PLOWING SNOW ~ It's a Beautiful Day!
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- I Plow Snow for the Municipality here in Nova Scotia, Canada & Welcome to my Channel!
So far this winter we are not getting much snow here is Nova Scotia, so here is a short clip from one of the last snowfalls we had back in April 2022. It didn't get a lot of hits when I first posted it back in the spring, so I decided to re-edited it and post it again as I think it deserves another chance. It was a beautiful sunny day for plowing snow and a great way to end the season!
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Cheers,
James Howard aka JimHow
Location: Island East River, West Side Road, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada
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PO Box 1698
Stellarton, NS, CAN
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Thanks Jim for a Beautiful day Plowing Snow .like it .
Glad you enjoyed it
The last 27 years I worked was for the municipality where I live . During those years I learned the average citizen has no clue what it takes to keep everything going . The main concern for them is roads always clear to drive on , water coming out of the tap when they turn it on and a toilet that flushes when they need it . The long hours , weird shifts , call outs for plowing , digging broken water mains and clearing blocked sewers in the rain , snow , -40 to baking heat in the summer doesn't matter . If it's Christmas morning or your child is graduating that's OK too the phone is ringing and you're off to work . What people like you do doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated by guys like me that know what's really going on . I wave to every plow going by . Thanks for what you do .
Thank you Robert! Heroes don't always wear a cape. lol. I really appreciate your comment and thank you for your service!
Wow lots of snow. Be safe out there!
Thanks, you too!
Thanks for letting us see you work on a perfect day for plowing.
You bet! Thank you for watching!
Stellar. Just Stellar. Could watch this all day. Oh wait, I do!
Thank you Ryan! I'm glad you enjoy the videos!
@@JimHowDigsDirt You have the best snow plow videos on RUclips. Hard not to enjoy what you're out there making.
Stunning scenery!! Wished they plowed the roads like that in the Highlands of Scotland!!
Greetings from Canada Thomas! I bet you have some stunning scenery in Scotland too!
@@JimHowDigsDirt indeed we do!
Jim you told me in a previous video hats off to me for being a first responder. We are all on the same team. Weather I am in a yelling truck with yellow lights and a snow plow or a fire truck we are all together. Nothing will work if the team doesn’t work together.
Right back at ya buddy. When plowing on a clear day it makes for a nice easy day.
Just a little bit of snow fall today. 98% of the blizzard snow is gone.
As always keep the good content coming and take care and be safe.👍👍
Well said Tom! We had about 5 inches of snow one day last week and that's the most we had all winter. It's gone now and is 12 celsius and raining at the moment here in Nova Scotia. The weather forecast looking pretty mild for next week too so I'm not sure when we will start getting some snow.
Love this camera angle
Thanks Owen!
Excellent Jim. That countryside is beautiful, what a great place to work.👍🏻
It really is! Thank you Tim!
Hello Jim, I just wanted to say you have the best camera angles! All the others could learn from you.
Wow, thanks Big Jon! I glad you like them!
Love the 360 cam. The vortex's out the rear are awesome!
Gotta love the GoPros!
I live in Halifax that's cool I stumbled on someone from here
Welcome fellow Bluenoser!
Красиво идёт. Я по асфальту также, но у меня только передний отвал. Сгребаю снег в Сибири у нас его меньше.
Thank you! I Bet it is cold in Siberia?
Awesome footage! 👊
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!
Very cool video 👍🏼
Thank you 👍
More snow fun! Wish we would get a couple decent snows
It's gonna get here pretty soon I hope!
Great video Jim! I always look forward to your new videos. Not much snow here on the coast of Maine this year (at least so far).
Thanks 👍 Same here this winter!
The beautiful countryside scenery reminds me of Maine where I grew up.
Thanks for another episode, Jim...
The 360 almost ate a branch
Close call, lol.
The Mack was new that year,last winter.
I got the Mack new back in November 2019. Thanks for watching Russell!
Evening, from Washington State, Jim! I meant to ask you earlier, do the amber fog lights next to your plow lights really help to cut the glare in a white-out? We're looking for some new ideas.
Safe travels, snowfighter!
Hi Andrew! I find the fog lights do help a bit in some situations. I think the biggest benefit is that when people see them they know there is a plow truck coming as you don't see too many other rigs with that set up around here. Over in Newfoundland snow plows have flashing blue strobe lights to make them stand out. I think that's a great idea!
Steve D don’t be silly, you know they pay him the big bucks to push snow and dig dirt in on the occasion to block driveways with 5 foot snowdrift, no time for politics
I know you're probably only doing like 30 kilometres an hour which is like 25mph but it looks like you're going so much faster on camera
Yes you are right! I had a few comments where people think I and plowing too fast. The camera can be deceptive for sure.
