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Pre-Storm Mobilization and Crew Briefing

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What happens here

The video opens with a severe blizzard warning for Minnesota, detailing whiteout conditions, blowing and drifting snow, and dangerous travel due to anticipated 50 mph winds. The crew prepares for a long night of snow removal operations. Initial checks reveal a dead battery on one of the plow trucks, a Dodge Ram. Zakk quickly jump-starts the truck using a battery charger. The team discusses the unexpectedly heavy and wet snow (5-8 inches of 'wet slop') after earlier forecasts suggested rain. They also joke about April Fool's Day, as the severe storm unexpectedly hit on this date, and ensure all team members have confirmed their availability for the long shifts ahead.

Goal: Ensure crew readiness and primary snow removal equipment functionality before the storm intensifies.

Tools and materials

  • Battery Charger — Jump-starting the dead battery of the plow truck
  • Dodge Ram Plow Truck Dodge — Snow removal operations and team transport
  • Smartphone Apple — Sending and receiving team mobilization messages
  • Sno-Way Snowplow Sno-Way — Attached to another snow removal truck
  • Western Snowplow Western — Attached to the Dodge Ram truck for snow clearing

What they say

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back here at home though we have the blizzard morning still in place that begins at nine o'clock tonight this is going to be one long night there's just so much freaking snow everywhere [Music] ground yesterday let's go see what's going on we got the we we got the water we just thankfully don't have the cold we've gotten about two inches of rain today which would have uh one inch of rain equals about 10 inches of snow that what's going on she was dead yeah she was deader than a doornail didn't want to start and you got her fired up though huh yeah yeah I put the charger on it fired it right up we've got five to eight inches of wet slop just depends on when the temp drops will determine how much snow we're gonna get and it's going to sit and roll over the top of us tonight so there's not going to be any uh any relief hope you guys if you're South to me in that tornado zone I hope you stay safe you guys I hope you got to shelter but uh well let's uh let's wait for this this to turn to White and then see you then ah the when they said 40 50 mile an hour winds they weren't choking this one just hit right here right now where's my flashlight go forward tough that's for sure oh God look at that yeah I think a couple of these trees might be going down before this night's over here grab that autop off there will ya yeah it's not done with us yet is it Minnesota doesn't give us much break [Music] well if that's Giddy and push it off the road right what do we got a tree I think so I'm not sure I don't want anyone to slip around no you stay where you're at yeah let's go around it let's go around it [Applause] [Music] snowstorm and the snow that night was as thick and wet and heavy as any snow storm we'd seen all year and that's saying a lot since we'd seen over 103 inches or our third snowiest season on record oh [Applause] I'm gonna start getting all the equipment set up but after you get the ASV dropped off and the trailer dropped off fire up that Sledge lift up that blade and check that front tire yeah not in either that's what happens when you have an actual two weeks off with no yeah coming off of it being up north of the cabin and then coming good evening kids in the next scene we're gonna see how many pieces of equipment we can fill into a really tiny lot why just because it looks kind of cool I send out this list and I say I say please confirm and then I say please confirm again but I don't have John on there because here hey John does your please confirm…

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