amen to that !
just had a few more flakes this afternoon - not much really .
out of 12 city sidewalk plows and blowers , six have broken down .
the fellow how does our driveway phoned on sunday : both his snowblowers have to go into the shop - and the repair shops have backups from here to ... ...
and the eastern end of lake ontario is still frozen . the icebreaker coming up the st. lawrence river will have a tough time .
haven't had it this cold a winter in many years - even though january was extremely mild - we were sitting by te lake and saying : NO WINTER THIS YEAR
below freezing over easter - the poor easter bunny will freeze his tail .
in toronto and montreal they have SNOW-MELTING MACHINES !
hbg
Quote:Among the fleet of equipment the city of Toronto uses to clear snow from city streets is the Toronto snow melting machine. This piece of equipment is designed to load and melt snow, draining off the water while the vehicle is in motion.
The first model was put into service in 1974 (as part of the former Metro government). It proved to be a very efficient machine. Over the years, various technological improvements were made resulting in a machine that followed the road surface better and required less maintenance.
The melting machine is powered by a four-cylinder diesel engine and has a top speed of 24km per hour. Most of the time, the machine travels much slower in order to efficiently collect snow for melting. It's about 17.4m long, 3.9m high, 3.1m wide and has a ground clearance of 27cm. The machine weighs 42.6 tonnes, but expands to 56 tonnes when full of water.
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