47 cm (18.5 inches) of snow fell in Montreal on Dec 27, 2012 and it took the city eight days to pass by my street. It would take another 48 hours until the other side was cleared.
Brings back memories. I grew up in Montreal. Oddly enough I miss the way the house rumbled and the incessant beeping that would lull me to sleep at night. I miss the immense snow mounds that would allow us to sled, build snow forts and the way they sometimes lasted until the first part of June.
Wow! I am impressed!! That is the most ocd meticulously awesome city/town snow plowing/removal I have ever seen!! My city averages 70-100 inches of snow per season. And my city’s snow plowing is the worst in human existence. This makes me wonder those dudes in Montreal are the gold standard in plowing snow and removing it for city and towns.
Now that’s the way to make it happen. Very professional if I may say so. I made a great living plowing snow in Michigan. Thanks again for the content. Take care and stay safe.😀
We're lucky if the city only does one pass on any side street. And what they do plow, they leave an inch of snow then throw sand on it. The streets are usually better BEFORE they plow them. Thanks for the video.
I freaking love it! Back in the day a few years ago Anchorage Alaska received 38 inches of snow all at once! Most of us were stuck at home I fired up my big 4 x 4 and was able to go and assist our company. I pick up the president and was paid quite handsomely along with the nice dinner at a fancy restaurant.
I would like to say to a lot of people answering here that maybe you can use your 4 by 4 pickup truck, or just push the snow on the side, but another snowstorm may arrive in 2-3 days. And then another one. So you have to REMOVE that snow, it will not melt before the ned of march.
Thanks. We had some more snow removal done this week from last week's snowfall but they passed by late in the evening and I was too tired to record it.
Nice video mate! Curious question, do you guys have "cleaning days" over there, as in even days there's no parking on the same side as even house numbers, and the same with odd days and numbers? I figured maybe you do, since all the cars were parked on yhe same side...
A lot of people complain about how long it took for this one road but it has to be done. It would take a long time to melt and I would much rather do it now when it's all frozen and clean than when it's half melted heavy and really wet!
If it takes about an hour per block long street do the math and realize a city like Montreal has a lot of work to do to clear all its streets. But it's human nature to want to be first and not have to wait. Funny though.... I thought people would complain about the noise the trucks, scrapers and plows made when they finally got around to clearing the snow. But then I'm used to Americans.
i live 2 blocks from the city building where they house the city plow trucks yet we are the last people to get are street done and they leave snow on the street like you could not imagine currently there is a solid inch of ice / snow packed on the road like black top its insane but you guys up i canada are getting the job done for real but you would have to with the snow you guys get
This is just fascinating to me. I live in ms. We NEVER see this amt of snow. We may get 2" every 3 years. I don't envy you by no means but our kids in the south sure would love to see a lot of snow just once! But the clean up crew is fascinating !
Is that Park Extension? I grew up there, Montreal has the biggest snow removal budget of any city in Canada (or used to) and when they are done there isn't enough snow left in the street to make a snowball. They would tow the parked cars that were in the way over to the next street and give you a 40$ ticket. Many people didn't mind as their cars were stuck anyway. They used to truck it away and dump it in huge vacant lot where there was a factory that burned down. In the spring when it was melting we would play hooky from school and go there to find money and stuff in the melting ice and snow.
7 Rivers east hats off ? After 8 days those streets should be bare asphalt. We get far more snow in and around Syracuse ny and that would be cleaned up within 24 hrs. 8 days. Amatuers. Smh
The snow in the landfills are usually gone by anytime from late May to late June depending how much snow we had and how warm the Spring was. By then they are covered in black dirt and look like small hills.
I remember this. My side of the street sidewalk was never plowed until teh day they cleaned my side which was 7 days later. We had to mount a snow hill to get across the street. The worst part is they cleaned teh other side 3 days earlier. Bad decision making I tell you.
@@daleolson3506 Such small streets get done last. There are over 10,000km of streets and sidewalks to clean. To put that in perspective, it's twice the distance between Montreal and Vancouver.
@@upnorthviking823 Unless we get a 12" of snow from Midnight to 6am schools are open because roads are clear in NY. Granted Cities have a bigger challenge with parked cars and narrow streets.
