Snow Plow Trailer???

[joedirt]

Maybe you guys have seen one of these but I sure haven't. This thing will apparently articulate and wheels will go into the crab mode and almost go parallel with the truck plow. This rig was sitting down the road from the house and I had to check it out. I did find some information and pics of this thing through Google but I was unable to link it up. All in all I thought this was a pretty cool idea. Have any of you ever seen one of these working? We plow a pretty nasty hill with our D5 every winter and have been toying around with ideas for a wing. A slope board just didn't seem all that practical but this opens up a bunch of new ideas..

[hvy 1ton]

Its called the tow plow, built by a snow specialty shop in KCMO, Viking-Cives.
Tow Plow PDF (http://vcw.vikingcives.com/uploads/Products/Specifications/Tow%20Plow.pdf)
http://wcco.com/local/snow.tow.plow.2.630304.html

[greywynd]

I found a youtube vid of it in action.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vqjzFZ9QaUU

I couldn't find a make or dealer though, can you pass along anything and someone can find some links?

Looks like a neat idea, though I would have thought more weight might have been needed to keep the thing from sliding if it hits something.

[JD4020]

Im a member at ******** dot com and there are a few threads about these. A few states are running them. There is a green laser light on the truck cab that shines ahead to the right to show the plow operator how far the trailer is to the side so he knows if he'll hit anything.

[woodchuck2]

Seems like it would be cheaper and easier to just put a wing on the truck. I have never seen one of those trailers, here all trucks have wings and even some of the loaders.

[JD4020]

The trailer covers more ground than a wing. There is alot more info over on ********. Sorry, I dont have a link.

[bushcat]

JD4020 is correct that it covers more ground, as it is about twice as long as a truck mounted wing, but IMO it would'nt work well in deepsnow or hard drifts as it would tend to be pushed in behind the truck when working hard even with the tank full of calcium chloride or whatever they use, as a truck full of salt/sand with a truck mounted wing can really get pushed around in heavy going with a wing half of the length.

[JD4020]

The main use is for on Interstate highways. a four lane highway might take 8 trucks, where as with this, they can cut that in half or less. There usually isnt too much accumulation in an interstate with a DOT that plows with the storm, so they work great.

[JD4020]

Here is the condition you would most likely see it in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqjzFZ9QaUU