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The SEE snowplow was then taken to Fort Drum, New York, for further
testing and demonstration by the 41st Engineer Battalion. During a 30-day
period, with four snowstorms having depths of snow exceeding five inches, the
SEE with snowplow accumulated another 124 miles. The SEE operated on hard-
surface roads and hard-surface parking lots during this period, and it was easily
determined that the success of the SEE was with chains installed. Only six miles
of snowplowing was accomplished without chains. There were no problems with
the snowplow, and a minor hydraulic leak at the interface between vehicle and
plow was quickly and easily repaired by tightening.
It is highly recommended that chains be used on all four wheels at all times
that snowplowing operations are being conducted.
Figure 4. Fifty-year-old Schmidt (of Germany) snowplow mounted on a
Unimog tractor. This snowplow provided quality service at Baumholder,
Germany, for 43 years before being shipped to Macedonia. This fully
reversible segmented snowplow with fully operational trip-edges still
works well today. The Unimog is a sister vehicle to the SEE tractor that
was manufactured in the United States by Freightliner Corporation.
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