Snowplow lighting laws- Its HERE,Edgeolite

Well this should be easy to answer. I will just type this question into Google and have my answer, well not exactly.
If you are looking for answers on snowplow lighting laws or yellow roof lights you really need to do a little
Investigating. But wait is there a Law? Because, I do not see all plow trucks with a yellow light on the top of there vehicle roof.

How are you going to find out what your requirements are if any. The failure to properly prepare your truck is your first mistake and to just go out and start plowing, with out any knowledge of what safety lighting you need is just plain foolish.
There is no problem until somebody hits you, because they did not see your vehicle. Now, the few driveways you wanted to plow to make some extra money, has just became a major problem.

Why because you were negligent, you did not do your homework. You did not investigate to make sure your vehicle had the proper safety lighting on it, so now you have caused an accident while plowing. I ‘m not lawyer, but I try to keep in mind other people and how, what I do can effect them. Being a service provider like snowplowing you need to think along these lines. Other vehicles on the road will not think for you, that’s for sure and half the times you have to dodge them but that’s is part of the game. Now drivers pay less attention to driving because they are on the phone, texting and so on, we all see it every day on the road. So if you are going to snowplow you need to find out your laws for lighting as well as snow plowing.

The best place to find this answer is to search for the DOT for your state. The Department of Transportation website, should have the guidelines for snowplowing and snowplow lighting. Remember, because of the different type’s of winter storm area’s, the DOT guidelines change so you have to go by the state you are snowplowing in. This is very important. So when it comes to what are your snowplow requirements you should be able to find your answers at the DOT website. Happy snowplowing, remember Edgeolite is always trying to keep you safe. For more snowplowing article go to our blog here

Used snowplow, Find them now

Are you looking for a used snowplow, well we are getting to the end of the season and by now you will probably
start to hear people saying they will buy new plow next year. Maybe, you have acquired more snow work this year and you are looking for a used back up plow. The first thing I would start looking locally in the used equipment guide and on the internet sites for used equipment, check out the prices. One site that is interesting is the Snowplow News Site, Hats off to this Veteran for offering Some seriously unique equipment.









Another site ,I found that handles a large amount of used snowplow equipment is the TrucknTrailer site ,again they have a vast amount of used equipment. But the only problems with used plows is the location, providing these companies are not to far away from you, they are a great resource for used snow plow equipment. However, they may also have an alternative to get the plows delivered to you for a low cost.

But before you start looking for used equipment you really need to do a little home work on what plow will service what you need. What type of application are you using the snowplow for? Highway, small driveway, parking lots? You also want to
keep in mind the carrying capacity of your front end on your snowplow truck. The other thing I try to do is to keep all my plow the same brand. It is much easier to service and get parts. Instead of having to go to many different places to get parts
You can mainly shop at one.

Used snowplow can also be at highway and construction auctions. There you can get some good deals but the down side to that is some piece can only be check by looking at the unit instead of inspecting it by cycling the hydraulics system, and you know they usually pressure wash the equipment before the Auction so you do not know what was leaking and what wasn’t.
So the bottom line to buying a used snowplow is know what you want before you start looking for it, keep in mind it is also important to buy you equipment from reliable source. Edgeolite will be doing more reporting on used snowplow equipment
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