Snow plow test drive

    March 20, 2017
    Mack Truck snow plow ride and drive

    At the 2017 National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show, Mack Trucks offered to take journalists for a spin in one of its Mack Granite Medium Heavy Duty (MHD) axle forward model trucks configured as a snow plow. Though very little of the white stuff remained following a snow squall and ice fog earlier in the week, the snow plow test drive illuminated some of the vehicle characteristics municipal fleet operators desire today in these particular types of work trucks. (All photos by Sean Kilcarr for Fleet Owner)

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    Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

    Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

     

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