Essential tips for safe navigation of snow-covered mountain passes
Essential tips for safe navigation of snow-covered mountain passes
2 months ago
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It’s snowplow szn! When the snow returns to the mountain passes and lowlands, so do these rigs. Our crews work around the clock during winter storms to keep roads clear and open, so please do your part by driving for conditions, giving them space, and only passing when they pull over to let you around. Don’t pass or crowd the plows! The billowing snow and plow blades give them limited peripheral visibility, and they might not see you in those blind spots. Stay safe out there, everyone! | WSDOT
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It’s snowplow szn! When the snow returns to the mountain passes an…
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Plow drivers…Start. Your. Engines! Recently during the calm before the storm, our maintenance techs/winter heroes visited the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe to challenge our unique snowplow obstacle training course. Everyone from rookie drivers to grizzled vets hopped into plow trucks for an adrenaline-pumping task-filled ride with tight turns and tough obstacles designed to test their skills. Crews have to be able to navigate weaving through cones, narrow lanes and sharp curves at modest
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Plow drivers…Start. Your. Engines! Recently during the calm before th…
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With snow a big topic across the state this week, we're rolling out a series of videos throughout Thursday to talk about safety around snow plows. We hope it gives people a useful and interesting perspective of what things look like from the perspective of the cabin of a plow. Part One is about passing snow plows and some of the challenges our drivers have to see you, so please be sure to give them room. | WSDOT
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With snow a big topic across the state this week, we're rolling out a …
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After introducing you all to our new tow plow, The Big Leplowski, earlier this week, we got some requests to see one in action. We don't have video yet of the new one but here's a look at our first tow plow, Plowie McPlow Plow (this isn't current conditions, just an example). The tow plow, equipped with a 26-foot moldboard, can extend out behind a plow truck to clear a second lane, increasing our plowing efficiency. It's also equipped with a granular spreader and liquid tanks to disperse deicing
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After introducing you all to our new tow plow, The Big Leplowski, earli…
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During the recent heavy snow in eastern Washington, our tow plow got a workout. Our what? The tow plow is a piece of equipment that attaches to a regular snow plow to be towed behind. It has maneuverable wheels to allow the operator to engage it out behind the plow into a secondary lane to the right. With it, a single plow can clear up to a width of 24 feet or two lanes of traffic at one time. It also has a granular spread and liquid pre-wet equipment with two dispersal points to allow for the s
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Our maintenance crews continue to prepare for winter weather. Part of that includes training on operating a snow plow. Here's a look at some of that training as they maneuver the plow through an obstacle course on a closed course at our Mount Vernon maintenance facility in Skagit County. | WSDOT
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