KCUR

Kansas City hopes a truck simulator can help snow plow drivers prepare for icy winter

Public works has invested substantially in their training equipment ahead of the winter season, with new, upgraded technology ...
Construction Equipment

How Ohio DOT Specs Snow Removal Trucks

What’s it take to push snow around? In cold-weather climes like Ohio’s, it’s a DOT-operated 1,525-unit fleet of Class 8 dump trucks set up with appropriate snow-moving and -melting apparatus that ...

For first time in years, Columbus fully staffed to tackle snow plowing

Columbus was prioritizing clearing major roads after a record-breaking snowfall on Dec. 2. The city plows lower-traffic ...
Berkshire Eagle

'Winters aren't like they used to be.' Pittsfield struggles to find plow truck drivers thanks to lack of snow, rising costs

PITTSFIELD — Not every impact of climate change shows up on a weather report. Take the decision facing Henry “Hank” Bartlett III about how many trucks to put on the streets of Pittsfield when it snows ...