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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