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Related: About this forumThe results are in: TDOT announces winners of 'Name a Snowplow' contest
The results are in: TDOT announces winners of 'Name a Snowplow' contest
Local 3 News Jan 6, 2023 Updated 12 hrs ago
UPDATE: The people of Tennessee have spoken! After weeks of voting, the Tennessee Department of Transportation's four snowplows now have names selected by the each of the state's TDOT districts.
"Snowlene" will represent Region 1, "Brinestone Plowboy" will represent Region 3, and "Sleetwood Mac" will represent Region 4.
Here in Region 2, "Big Leplowski" will be sweeping the streets next snowfall.
And, of course, TDOT recognized "Darth Blader" as an honorable mention.
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Local 3 News Jan 6, 2023 Updated 12 hrs ago
UPDATE: The people of Tennessee have spoken! After weeks of voting, the Tennessee Department of Transportation's four snowplows now have names selected by the each of the state's TDOT districts.
"Snowlene" will represent Region 1, "Brinestone Plowboy" will represent Region 3, and "Sleetwood Mac" will represent Region 4.
Here in Region 2, "Big Leplowski" will be sweeping the streets next snowfall.
And, of course, TDOT recognized "Darth Blader" as an honorable mention.
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The results are in: TDOT announces winners of 'Name a Snowplow' contest (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2023
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Walleye
(35,986 posts)1. Brinestone plowboy, brilliant. They're all pretty good
niyad
(120,395 posts)2. Snicker.
Native
(6,666 posts)3. These are great!
geardaddy
(25,367 posts)4. Love it!
We've been doing that in Minnesota for the past few years.
mwooldri
(10,421 posts)5. Scotland: hol' ma beer..
Most are salt trucks - gritters - so tend to go off that pun a fair bit.
https://www.scotsman.com/news/weather/scotland-gritter-names-here-are-the-hilarious-names-of-scotlands-gritters-and-how-to-track-them-from-sled-zeppelin-to-basil-salty-3946388
And they are tracked... scotgov.maps so you can see where they are at any time.
Simeon Salus
(1,335 posts)6. The article clearly undersells the crucial point:
There are only four DOT snowplows in the entire state of Tennessee.
progressoid
(50,769 posts)10. Indeed. n/t
StarryNite
(10,870 posts)7. That's so cute!
How fun! Thank you for sharing.
2naSalit
(93,084 posts)8. Sleetwood Mac is my favorite!
Jilly_in_VA
(10,989 posts)9. Good ones.
Need more plows in Tennessee though. It's a big state, even though it doesn't snow often.