Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[DABSGT]

RockyNY nice tractor best of luck but I'm ready for spring.

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[Smalljobs]

Here's my weapon for moving snow coming and going. If I can't plow it almost 8' high, I can blow it over into the next county! Plow angle and chute controls are all hydraulic.

For cold starts, I have three heaters: One KATS on the radiator, one Wolverine on the oil pan, and one Wolverine under the rear differential/hydraulic reservoir. It starts easily around 0-2 degrees F with no need for glow plugs, compression release, etc.

 

[grnspot110]

Had the 1953-40S out a couple of days ago blading an inch of fresh snow:

 

[leonz]

Last year I was using a bigger Unimog (now sold) and I happened into this Unimog 406 EX-BW Cabrio "bagger" (backhoe, or excavator in German) for a replacement. Much different Unimog than the square cab but I really like it. Soft top is actually pretty weather proof, I was surprised.

Seems to clear snow just fine (3 videos, will only let me embed one):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjRF973N15A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZWWQWo0s1g

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I will see your sissy Unimog and raise you my 15,000 ton plus per hour Beilhack!!!

 

[beenthere]

But leonz, the Unimog is moving snow, not sitting on a bare siding.

 

[leonz]

But leonz, the Unimog is moving snow, not sitting on a bare siding.

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OK,

here in the first picture of one of its little brothers after clearing 12 plus feet at 12,000 tons per hour on the Bernina Rail Line in Switzerland on an electrified(pantograph/caternary) siding. The B unit is the electric traction unit that is not being used at the moment. The ruling grade on the Bernina Railway is 7 percent which is the steepest grade in Europe that is not a cog rail line.

The snow on the back side of the diesel snow clearer is almost 15 feet deep. you can just barely see the snow and ice breaking propellers mounted on left arm and the twin snow removal discs.

The snow removal discs are designed to slide laterally to open the right of way to fifteen feet wide and more than that in height as the snow and ice breaking propellers break all the snow and ice ahead of the snow clearer allowing it to be removed quickly.

They have four american cousins on this side of the Atlantic pond.

I would load the videos but the portal will not accept them due to thier size.

The second one is clearing the line into one of the stations near the Brenner Pass

The third one is done clearing snow under the high voltage lines and rotating in its
own length heading back down the line to clear more snow.

 

[wmonroe]

Neat pictures!

 

[Rustyiron]

Here's my weapon for moving snow coming and going. If I can't plow it almost 8' high, I can blow it over into the next county! Plow angle and chute controls are all hydraulic.

For cold starts, I have three heaters: One KATS on the radiator, one Wolverine on the oil pan, and one Wolverine under the rear differential/hydraulic reservoir. It starts easily around 0-2 degrees F with no need for glow plugs, compression release, etc.

You got it covered on each end with that rig. That's some nice , neat custom hydraulics you got there!::thumbsup:

 

[Rustyiron]

Pretty amazing snowblowers there Leonz. What is the travel speed when in that deep a snow and how do you get any traction with steel on snow covered steel? I know there's some crazy heavy weight there, but it seems that all it would take is a "skim" of frost on the rails to seriously ruin traction. That "turn around" feature is very slick!

 

[pmsmechanic]

Pretty amazing snowblowers there Leonz. What is the travel speed when in that deep a snow and how do you get any traction with steel on snow covered steel? I know there's some crazy heavy weight there, but it seems that all it would take is a "skim" of frost on the rails to seriously ruin traction. That "turn around" feature is very slick!

If you have a good look at a locomotive there are small tubes in front of the drive wheels. A little bit of sand goes a long ways towards improving traction.