Busting Through a GIANT Snow Bank in a 6x6 Western Star

I’ve been plowing all my life and I was just reminded of 2 important lessons... 1. Get the chains 2. Failure not an option. We are the cavalry. Nobody around to save us.

I used to love plowing snow. Thanks for getting rid of the music. I'd much rather listen to the machines

I just retired from plowing snow for 30 years from the Department of Transportation in Pennsylvania. I loved it . That brings back some memories of a couple deep snows we had over the years.

I’m retired now,don’t miss pushing the white stuff.But when I see a rig like yours(which is a piece of mechanical art), I get a little nostalgic.Thanks for the posting,it made my day and cured my want to get behind the wheel one last time. P.s.-you handled that drift with great patience and care,you deserve all the accolades you are getting from the comments section.👍

Thanks for posting this! Brought back lots of great memories of working on the road crew. This is a situation that calls for a V-plow and double leveling wings. Great job getting it done with what you had.

Some of the comments on here are from viewers who definitely never plowed snow in their life, or did once, and know it all. With the equipment available to Jim on hand, the job at task was performed perfectly. He took his time at first then gradually increased power. Working with a one way blade obviously restricted Jim from directing the snow to the left. He didn't over power spinning wheels to much, and the wheel spin is natural to that beast, it was designed to work in such a manner in those conditions. I've seen plenty of snow and pushed plenty of snow with multiple types of equipment for many years and for that reason I give Jim a 10 out of 10 as a professional driver.

Me: Why am i binge watching snow clearing videos, I live in Australia. Other me: Because its 113F outside, youve never seen snow and that looks like fun.

I work for Ohio Department Of Transportation, great video, we don't have any 6×6 here cause there is no need for them just tandems and single axles, stay safe and keep the videos coming!

Good work! That's a lot of snow to push back, you really did a good job.

Man that reminds me of my good ole days. Started in ‘76 with a Gas Autocar. Beast.

I just love the sound of that big cummins and the turbo spool, can't be anything better than that

Everyone should spend at least one bad winter plowing snow, it's something you won't forget

Loved it. Thanks for the ride along.

Going through a snowdrift like that would surely wake you up or knock the coffee out of your hand. Lol!

It's simple, easy to understand, and full of achievements.

The whistling sound of the turbo gave me a woody

Nice and easy gets you through. Nice technique! Don't matter how many times you have to push the snow away to break through. Handle the equipment gently - that way you do not break welds or blow hydraulics or rip cables on the plow. Do not beat on the rig if you feel impatient! I might damage a hydraulic ram once or twice a season, but it was already close to broke when I got the truck. I very seldom got stuck, too. We had a competition each season - with the winner earning the $500 prize if they had the least number of breakdowns or getting stuck. I won the prize 5years running.

This is one reason you have to be careful when buying one of these trucks at auction cause some employees drive the shit out of them. This guy drove it like a champ. Nice work!

Nice truck. Great job of whittling down that drift!

I use to plow for State back in 79 east Va. got dumped on . we new it was coming we were out 5 days earlier put up snow fence at major snow drift spots . I was the old FWD driver and my pump man was a buff dude , oh and the FWD still had the hand pump mounted in floor not to many state trucks back then were fully equip with electric plows . but we had some dam deep 6 foot drifts we had to bust though a 35 foot long one , that muscle bound boy was so tried after a hour or more he didn't come to work for 3 days . loved plowing . specially when 6 of us would line up side by side on I-95 and 14 inchs of snow moved from left to right and be amazed at 5 foot pile left on the right side of road ! ! thanks for a memory !