Webinar: Battle of the Blades

Lance Wilkinson, City of Appleton Operations Foreman - Streets Division, discusses the pros and cons of various plow blades. Several years ago the City of Appleton made a significant policy change. They used to plow streets at 2” or more of snow accumulation and applied salt to anything below 2”. Now, they plow mains at 0.25” and residential streets at 1.5”. In addition to reducing salt use, the new policy provides a better overall situation for motorists.

Of course, mechanically removing snow prior to salting, rather than “burning off" snow, means more wear-and-tear on plow blades. Lance has experimented with a variety of sectional blades and has his favorites.

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