SNOW TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT MODEL 40 TOWED SNOWPLOW CARRIER.

A 40-foot-long ski-mounted snowplow carrier, designed for towing, was developed to eliminate pitching and rolling of the snowplow on deep snow and to permit uniform removal of snow from borrow pits, compacted-snow areas, and ice. The carrier includes two grader blades which funnel the snow into the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hansen,R. W.
Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Surface Transportation and Equipment
(*SNOW VEHICLES
TOWED VEHICLES)
(*TRAILERS
SNOW VEHICLES)
(*CARGO VEHICLES
SNOW)
SLEDS
SNOW REMOVAL
BULLDOZERS
SNOWPLOWS
Ice Runway
Antarc*
Antarctica
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0627983
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0627983
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Summary:A 40-foot-long ski-mounted snowplow carrier, designed for towing, was developed to eliminate pitching and rolling of the snowplow on deep snow and to permit uniform removal of snow from borrow pits, compacted-snow areas, and ice. The carrier includes two grader blades which funnel the snow into the feeder box of a rotary snowplow. These blades are hydraulically controlled for leveling or plowing. Two prototype snowplow carriers, towed by Size 2 tractors, were used near McMurdo, Antarctica, during Deep Freeze 64 and 65 for transporting fill snow to elevate a 150by 6,000-foot experimental compacted-snow runway and a 3-mile-long road. They were also used for cleaning drift snow from the experimental compacted-snow runway and the operational sea-ice runway. In these operations, snow was cast up to 100 feet at rates up to 2,000 cubic yards per hour. It was concluded that the Model 40 snowplow carrier is suitable for elevating roads and runways on deep snow and for clearing drift from compacted snow and ice. It should be included in the equipment allowance for polar installations on snow. (Author)

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