow in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Snowblower in Rocky Mountain National Park, 1933. Snow removal or snow clearing is the job of removing snow after a snowfall to make travel easier and safer. This is done both by individual households and by governments institutions, and commercial businesses.
A Zaugg snow blower fitted with snow chains. Snow blowers, also known as rotating snowplows or snow cutters, [39] can be used in place of snowplows on winter service vehicles. A snow blower consists of a rapidly spinning auger which cuts through the snow, forcing it out of a funnel attached to the top of the blower.
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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 of being blown (by air).
UniTrol (or Uni-Trol) was a patented Gilson Brothers innovation in snowblower drive linkage that allows operation of the clutch and gearchange with a single lever. It was introduced in 1969 and was available on Gilson snowblowers until 1979. When a UniTrol snowblower is running, the engine is always turning a drive platter.
The City of Boise has a specific code that requires the owners of any building or vacant lot to have the sidewalk in front of their property cleared of snow by 9 a.m. and maintained throughout the ...
The SnoGo Snow Blower was used on the Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, United States. Manufactured in 1932 by the Klauer Engineering Company of Dubuque, Iowa , the plow was actually a snowblower and featured advanced features such as an enclosed cab, four wheel drive and roll-up windows.
A PistenBully 600 working in 2006. A snowcat dedicated to snow maintenance rather than transport is known as a snow groomer. Other terms are "piste machines", "trail groomers" (in North American English) or "piste bashers" (in British English) because of their use in preparing ski trails ("pistes") or snowmobile trails.