ebinmaine 76,003 #2 Posted Monday at 12:41 PM Very cool video. But I'm going to take a hard pass on any sort of snow removal on the steep side of a mountain. That job does in fact exist to some extent, not far from me. Jackson and Bartlett NH along with some surrounding towns have some extremely aggressive roads for short distances. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 10,732 #3 Posted Monday at 02:07 PM (edited) My FIL and I used to plow snow at several of the Mills by the Pawtuxet River years ago. One Mill in particular had a narrow wooden bridge spanning the River between the main building and the Heating Plant. That was a private service road; the bridge had NO railings and the Company insisted that ALL the snow be removed off the deck surface. It took all my attention watching the plow edge & the left front tire to do so. The bridge was 12 feet wide. I thought that was bad enough, the 10 wheeled Oil Tanker had to back-in over the bridge to unload the fuel!! There was no place there to turn around.... Edited Monday at 02:08 PM by ri702bill 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 76,003 #4 Posted Monday at 03:03 PM 55 minutes ago, ri702bill said: the 10 wheeled Oil Tanker had to back-in over the bridge to unload the fuel!! There was no place there to turn around.. Most folks would be unpleasantly surprised how often us truckers have to do things like that... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 9,586 #5 Posted Monday at 04:22 PM @JoeM gotta love those mogs ! like a portable powerhouse ! gearing reduction to incredible degrees , their are some swiss sites that are scary , plowing blind , can easily find them on line , british tree trimers , make a winch , to tree sling snag set up . so they can easily pull down heavy branches , snoop around , unimog sites, pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 63,261 #6 Posted Tuesday at 12:00 AM Here is a video of a local road I have driven hundreds of times but not if there is snow. Staring at about the four minute mark you will see that the guard rail on the right side of the road delineates the edge of the road where the drop off is from 40 feet to 100 feet. Tractor trailers are prohibited from using the road but a couple of times a year some hapless driver using a GPS not intended for big rigs will get on that stretch, frequently resulting in a spectacular crash. The posted speed limit is 35 and are strictly enforced by the natural forces of gravity centrifugal force. Enjoy the ride. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 29,973 #7 Posted Tuesday at 12:27 AM @953 nut thanks for posting!!! Beautiful! And the Last of the Mohicans "pursuit scene" theme music playing in the background is perfect!!! That road looks like the trail... That is one of my all time favorite movie scenes... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
