The Norwegian company Øverassen makes airport runway sweepers, snow blowers and plows - some self propelled, but others to be towed. One of their towed sweepers arrived in Halifax recently by ship, and was towed off by one of the stevedores' Ottawa yard tractors:
Power for the sweeper is provided by a rear mounted motor enclosed in a sort of Darth Vader type cowling:
In service the rig is towed in style by a specially configured Mercedes 2043 COE day cab:
Destination for the unit is unknown, but they better hurry if they want to find use for it this year.
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Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is the most likely recipient, as they use these for sweeping and plowing the tarmac there.
ReplyDeleteFound an old auction post of them selling off several Actros truck and trailer setups a few years back.
https://www.propertyroom.com/l/2002-mercedesbenz-overaasen-actros-2043-as-snow-equipment-jfk-airport-11430/13152354