Saw a gritter/spreader truck earlier with a plow attached to the front in what I thought was the down position. However when it went past I could see the rubber strip at the bottom wasn’t even touching the snow.
OK the snow may only have been two or three inches deep but what are the parameters for using these things?? There was a rotating brush half way down the vehicle also but it didn’t seem to be doing much either…
I passed a John Stacey skip truck the other day with a snow plough attached 
I’ve seen loads of vans and pick-ups with gritter attachments on the back.
There was barely a covering on the lower half of the 43 this afternoon and a plough had his blade down clearing so don’t know tbh ■■
DAF95XF:
I passed a John Stacey skip truck the other day with a snow plough attached
Even funnier if it was in the skip, perhaps he was off to Emr 
Phantom Mark:
There was barely a covering on the lower half of the 43 this afternoon and a plough had his blade down clearing so don’t know tbh ■■
Same thing this morning at 3am down the A14 and some parts of the M11
about a 40 mm gap between the rubber and the road surface ,if it was touching the road it would not last long 
DAF95XF:
I passed a John Stacey skip truck the other day with a snow plough attached
whats odd about that Stacys have done it for years , hence the reason for the yellow frame on the front bumper
strapped a board to the front of the shunter the other day worked a treat 
am i imagining this
the blades look like plastic on a lot of machines
d4c24a:
about a 40 mm gap between the rubber and the road surface ,if it was touching the road it would not last long
40mm, about an inch n a half?
That seems like a fair bit of ice and snow left behind, to me.
It’s also a bit confusing. All the ploughs I remember seeing have a pair of little dolly wheels just behind the blade. They are presumably adjustable to keep the blade at a set height above the road surface. What would be wrong with setting them so the blades rubber is 4mm above the road? Above the road surface is above the road surface. OK so there would be a bit more wear, but its a strip of rubber put there to wear and to be a flexible edge that won’t damage the road, surely that’s its purpose.
With the current road conditions I can imagine the plough’s are ploughing up more than just ice and snow !!! Flexible or not eh ■■ You could lose a small car in some of those holes on the A43 for example !!!
The plough clears the X amount of snow and the grit melts the last couple of inches? Surely it can’t be set too low to otherwise there’s a chance it could catch.
The dolly wheels are when your actually ploughing and its the hydraulics that keep it up when traveling
Simon:
d4c24a:
about a 40 mm gap between the rubber and the road surface ,if it was touching the road it would not last long40mm, about an inch n a half?
That seems like a fair bit of ice and snow left behind, to me.
It’s also a bit confusing. All the ploughs I remember seeing have a pair of little dolly wheels just behind the blade. They are presumably adjustable to keep the blade at a set height above the road surface. What would be wrong with setting them so the blades rubber is 4mm above the road? Above the road surface is above the road surface. OK so there would be a bit more wear, but its a strip of rubber put there to wear and to be a flexible edge that won’t damage the road, surely that’s its purpose.
That’s about as good as it gets during a real winter.I don’t remember plough wheels being adjusted but it’s obvious that what’s left behind is enough for the tyre tread depth to cope with and reach the road surface.
15 - 25 mm is by the book , most of my route involved country lanes ,that are far from smooth ,all that happens is the rubber wears all uneven ,mostly the snow and ice build up in the “gap” and act as a rubber
believe me it does not take long for it to wear out ,the day driver lost the rubber from around one jockey wheel ,but carried on thinking it was ok as the blade is in float while in use 
, but in less than 20 miles the rubber was gone on that side
Love it!^
nearly there:
The dolly wheels are when your actually ploughing and its the hydraulics that keep it up when traveling
No, really?
It’s a good job you pointed that out. No-one could possibly have guessed that otherwise.
Dan Punchard:
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Brilliant!
