SNOW COMPRESSED TO REDUCE HAULING COSTS

THIS NEW, 32 FOOT LONG AND 8 FOOT WIDE VEHICLE WHICH CAN REDUCE THE BULK OF THE SNOW IT PICKS UP BY 85 PERCENT WILL SCOOP UP SNOW WHILE MOVING, COMPACT IT INTO 2-FOOT CUBES (8 BLOCKS PER MINUTE) AND TRANSFER THEM TO HAUL TRUCKS. THE VEHICLE CAN MOVE AT A THIRD OF A MILE PER HOUR WHILE SNOW CLEARING AND ATTAIN SPEEDS UP TO 50 MPH AT OTHER TIMES. THE COMPACTED SNOW IS DISCHARGED TO AN UNLOADING CONVEYOR WHICH HAS A SIX-SECOND CYCLE TIME. SNOW BLOCKS PASS TO AN UNLOADING CHUTE DIRECTLY OVER THE CAB OF THE TRAILING TRUCK TO SLIDE INTO THE DUMP BODY. THE VEHICLE CARRIES 2 HYDRAULIC POWER UNITS EACH DRIVEN BY A SEPARATE ENGINE. TWO SCOOPS GUIDE SNOW INTO LEFT AND RIGHT HAND HYDRAULICALLY DRIVEN AUGERS. THE AUGERS FEED THE SNOW ONTO A CONVEYOR WHICH CARRIES IT INTO A LOADING CHAMBER. THE COMPACTION AND SUBSEQUENT EXTRUSION OF THE SNOW IS OUTLINED.

• Availability:
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• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 86
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 104
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Compactors; Snow; Snow removal; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compaction equipment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219497
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 11 1974 12:00AM