1978 Mack RD685S Dump Truck w/ Valk Snow Plow

[mowerman]

2 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

RD ?  yours ? this picture from last storm ? seems I've gotten use to sleeping in a bed while the snow is happening. unlike the many years of attempted sleeping at the garage on a chair or front seat of a non plowing truck waiting for next road call or incoming failure.

they were looking for plow drivers here a while back,,,i thought about it for around 3 seconds and said no i dont think so,,,too many stories of plowing around the clock,lol.no dice,,bob

[cruiseliner64]

Snow Plowing is something Id like to have a go at.Never done it except to clear a yard with a Cat 998 loading shovel.....

Paul

[mechohaulic]

6 minutes ago, cruiseliner64 said:

Snow Plowing is something Id like to have a go at.Never done it except to clear a yard with a Cat 998 loading shovel.....

Paul

HOW LUCKY YOU ARE/WERE. lol possibly snow plowing as in ::: sitting in a warm vehicle -big or small  having fun moving that F- - - in white stuff knowing you ARE getting paid, two quick == why me snow stories. 1= road call for plow truck disabled; I had to plow town road with company 4x4 in route seeing truck is sight, from short distance 2 kids on tin soccer's come down bank  from no where; it was seconds from me running them over!! 2= road call for skid steer down while plowing. ::axle shaft broke. all set up with welder on service truck ; no where to clamp ground,  coveralls wet from storm laying on ground I hold the ground cable on axle stud, touch the welding rod to axle center and I lite up like a Christmas tree. NO I DON'T MISS  blizzard road calls. LOL

course the blizzard of '94?'98 ? I did enjoy sitting on a TD20 for two days pushing snow into the river as triaxles  brought it in from town roads. 

[cruiseliner64]

Sounds fun...I did have the welder experience.One cold wet winters night I was hauling a load of fresh fish which just had to be delivered fast.The trailer was an older refer with single leaf springs and a balance beam between the two axles.The tower on which the balance beam sat cracked so I decided to make for the yard and weld the crack.While doing the welding job It started to rain really really heavy.Dont know what I done but I lit up like the same Christmas tree!!! You would never get todays drivers to do even 10% of what was done back then.With welding done I headed on up the road for another 4 hours to unload the fish...Happy days indeed.

Paul

[MackSTL68]

On 1/25/2025 at 10:38 AM, Lmackattack said:

bought 6 of these kits

Thanks for the compliment. I still have 12 unbuilt and 2 almost finished. 

[mowerman]

On 1/25/2025 at 12:59 PM, cruiseliner64 said:

Snow Plowing is something Id like to have a go at.Never done it except to clear a yard with a Cat 998 loading shovel.....

Paul

I did have a 70 Chevy 4/4 with a 8 ft fisher blade during the blizzard of 78 $$$