My wife and I lived half a mile from that highway, just west of West Branch back in '89-'91. Rented a house from a terrific farmer who included snow removal from the driveway. Noticing the houses in the area that had ladders permanently attached by a second story window, I asked "Why no fire escape ladder?", to which he said "Those ladders aren't for fires. Ya see, we get some snow up here, but you won't need a ladder 'cause you have the attached garage with the overhead doors and I'll clear the snow right up to them with my bucket loaders." Noticing my further confusion, he explained that "Some folks have to have the ladders to get out after it snows and then dig their way back into the house!" These films show the snow amounts, but don't really convey the minus twenties temperatures that sometimes settle in when the winds stop blowing...
Most of today's people could not figure out to cut cubes to toss out either.Some of those old plows had double wings also, at least in our area. Admittedly we seldom got the huge snowfalls the "north country" got. Thanks for finding and posting this. Takes me back to South Hill and 10 years old.
@@chrisjones8515 My mother went to West Lyden, I did not go to Adirondack or South Lewis. My 2 younger sisters went to Adirondack and I helped an instructor there for a year, several years ago.
I wonder with all that stalling that truck punching holes out in that deep snow. Just how long or days 1 clutch last them. Had been hard on them. Tough trucks them days but I bet not that tough. Plus cold metal brittle too.
There's not a chance of that happening. Electric trucks will replace all the gas-powered ones. And those trucks will be equipped with plow blades made from China's finest plastics.
During the winter of 1939/1940 during the opening months of WWII, the conflict was perceived as someone else's problem far away from home for many Americans.
And a snow blower on the front is even way better for deep snow like that. Snow blowers do not cause high ridges like that. A tracked vehicle is even way better.
@@baronvonnembles Those Army trucks were not actually very tough at all in comparison to trucks made for plowing. In comparing them to Walter plow trucks, the engines of those Army trucks were less powerful and far less robust, so they had a far shorter lifespan. And their transmissions were off-the-shelf, mass-produced units already being used in many other light-duty highway trucks of the time. The transmissions used in a Walter plow truck were built by Walter, purpose-designed for plowing. These transmissions were enormous in their size (you wouldn't even be able to fit one of these transmissions into an Army truck) and incredibly strong. And the gearing of a Walter truck was more like that of a tractor than a standard truck. They couldn't go much more than half as fast on an open road as a 6x6 Army truck, but they made up for that with a much wider range of gear choices in the slow-speed range for plowing. Also, the axles of military trucks of those days used open differentials, while Walter patented the first differentials which allowed full differential action for cornering but without permitting any individual wheel to break traction and slip. And again, these differentials were more than ten times larger than the differentials used in 6x6 Army trucks, and that's in spite of the fact that they operated "upstream" of a very low-geared final drive, so they were actually under less stress than if they were installed within the axle itself, and this increased the durability factor even more. They used the same kind of differential between the front and rear to eliminate tire scuff between the front and rear during sharp turns (on standard 4x4 and 6x6 trucks, this scuffing limits the ability of the truck to turn as sharply as the front wheels "try" to make happen), while still providing constant, positive drive of both the front and rear axles. There were two other makers of dedicated plow trucks in those days (Oshkosh and FWD), but in the days before selective differential locks, the traction provided by the Walter drive train exceeded what any other company could match.
Nope. Men were men and women were women. They both had their places in the human ecosystem, and ninety-nine percent of both men and women worked hard their entire adult lives until they were too old to make it anymore.
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My wife and I lived half a mile from that highway, just west of West Branch back in '89-'91. Rented a house from a terrific farmer who included snow removal from the driveway. Noticing the houses in the area that had ladders permanently attached by a second story window, I asked "Why no fire escape ladder?", to which he said "Those ladders aren't for fires. Ya see, we get some snow up here, but you won't need a ladder 'cause you have the attached garage with the overhead doors and I'll clear the snow right up to them with my bucket loaders." Noticing my further confusion, he explained that "Some folks have to have the ladders to get out after it snows and then dig their way back into the house!"
These films show the snow amounts, but don't really convey the minus twenties temperatures that sometimes settle in when the winds stop blowing...
The ole boy driving that snowplow must have had a good case of whiplash by the time he retired from this job!
But he still got up every day and went to work with no complaints The kids today won't work if someone hurts their feelings
Hahahaha yea dont understand why they thought that was a good idea to keep driving into a snow wall over and over again lol
@@smit7120 you will literally be fired for hurting someones feelings these days
Not one Mailbox was hurt in the making of this video.
That was AMAZING.. Watched all 3 episodes..
Finally! A first on RUclips! A three part video that plays in sequence!
Charlie was having fun with the snow in 39-40. More fun than what ppl have today.
