Snow Plow Cutting Edge Cost Effectiveness

Details

• Creators:
  Becker, Jonathan
• Corporate Creators:
  South Dakota. Department of Transportation. Office of Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Cost Effectiveness Data Collection Maintenance Snowplows Vehicle Maintenance Winter Maintenance
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SD89-04-X
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  South Dakota ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report November 1988 to March 1994
• Corporate Publisher:
  South Dakota. Department of Transportation. Office of Research
• Abstract:
  This report describes research performed by the South Dakota Department of Transportation to determine cost-effectiveness of snowplow cutting edges. Five vehicles at maintenance units around the state were instrument with mileage counters to record the distance plowed by each set of cutting edges. Two of these vehicles were in Pierre, one in Murdo, one in Presho, and the other in Sisseton. The cutting edges used on each vehicle included a CAT, with and without a 1/2" frontal blade, a Pacal, with and without a 1/2" frontal blade, a Kennametal and a CPL, each with a 1/2" frontal blade. The results showed the Kennametal blade, which has the second highest cost per foot of the five blades tested, plowed more miles than any of the other types tested, resulting in the lowest cost per mile in each of the five areas.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f3a4fc401e34c15a2490c70028ff03d92cf91f0a79a014bb3b5a11a9914256dc740fb791b3f4c66a18fbc4fb818ce70cf1bba6b4be610f7aabe307415d72aab8
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/80133/dot_80133_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.63 MB ]