Evaluation of alternative snow plow cutting edges.

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• Creators:
  Colson, Stephen
• Corporate Creators:
  Maine. Dept. of Transportation. Transportation Research Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Winter maintenance
  • Snowplows
  • Carbides
  • Blades (Machinery)
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Field tests
  • Fuel consumption
  • Vibration
  • Noise
• Publication/ Report Number:
  42981
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Maine
• Corporate Publisher:
  Maine. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  With approximately 450 snow plow trucks, the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) uses in ; excess of 10,000 linear feet of plow cutting edges each winter season. Using the 2008-2009 cost per linear ; foot of $48.32, the Departments total cost for cutting edges for the winter of 2008-2009 is estimated to ; exceed $500,000. Considering this significant annual expenditure, MaineDOT is continually looking for ; alternatives to its existing carbide-insert cutting edges. ; During the winter of 2007-2008, MaineDOT’s maintenance crew in Baileyville found themselves running ; low on carbide cutting edges. As an alternative, the crew installed carbide-insert underbody scraper ; blades. The underbody blade is approximately 1/8 inch thicker than the conventional plow blade (see ; Photo 1). The crew quickly noticed the underbody blades appeared to last longer than their conventional ; blades. These promising preliminary results made a more formal evaluation warranted for the winter of ; 2008-2009.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28477/dot_28477_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 369.91 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6ecfeec413240c2b5dbd0fafe05abe56e2a44931246657bd325597590a11b210