And people think they have it rough today, look at all the fun things you could do. As I'm watching this on a smartphone.
Love these 3 videos, glad they weren't lost forever...now if there were just some from the 1888 blizzard.
Yeah lots of shoveling
Most of today's people could not figure out to cut cubes to toss out either.Some of those old plows had double wings also, at least in our area. Admittedly we seldom got the huge snowfalls the "north country" got. Thanks for finding and posting this. Takes me back to South Hill and 10 years old.
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The commentary is wicked! Lol
sounds like Warren Miller to me. You'd love his work, check it out
soooo awesome narrator is fabulous
Excellent!👍
I am a Charlie, love the snow 🌨 and plowing
When ships were made of wood and men and cars were made of iron.
2022 listening to a guy from the 1970s talk about how a shovel-line is the solution to unemployment got me. Charlie save me.
My mother was younger than 10 when that plow went through the road where she lived. I grew up there.
Brenda did you go to south lewis or adirondack?
@@chrisjones8515 My mother went to West Lyden, I did not go to Adirondack or South Lewis. My 2 younger sisters went to Adirondack and I helped an instructor there for a year, several years ago.
@@chrisjones8515 My mother's maiden name was Foll
@@brendaplumley4491 I remember a Foll hang on his first name will come to me! Joe Foll?????
@@brendaplumley4491 Brenda I graduated in 83 don't recall your sisters...🤔
That was great !!!!!
Hillsborough County, NH?
Gotta admit I'd like to ride in the back of that truck too.
I wonder with all that stalling that truck punching holes out in that deep snow. Just how long or days 1 clutch last them. Had been hard on them. Tough trucks them days but I bet not that tough. Plus cold metal brittle too.
In one of the clips, the commentator mentioned that the operator hit the clutch just before he hit the snow drift to save the driveline.
They were some Tuff trucks.......................😳 IMPRESSED 💪
More we need more of the good old days
There's not a chance of that happening. Electric trucks will replace all the gas-powered ones. And those trucks will be equipped with plow blades made from China's finest plastics.
That's when men were men, and... That's what strangers did to help fellow man.
I wounder how long the frame lasted before it was bent? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The first solid push from 30 miles an hour to a dead stop. Its a snowplow foreverafter
That truck was hammer down time 🤣
Narrated by Steve McQueen
"The good old days". In the midst of WW2
During the winter of 1939/1940 during the opening months of WWII, the conflict was perceived as someone else's problem far away from home for many Americans.
thank you for sharing this was great!
The repeat over and over must have gotten tiring .
4 Wheel drive is good but 6 Wheel drive is better, so wonder why no one used the Army 6x6s back then........
And a snow blower on the front is even way better for deep snow like that. Snow blowers do not cause high ridges like that. A tracked vehicle is even way better.
The Army 6x6s were just being developed when this film was made.
@@baronvonnembles Those Army trucks were not actually very tough at all in comparison to trucks made for plowing. In comparing them to Walter plow trucks, the engines of those Army trucks were less powerful and far less robust, so they had a far shorter lifespan. And their transmissions were off-the-shelf, mass-produced units already being used in many other light-duty highway trucks of the time. The transmissions used in a Walter plow truck were built by Walter, purpose-designed for plowing. These transmissions were enormous in their size (you wouldn't even be able to fit one of these transmissions into an Army truck) and incredibly strong. And the gearing of a Walter truck was more like that of a tractor than a standard truck. They couldn't go much more than half as fast on an open road as a 6x6 Army truck, but they made up for that with a much wider range of gear choices in the slow-speed range for plowing. Also, the axles of military trucks of those days used open differentials, while Walter patented the first differentials which allowed full differential action for cornering but without permitting any individual wheel to break traction and slip. And again, these differentials were more than ten times larger than the differentials used in 6x6 Army trucks, and that's in spite of the fact that they operated "upstream" of a very low-geared final drive, so they were actually under less stress than if they were installed within the axle itself, and this increased the durability factor even more. They used the same kind of differential between the front and rear to eliminate tire scuff between the front and rear during sharp turns (on standard 4x4 and 6x6 trucks, this scuffing limits the ability of the truck to turn as sharply as the front wheels "try" to make happen), while still providing constant, positive drive of both the front and rear axles. There were two other makers of dedicated plow trucks in those days (Oshkosh and FWD), but in the days before selective differential locks, the traction provided by the Walter drive train exceeded what any other company could match.
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When men were men and women did as they were told!
Ain't that the truth!😂😂😂😂👍
Nope. Men were men and women were women. They both had their places in the human ecosystem, and ninety-nine percent of both men and women worked hard their entire adult lives until they were too old to make it anymore.
@@baronvonnembles Whoosh!!!...
The music👎🏻💩
The music is just fine. It suits the period and the place.