Looks like Quebec really knows what they're doing when it comes to removing snow, they actually clean the streets for the people unlike in New York City where the sanitation department just runs along the street and burys your car and drive way with two feet of snow you just spent two back breaking hours to remove ,thank you very much guys.
@@pattimac373 this actually did happen in New York City twice. The first time in 1969 when Mayor Lindsey abandon the borough of Queens for 2 weeks. And the last year of Bloomberg's third term we had the infamous Christmas snow storm with a sanitation slow down that didn't plow streets for over 10 days in Queens. Neither of these politicians suffered the consequences. Bloomberg actually had the audacity to blame the citizens for driving in the snow and the plows couldn't get through which is the furthest thing from the truth.
that is insane the amount of resources for a single street, you guys aren't messing around. fascinating to watch. now contrast this with a souther us city like atlanta georgia the entire city shuts down for days if they get 1-2 inches of snow.
That is amazing, as taxpayers people should expect more. I live in the Upper Midwestern snow region where anything under a foot is a dusting. The plows usually have the roads open, including the remote single lane rural roads within two hours of the end of the storm.
Expect more than what? Those guys are out there from day 1. Roads are prioritized, and I bet residential roads are the last to get done. Did you not see how time consuming that was? I'm guessing by your description you plow like we do and throw the snow off the shoulder and don't remove it. Montreal is a huge city with thousands of lane miles. Removing the snow is a lot different than plowing at 40mph
Alan Ackaway do you have some 18 inches snowfalls? I wish not. And in those little street like in Montreal it is pretty impossible to do this job with a pick up. just try to put a 6 feet wet snow bank in a 12 feet truck with a pick up. Pretty difficult
Denis Germain Last year we had 30" of snow in one storm. The biggest storm this year was a little over 12".... My dodge 2500 cummins diesel was able to push back the 4ft windrows and pushed 3 feet of snow with out too much trouble, thankfully it was dry snow last year.... This year its all been heavy wet snow, I still havent had any issues
Alan lol you don't know what your talking about.wow you got a big truck hahah. You can push snow. Don't you see those truck in the video, I think they can push more that your kitty Cummins with a plow. What you don't understand is where do you want to push the snow !! It MUST be removed not plow.
Who would have thought clearing snow would be so time consuming. Here in the UK, even if we get a lot of snow, it never stays around for more than a few days so it never gets removed in trucks. Was fascinating to watch.
Looks like a Typical Wisconsin set up. Nice Plow Operators. You should be so lucky to have Good Operators like these Guys. Here ever car gets towed. No, if and's or buts. No Parking on the street. You get Towed.
That was my first winter in Montreal, and I say thank you to that winter. It pushed buying enough gear and jacket enough to handle another snow like that which hasn't happened again but I never had to worry about the snow again and finished my four year university in peace.
The reason why it may have taken so long for your street to be plowed is because in Quebec, the province requires crews to rest for 48 hours after a certain number of consecutive days of work.
LMAO !! Yeah ! Health n Safety is Highly Dysfunctional !!. Mega Safe CREW but theres Car accidents n people getting hit due to no Snow removal, SO WHATS SO FRIGGIN SAFE ABOUT THAT !! TOTALLY UNINTELLIGENT, DOSILE AND RETARDED POLICIES and crews will get paid for doing SFA whilst resting up, its Sickening Bull Shit of the 21si Centuary
We have the same commitment to clearing the snow. As soon as 2 inches is on the ground, the plows and salt trucks are on the road. But once the snow is cleared for driving, they start the process of removing the snow so people can park their cars. In the past, they were able to all of it in 3-5 days but this snow removal took longer primarily to budget cuts (we're embroiled in a corruption scandal) and the when this storm occurred (2 days after Xmas).
I've watched this many times .Its a constant reminder mother nature will visit your door step . how you feel withbit is up to you . quit bitching about the roads . don't like the weather move somewhere less miserable. these people that work resurface replace and m and maintain . do a awesome job . and can only do so much .
