SNOW-COMPACTION EQUIPMENT - SNOW PLANES

a commercially available tow-type land plane was modified to a snow plane for the navy's coldprocessing snow-compaction techniques. two sizes have been developed. one, for general-purpose use, has a 40-foot span and is called a model 40 snow plane. the other, for specific use on the long-wave s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moser, Jr, E H
Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1961
Subjects:
Construction Equipment
Materials & Supplies
*ROAD BUILDING EQUIPMENT
CONSTRUCTION
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
NAVAL EQUIPMENT
POLAR REGIONS
RUNWAYS
Sastrugi
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0250532
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0250532
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Summary:a commercially available tow-type land plane was modified to a snow plane for the navy's coldprocessing snow-compaction techniques. two sizes have been developed. one, for general-purpose use, has a 40-foot span and is called a model 40 snow plane. the other, for specific use on the long-wave sastrugi at the south pole, has an 80-foot span and is called a model 80 snow plane. this report describes the development and evaluation of the model 40. the snow plane is a satisfactory piece of equipment for planing natural and compacted snow, grading drift snow and laterally moving snow to build up or level a snow field. acombination planner bowl and grader blade, operated hydraulically, is provided for planing and grading. as a planer the model 40 can cover up to 3-1/4 acres an hour and as a grader it can cover up to 3 acres an hour. bases on 1959 prices the cost of the 6120-pound model 40 snowplane is $6000. a hydraulic power take- off on the rear of a snow tractor to energize the snow plane's hydraulic system costs about $200. a portable hydraulic power-pack unit to energize the system costs about$2000.

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