It's that time of year. If you're a Northern Tier state you know what we're talking about. Snow. If you've never wondered how much our country spends on snow removal, it's not hard to find out. According to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), our states spend more than a billion dollars a year to keep our roads clear in winter. This includes both the equipment and the salt that is used to keep highways safe.
One thing most of these snowplows need is fuel and lubricants. You no doubt already have a fuel source. It may be that you're unaware that Champion Brands has a specially formulated show plow oil. Here some information worth knowing.
Champion Professional Grade Snow Plow Oil is a long-life hydraulic oil formulated with severely hydro-treated and hydro-finished API Group II base oils for improved oxidation resistance, viscosity retention and cold flow properties. This oil has excellent viscosity retention and cold-flow due to a very high viscosity index. Excellent protection against wear, corrosion and the build-up of sludge and varnish in the most demanding snowplow applications.https://www.championbrands.com/professional-grade-snow-plow-hydraulic-fluid/
• Extended fluid life for longer service intervals
• Excellent filterability and cleanliness
• High thermal and oxidation stability
• Excellent demulsibility and air release
• Top-tier anti-wear performance
• Excellent cold-flow properties
• Forms thicker films at higher temperatures
Champion Professional Grade Snow Plow Oil meets or exceeds the following specifications:
• Parker (Denison) HF-0, HF-1, HF-2
• MAG (CM) P-68 (ISO 32), P-69 (ISO 46), P-70 (ISO 68
• GM LS-2
• Joy HO-T, HO-S, HO-T2
• AIST (US Steel) 126, 127
• DIN 51524-3, Type HLVP
• ASTM D6158, Type HV
• ISO 6743/4, Type HV
• Eaton M-2950-S, I·286-S3
• Bosch Rexroth RE 90220
• SEB 181222
• AFNOR NF E 48-603 (HV)
• SAE MS 1004, Type HV
• ANSI/AGMA 9005-E02-RO
• ISO 11158, Type HV
• Part# 4013H 12/1 QT
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If you're in the business of plowing snow you are probably aware of the Snow Plow Forum. If you're thinking of getting into it, and want to learn more, here's the link to an informative site on snow removal:
https://www.snowplowforums.com/threads/trucks-for-plowing-only-gas-or-diesel.9371/
The first snow plows were horse-drawn wedge-plows made of wood. With the advent of the automobile, a number of inventors set about to improve existing snow plows. In the US, the "snow-clearer" is said to have been patented as early as the 1840s, for railways. The first snow plow ever built specifically for use with motor equipment was in 1913. It was manufactured by Good Roads Machinery in Kennett Square, PA. and was designed to meet the exacting requirements outlined by engineers of the New York City Street Cleaning Bureau. Good Roads is therefore unofficially credited as the originator of the modern snow plow, though their horse drawn steel blade road graders were used to clear roads of snow as early as the company's founding in 1878 under their original name American Road Machinery.Good Roads patented the first four-wheel grader in 1889 thus making it the first pull grading apparatus patented in the United States.Unlike most early snow plow manufacturers, Good Roads continues to manufacture snow removal equipment today under the name Good Roads Godwin, now located in Dunn, North Carolina.
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