16 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, February 8, 1995 Plowing (continued from page 1) won't use a lot of anti-skid today because it's a dry snow.” It's a slow, monotonous job. Plow a section, turn, do the other side. Lift the plow, head for an- other township road. The truck's radio crackled with messages on a shared frequency with crews in neighboring King- ston and Dallas townships. When it's been a long day, the drivers often joke back and forth to re- lieve the monotony, Owen said. “They're all good guys,” he said. “If one of us breaks down, the others try to help out. We all have a good working relationship.” Inside his truck's roomy cab is a bewildering array of switches, dials and levers — two knobs to control the flow of anti-skid mate- rial from the spreader, a gearshift and levers to engage the four- wheel-drive, raise the dump body, set the plow angle, raise or lower the plowand turn on the spreader. A set of switches on the dash operates the hydraulic pump and lights for the truck, spreader, emergency lights and the dump body. “ladded extensions to thedump body and plow levers and made them different heights,” Owen said. “It's easier to tell them apart © by touch that way, and I don't have to look to raise or drop the He stopped frequently to clear ice from his windshield. “We use special wiper blades for snow, but they still break,” he said. “I try to keep the cabwarm to keep the windshield clear, In a heavy snow it can get rough.” He chuckled as he avoided two joggers trotting down Orange Road in the storm. “At least we don't have to dodge parked cars and manholes out here,” he said. Turning onto Brace Road, Owen lowered the plow blade so smoothly that it couldn't be felt inside the cab. “The main thing is to know “There’s no way you can know what this is like until you've gone out and done it.” Art Owen Snow plow operator your equipment, learn each road's bad spots and pay attention to what you're doing,” he said. “You also can’t abuse your equipment. Don't do something you shouldn't — take it easy. Equipment will break down whether it's new or Mill Hill is a narrow, winding, deserted dirt road which runs through Franklin, Exeter and Northmoreland townships. It's a pretty road, but very tight to turn around in. “When 1 first started plowing Mill Hill, I hated it,” Owen said. “It was much narrower then, and didn't have a guide rail. It was a straight 50-foot drop from the roadway to the creek. You have to pay attention here. If you get stuck, you're on your own. It's a bad spot for the radio to get through.” A few other roads run through two townships, which share the responsibility for plowing them. Cider Run and Hills Road are very sparsely populated. Owen only plows to where the houses end and doesn’t worry about the rest. Stops are few and far between. Franklin Township has no small corner store to get a cup of coffee or a sandwich, so the plow crew’s only breaks are when it's time to head back to the garage for more fuel or anti-skid. At least it isn't like last winter, when Owen and his son lost count of the hours they spent in their trucks, he said. Heading out Coon Road, Owen didn't take the truck over 15 mph. The snow slid neatly away from side. “You go any faster and you'll throw snow all over the place,” he said. “Or you'll make a whiteout for yourself and won't be able to see. Some people swear we're doing 60, but we can't go near that fast.” No matter what the plow crews do, they can't avoid plowing in people's driveways, he said. It's impossible to raise the plow or change its angle for every drive- way. “I read last year that people got so disgusted with their driveways getting plowed in after they had just dug them out that they threw their snow shovels at the trucks,” he said. “I know they're upset.” After clearing Franklin Town- ship's half of Sickler Road, barely two lanes wide, it was time to turn around and head back through the storm to the other end of the township for another of many seemingly endless rounds of drop- ping the plow, clearing a path- way, raising the plow and heading for another road. “There's no way you can know what this is like until you've gone out and done it,” Owen said. : POST PHOTO/GRACE R. 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