@@JimHowDigsDirt also something I've noticed when it comes to cameras that you may not have considered is wide-angle cameras make it look like you're going much faster than you are if you get one that's more of a narrow field of view you don't see as much but it looks like everything is going the normal speed for example if you're doing 30 km an hour with a camera that has 140-degree field-of-view it could be a lot but not very far so it looks like you're doing 40 maybe 50 km an hour but if you had a narrow field of view camera around 90 it would see further but not as much around it and it would look like you're going the normal speed need our eyes are very good at doing depth perception and seeing everything around us a camera is can't quite do clothes and fart at the same time our eyes are amazing when it comes to seeing the environment around us camera technology hasn't quite reached that far yet
How many inches of snow was on the road 2 inches? But it looks like a foot off the wing
This was last April so it was getting warmer. We had about 12 inches overnight, but started shrinking pretty fast after the sun came up.
Now that's the kind of weather you want to do snow plowing in. Beautiful ! The view forward down the side of the truck with most of the wing in view but still looking mainly forward is an awsome view. One can see the scenery and whats coming forward, but can also see the snow flying off the blades. When the front blade isnt doing much and most of it's on the wing, the view slightly down like at 6:20 still shows the forward view but also the snow off the end of the wing. Beautiful video Jim.
Thanks 👍 That was one of my last runs of the year back in April 2022. Gotta love plowing snow on days like this!
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Hey Jim do you keep your wing in a certain position all the time so your used to knowing where it is or do you adjust on the fly? Thanks again sweet vid as usual
If his truck is like mine, once it’s on the ground, it’s extended as far as it’ll go. So you just have to know your position in the road. But you can watch your wing in a fender mirror. The right side of my slusher has an orange flag. If I keep that in the centre of the road or just to this side of that side, my wing won’t hit any signs or guardrails. When shouldering, I line the wheels on the right side of my truck on the white line. That has to be done a lot slower
Thank you Bob! Stay safe out there brother!
If there is no frost in the ground and the shoulders of the road are soft I will pick up the wing a little just to keep from throwing gravel into the ditch. If the ground is hard I can press a button on the joystick that is called power float, and that will let the wing drag and adjust to the contour of the shoulders. Thanks for the question!
When is Trudeau making you go all electric on snow plows?
Hahaha...
With the camera on the passenger side mirror looking forward is really cool angle
Thanks Phil!
Hey man I just got my DZ license last month and started plowing here in Ontario last week. I actually started watching your videos before I even started my DZ course and they inspired me. We had a big storm earlier in the week and it was the first time I got to drop iron. I did one run with an experienced guy but now I’m on my own. Did lots of salt and sand before dropping iron. What an experience haha I do night shift on call from 12:00 am to 12:00 pm. Couple times I couldn’t see for than 25ft in front of my truck haha I just had to line my flag up best I could with the centre line try to watch my wing in the right fender mirror while I coasted at 30 - 35km. Love this job! My route takes 1.5 hours so I can get 6 runs in a 12 hour shift. But now the boss said I can choose between two others. One takes 4 hours to complete. I’ll probably take that one. Plus if I take that one I get an older stick shift truck. The one I’m in now is a 5 year old international automatic.
Cheers and thanks brother!
Thank you Bob! I'm glad to hear my videos inspired you! Plowing roads is not for everybody, but it's good there are people like yourself that love the job and all the challenges that go with it. Stay safe out there brother!
Thanks man you too!
Thank you for the replay! That was a peaceful video with snow flowing off the plows. It's been slow here in Massachusetts with our biggest snow at 7" about a month ago.
Glad you enjoyed it! Slow winter here too!
Nothin better than clean up on a sunny day
You got that right Paul!
That’s one awesome camera angle 👍
Thank you Phil! I recorded it with a GoPro Hero 360 Max.
great camera work !!!
Thanks a lot!
cut it back cut it back
lol
Im in the province of Québec and they use 12 wheel truck (two driving front axle) to plow do they use those where you are ?
We only have tandems around here in my area Val! I think there are some twin steers hauling tow plows on some of the divided highway going towards Halifax, but I have never seen them.
The Maritimes are getting in to winter finally.
We had a great fall and decent weather.
Have a good season in NS.
Thank you S.C. Austin!
We're did you find that much snow . I plow in the hem and only had about 3 inches all season so far.
Never got much snow here either, so I made this video using clips from last April. Hope we get some soon tho!
Go in the ditch iam right behind you
Slow down dam it
Stop tailgating me, lol.
What's the speed limit there going to Fast
The very first clip was sped up 2x, but I would only be doing between 50 and 60 kmph. Thanks Charles!
60km/h maximum allowed where I am. When plowing. Salting or sanding can’t go faster 48km/h or my computer starts yelling at me. When the blue lights are off (amber always on) I’m not plowing or spreading so can go the speed limit