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Title: Plowing Wider and Faster on 21st-Century Highways by Using 14-ft Front Plows and Trailer Plows Effectively
Accession Number: 01103938
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has embarked on solving the challenges of clearing more lanes and shoulders, with the same number or fewer trucks and operators. The challenges were to plow wider and faster in an attempt to increase services without adding personnel. Using wider front plows to clear one 12-ft lane in one pass has proven to reduce the number of passes needed, saved fuel, and reduced labor. Using trailer plows (now known as TowPLows) has allowed one snowplow truck and one operator to clear over 24-ft wide at high speeds, providing a level of performance never before seen in the industry. Previous trucks with wing plows generally cleared a path of 16 ft or less at speeds less than 30 mph.
Monograph Accession #: 01103914
Report/Paper Numbers: Snow08-003
Language: English
Authors: Lannert, Robert GlennPagination: pp 261-266
Publication Date: 2008-6
Serial: Conference:
Fourth National Conference on Surface Transportation Weather; Seventh International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology
Location:
Indianapolis Indiana, United States Media Type: Web
Features: Photos
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods; I62: Winter Maintenance
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jun 26 2008 2:12PM
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