Dude, I don't know where you're from but if you think waiting 8 days to get your street cleaned is an awesome job, then you are really out to lunch. I bitch because I have to street park and trying to park after a snow storm is no fun; between getting stuck in snow banks to our inability to find parking when getting home from work and fighting with my neighbours for that last parking spot. My wife, who grew up in this area and has street parked all her life, has noticed that Montreal's snow removal service has deteriorated over the years (from slower service to shoddy cleaning). She's frustrated with the service too as is most of my neighbours. So I take exception to your comment that they do an awesome job. They do not. Sometimes they do a good job (as in this video) but other times they do shitty jobs. I pay way too much in taxes and expect my street to be cleaned within 5 days. There is no excuse for it taking longer than that.
thomas urban I like to keep a sign on my door that says "No Trespassing!". I also live in Texas hue hue get my drift ;) that snow is in for a rude of awakening if it comes to my door step without permission.
well side road's are last no matter small town or big ass city side's roads are last so a big ass city like montreal it's going take a week or more for them to get to it then they have to deal with the car's that make it so they can't clean it all out
in my parts there would be a snow emergency declared and sections of town would be scheduled. North/South Streets one day and East/West the next day. And if your car does not get moved you get a ticket and a tow bill to have it moved to a clear street.
The first snowstorm of the season usually "catches everyone by surprise"--which is no excuse since the public works department and its many sub-contractors are supposed to be ready in advance. Human nature and Murphy's Law take over, however. By the second storm, we have snow removal down to a science and an art.
18 “ lol in January last year we got 40” in 18 hours . Crazy in California also, 4-5’ at a time . Week after week . We have real plow trucks . They don’t have to go 10 passes to push it over . All cars off the road and plow it over. Yes you will be plowed in if you don’t move it.
Eight days waiting for 18 inches to get plowed strikes me as a long wait. We Chicagoans have ousted out mayor for being so slow. Whatever Chicago's failings, we get the snow off the streets. Two years ago we had a blizzard of 27 inches (6m cm) stranding hundreds of drivers on a major thorougfare (Lake Shore Drive). The snow was off the major streets in 36 hours or less and side streets within three days. The sidewalk plow is pretty cool and something we don't have.
Lets not forget that it was the worst 24-hour snowfall ever in Montreal. Last time it happened (43cm) was in 1971 and the city was completely crippled.The police were driving around on snowmobiles.
...but gotta admit you guys are pretty thorough. Not sure this commitment of so much equipment and personnel is good practice as the actual clearing has to wait more than a week. Our standard of contentment is being able to navigate streets and get where we want to go. Our standard is not removal of every flake. But still, I admire your clean streets.
I was too young to remember the '71 storm in any detail. The only thing I do remember my was my dad using the snow blower to clear the sidewalk over snowbanks that were higher than him, and he was 6' 3" tall.
Why are they going down so many times in Winnipeg we aren’t allowed to park on the street during a certain times. Our snowploughs pass twice on one side and twice on the other and there done. Wow.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Snow, beautiful snow ! The jobs and industry it creates are wonderful. It makes surviving the winter months great, because there's so much to do in it , like skiing, sledding, snowmobiling, outdoor skating rinks pop up all over the Province, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, street hockey, and the list goes on. It sure beats places that just get cold in the winter, without much snow, where all you can do is stay indoors and wait for spring.
Ugh nothing else like moving your car around the block cause you live on a one way street and if your lucky not to shovel snow cause the plowed you back in on a street 3 blocks away. I don't miss Cremazie or St Hubert at all. Or that beeping noise from midnight until 3am either.
Wish they do my street like that , were lucky if they make one pass down it , one year it was five days till the city even showed up to plow it but all of us on the block beat the city to it we shoveled the street open, me and all my neighbors.
I'm surprised cars are allowed to park on the street, where I live, if it snows and your parked on the street when they plow you get a ticket.. I suppose there are apartments though so there's nowhere else to park
Most cities sell on street parking permits, for tenants where there is no parking available. if you have one, your exempt from the parking restrictions during regular clearing, but still have to move for major snow clearing operations "when they do the full street".
Wow they know how to clean snow I’m so moving to Canada. US needs to learn something from you guys.. When they’re start cleaning ,they buried all the cars under the snow. 🙄😏 So Teach them how to “clean snow” properly plz 👍🏼 Good Job👍🏼
