Front end loaders are the big ones with bucket type attachments in front ... used a lot in Sierra Nevada mountains for snow removal as the "plows" used elsewhere can't do the job ... a snow depth of 10 to 15 feet not unusual in Sierra or Rocky Mountain places at/above 10,000 feet altitude. Around New Hampshire Seacoast plows are used... big one from Department of Public Works and some local guys who plow driveways just put a blade on the pickup truck. Boy-O-Boy are we glad to see 'em when it snows!
Right now we are expecting Three Feet of snow with driving winds and full moon high tides. Market shelves stripped of bread, milk, peanut butter-and-jam, bread, batteries and candles. Hatches being battened down and shovels at the ready.
Hold good thoughts
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