Originally published at: Fun-to-watch method for clearing snow off roads - Boing Boing
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My first guess was some carefully angled angle iron, but who knows? Reguardless, I imagine a specific consistency of snow and unusually flat road are prerequisites.
Also when I went searching on the topic, all the commercially available choices were nothing like that and at least knee-height.
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Yeah, that really seems to be the key. It clears the slushy stuff fine, but I’d like to see it tried on either light fluffy snow or heavy piled up stuff.
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That website is fantastic. I thank you but anyone monitoring my productivity does not.
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I saw that video but on YouTube a couple of days ago. Every last comment was about why it was a terrible idea (e.g. hits a bump and flies through the air at the truck, scrapes off any salt placed on the road, leaves a perfect layer of black ice).
Literal NSFW
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It does look like it is being used on a road that has already been plowed (ploughed) and salted. Seems to be of limited use.
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This is otterly ridiculous.
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I have nothing to add for solutions, but it made me remember that my Dad used to drag a bare mattress spring frame down our road (behind the International Scout) to grade the surface. It worked nicely.
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It’s two floor squeegees tethered to a fuselage type post, which gives it the weight to stay in that position.
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