Snow plows

"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus) 02/09/2015 at 17:19 • Filed to: None

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so this could possibly be the most common plow truck in the states. What are the most typical vehicles used in Europe where these are not common?

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/09/2015 at 17:25

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Over here I usually see Chevy Silverado-based ones.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/09/2015 at 17:26

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I've seen an old Land Rover (in the states) that did time as a plow truck. It did the front springs and axle no favors.

BlurpleToyotaDishwasher > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/09/2015 at 17:30

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Unimogs.

Leon711 > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/09/2015 at 17:32

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UK.

I've never seen one in the flesh doing it's thing, snow is rare in South East England.

Milky > BlurpleToyotaDishwasher 02/09/2015 at 17:38

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I think he mean not government ones. We have big ass ones for streets too, but for personal driveways and business parking lots thats where pick-ups come in.

BATC42 > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/09/2015 at 17:54

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The only one I have seen are run by farmers in small villages and areas without much population. Other than that they are no privately owned snowplows (at least in France) and they are all run by the government or cities.

Leon711 > Milky 02/09/2015 at 18:22

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we don't have non gubmint ones in the UK because the snow is rarely more than a couple of inches every few years, (at least in the south east) but typically the roads are saturated in salt which is good for -10c which again is extremely rare.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2015 at 18:30

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I know a guy with a plow and salt spreader for his Defender. It's festooned with lights, and every time it snows a bit he thinks he's Mr fucking Plow. 2 inches? Bolts the plow on. I didn't say I liked him.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 02/09/2015 at 18:33

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This one was a homemade setup.Bolted in a couple places willy-nilly, and somewhere in the process a spring plate got sheared off. The thing had one side of the axle blocked in place with wood when we got it, and of course the springs had had water packed between the leaves and frozen a time or two...

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2015 at 18:40

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Blocked up as in a chunk of wood attached to the bump stop? For the sake of the cost of a leaf spring or two...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 02/09/2015 at 18:45

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I think the bump stop was gone. Several chunks right under the frame, behind the axle and on top, straps around most of it. That frame (from salt exposure, etc.) was a writeoff, we went back with fresh galvanized.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2015 at 18:49

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I'm at that stage with the Series atm. Not sure whether to replace the whole chassis, or just fix up what I've got. There are a couple of places that, when hit with medium force with a lump hammer, noticeably dent. Mainly outriggers, but as I further clean the chassis I'm sure I'll find more :/

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 02/09/2015 at 18:53

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I've done both. My cousin's one (the plow) is running around on fresh frame, mine got a new crossmember on a spare frame, and we've got two more that were reanimated from chunks - one with a new outrigger, new rear crossmember, and some front crossmember repair, and another one (a 109SW) that was bodged together from a semi-solid front half and rear brackets of a 109SW, a rear half of a 109 pickup, a new from scratch tank crossmember, new front spring hangers, new firewall outriggers, and some stray patches.
That one... that was a pile of work.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2015 at 18:58

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Sounds like a lot of mask time on the latter! I put a new rear crossmember on last year and had to cut about 6 inches further back into the chassis to get to the clean stuff. It all went well, but for now anything more than a couple of patches then I'll need to find a good donor and/or galvanised chassis. I'm not looking to get rid of her for a long time so maybe biting the bullet now will pay dividends in the long run.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 02/09/2015 at 19:02

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That second monstrosity then got a couple hundred holes drilled in it and hot-dipped - we still came out ahead in $ vs. a new frame, but it wouldn't have been possible without the spare rear half. Making patches for whole bits and sections is chump work.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2015 at 19:13

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My issue is finding the time. My job takes up my 8-5 (later in summer) and a couple of evenings too. My weekends are normally reserved for the dogs and family, in that order! It's probably worth looking for a decent chassis then, rather than buying a new galvy, and just doing it myself? I want her back OTR this summer!

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 02/09/2015 at 19:21

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Depends on just how far gone the current one is. A solid donor will run a long time, but there's not much substitute for galvy, particularly new, to have one that'll last the ages. Just about every factory frame has some internal rust, which makes for a ticking clock.

Svend > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/15/2015 at 08:49

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In Cumbria, U.K. it's local government vehicles with Ivecos and Mercedes.

Though the vehicles are local government many of the drivers are volunteers who are on 24 hour call out from a regional centre who take advice from the meteorological office.

OPPOsaurus WRX > BlurpleToyotaDishwasher 02/15/2015 at 09:02

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we have bigger stuff. I was thinking for driveways and little shop parking lots