Oshkosh Snowplow

[snowjoker]

This it my town's 1959 Oshkosh. Just to let ya know how bad this thing is last winter they used this to push back the shoulders that were 4 feet high back at least 5 feet in one pass!!:D She sounds like a total animal let me tell ya. I will get a shot of the wing later when i have time

[Adams Plowing]

Those Oshkoshs make good workhorses... when it comes to moving snow...

[CNY Joe]

That looks like one serious plow

[Honest Mike]

Now thats a serious looking piece of equipment! Walt, Id love for you to post many more pictures of this beast, thank you. :shades Mike

[snowjoker]

More picks this week sometime Mike!! And if they get it out plowing this year I PROMISE that i will post some in action picks

[Pelican]

This is my friend's Oshkosh. It's badged as a 1979, it's a 1954 that was factory refurbished and given a new VIN. It's got a 6 cylinder Cat, the same one used in the old 950 loaders. Top speed is 38 mph. He just bought a used International with a Cummins to replace it.

[JD PLOWER]

This was at the New England snow show Oshkosh (http://community.webshots.com/photo/76379596/100916883CWasYX)

Very nice truck :cool:

[snowplowjay]

Damn............I can't wait till I have the spare change to find a nice old Oskosh and an old Power Wagon to restore.


Great looking rigs Pelican and Walt.



Jay

[Pelican]

Our County Highway Dept. just purchased 5 Oshkosh rigs at $250,000 a piece! I haven't seen one yet, the past few years they'd been purchasing 4x4 Macks due to the price of Oshkosh. Not sure where they came up with the money....

[cat320]

Have you checked your latest tax bill ;) You may have bought them inderectlly.

[Adams Plowing]

gotta love those taxes at work... lol

[Mark Oomkes]

I wish I had pictures of the OshKosh's our airport bought a couple years ago. They were built by the same company that builds our trucks.

6X6X6, 22 or 24' front plow by Monroe, 16' underbody scraper, I think the boxes were 14' with prewet systems.

I thought it would be fun to run one just one time, but they wouldn't let me.:D

[slowzuki]

Our province has gotten rid of almost all it's big 4wd Scott's. They are huge maintenance items and the single axle has low GVWR.

The normal trucks are tandems with auto chains for the hills. They leave the load on until they are done the low speed stuff then spread it. I don't know what the trucks themselves weigh but when fully loaded they tip the scales at 80-90,000 lbs.
Ken

[cardoctor]

pelican
if you see one driving down the road
flag him down for a ride
since your part owner
john

[snowjoker]

Ok got a couple more picks!

[snowjoker]

Tire pick. The are at least 48 inches high

[snowjoker]

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[snowjoker]

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[snowjoker]

Last one I enhanced the pick because it was kinda dark out but it turned out very good. Mike this one is for you!!!! Well Jay I will send it out to you too!!

[snowplowjay]

Great looking Oshkosh. Im sure it gets a lot of use up there near the lakes where you are.



Jay

[snowjoker]

Believe it or not it sat for at least 7-8 yrs.Last yr is the first time it got used in that long time. They just use it for rolling the banks back because they would rather put that in the ditch than the 10 wheelers. When they did plow with the straight/non v blade it would wake me up in the night coming down the road!

[Honest Mike]

That is some machine. That thing must be a powerhouse. I wish I saw them around here, but I never have yet. Thanks for posting the extra pictures. :shades If you have more or get more, put 'em up! :D Mike

[W-n-K Landscaping]

I will try to get some pics tmo of our towns Old Oshkosh- I saw it going down the raod the other day with the V-blade on- I was wondering if the town guys knew something I didn't! LOL!

Cool pics though, I wouldn't mind owning one someday- that and a Unimog too!!

Bill

[Adams Plowing]

seems like a waste to leave a good truck like that sitting for so long...