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I grew up in Delphi and remember most of the town going out and shoveling in front of the plow to help out during WW2 and later

I know how hard it was because I did it with a 1947 Walter Snow Fighter..

Although I did most of my growing up near Dayton, OH., because when my Dad retired form the military, he didn't want to go back to Upstate N.Y. due to the severe winters, and cost of living compared to here. I can remember a few times, sitting with my Aunt Verna on her sofa, her on one end, me on the other, drinking coffee at 4:30 am. having good conversations, watching the snowplows going up and down the road she lived on, in the country side of Williamstown, N.Y. in Oswego county! I sure miss those days, I tell ya!

My best friend, that's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

I was at the long gone Frink Plant in Clayton back in 1989. The subject of this video came up and the Frink folks said it was edited in a studio in Toronto and the voice over done by their Toronto Service Manager and it was largely ad lib on his part. As I recall his name was Don Kohler and his narration really made the film. He was a natural.

Looks like the Kewanaw along lake Superior in UP of Michigan similar temps.

How thin the men are! 28 degrees below and they aren't wearing bulky clothing! Hardy people!

I’m an old timer in Michigan. I rode on steam engines. Dodge Power wagon was simple. Heavy duty clutch and ass kicking transmission. Better machine then today and any farmer could overhaul or rebuild with an Eighth grade education. Back then they taught school. 8 grades were better then 12 today and we spent $50/pupil 🤗🇺🇸🇨🇦

I watch this every year in the winter time. Love it!

Good day Boy that was some snow. Alot more than we get here in Ontario. Thanks

I live in West Leyden and I’d like to know where exactly they recorded that scene between Rome and WL. Definitely what is now 26, looks like Stokes hill possibly. Sure don’t look the same 83 years later all trees now

very therapeutic🤣, i learned a a lot

Why the stupid music?

Awesome film. James.

Like lirr

i love watching old footage... hearing old stories from the grandparents they laugh and call us sissies nowadays... they go "what the hell is ohsa?"

Spent a lot of time here when I was a kid, snow machining on original Skidoo's.

My brother still has a 39 7 ton with v and 8ft wing in Spicer, Mn. I ran the wing for 24 hrs straight after the st patricks storm in Spicer, 1966. Had not been stuck in years but got stuck 5 times in 24 hours. 16" wet snow. Most fun? Down hill to rr tracks w no brakes, a 39 walters feature. Scraping ice off side window with one hand, other hand for wing lever. Getting hit in shoulder to wake up and raise wing for mailbox, or bridge railing (more serious, harder wake up hit).

My Wife's parents were living their then.

Yep an Elgin Eagle, a Schwarze M6000 and two TYMCO 600s.

I think my real dad was "charlie"! lol Thanks for posting this! ~DOGG

Looks cool but sure is the wrong equipment. Caterpillar tracks required.

This is great too see. You are lucky to have these Monsters on video.As many times I seen them pass our grade crossing in Center Moriches and Shirley Station when they were Orange and grey and the Metro scheme Blue and yellow. I wish we had video cameras back then. Thanks for this video.

Is that #202. I have #202 on my layout and it is one of my favorites. Nice to see you have one too. One to keep forever.

They had to plow so the milk trucks could get through more than anything

Living in the UK we are lucky to get any snow in winter now. I'm from up north so we do get more from 2009-2014 we got good winters with snow and drifts then it stopped for a few years. It did hit -18c in 2010 in my garden that's the coldest iv had in the UK but in Italy skiing, i was near mont blanc and it was -37c and a gale blowing so no idea what the windchill was but it got through 4 underlayers and a windproof ski jacket! I love snow! If i did move to the USA i would head to the New England area or lake effect snow areas :)

I'm a Florida boy but wifey is from Rome NY and her family had/has a hunting camp on Tug Hill and I've been up there several times in the winter...I think they get the highest level of snowfall in the U.S. east of the Rockies. There were times their would be 8 to 12 inches of standing snow in Rome and 40 minutes later on Tug Hill there'd be 6 feet plus. It's a fun place to drink and raise hell...lots of bars around Osceola.

Looks like they need a big Cletrac.

My lil honda 1000cc can plow that 😃

I have heard that the record snowfall in New York state was the winter of 1956 (?) when twelve feet of snow buried Oswego county. One of my mom's ex husbands was sent there with the army, and showed me photos that he had taken. the snowbanks on the roadside, after the plows came through, were as high as the crosstrees on the electric poles. My family had a farm in the Tug Hill valley, near Glenfield, and I happened to be there during the blizzard of '77, (on vacation from college.) It snowed continuously for probably an entire week. When it was done, over six feet had accumulated. We were snowed in, and had no snow machine. The army came by snowmobile, and gave us some C-rats, luckily, we had enough wood in the woodshed to keep warm. Every day, I would go and shovel a path from the farmhouse to my car, which was entirely buried. After what seemed like forever, one day, I heard a plow coming up Pine Grove road. I ran out on snowshoes, and waved and yelled until the driver saw me, I had to direct him to come around and plow out near where my car was, so that I could get it out. The snow was so deep that conventional plows were useless. Plows mounted on halftrack vehicles that were used to clear the runway at Wheeler- Sack airfield on Camp Drum were pressed into service, the plow that rescued me and my family was one of these. There were stories of cars that were buried in snow being run over and flattened by these huge snowplows. Everyone who could get out went to the town barn in Lowville where we were put in vans and given shovels. For weeks, we shoveled people out who were trapped in their houses, we shoveled off roofs, many barn roofs had collapsed, killing the cattle. My sister still lives in Lowville, she told me that around five years ago, they got five feet. The snowfall in Lewis county is no joke.

Plow a path to the bar, please!!

Wow, all this snow, and before "global warming" was invented?! I thought these storms didn't exist before "global warming"! Interesting!

Even in this day and age the Tug Hill Plateau still gets more than its share of snow.

Interesting again on this one, thanks for sharing a bit of nostalgia.

Really neat seeing how it was done back in the day, and those guys did it well, thanks for sharing.

wow.. that is amazing footage. Thanks for sharing. i don't know how people did it in those days.

I grew up in upstate NY. Know all about the winters up there. Thanks for sharing!!!

you'll never see these again on the new lirr

what year is this dam

graders are terrible use a plow truck

Very cool!

Half Shafts and Diffs would be gettin some stress !!, but may be they made em good enough !

YES !!! Men WERE PROUND OF THEIR WORK BACK THEN !! BUT NOW !! NOBODY GIVES SFA

dont copy to the big sound detroit very nice

i love it i live in this area of NY

My friend had 2 of those in his yard in the 70s and 80s in forestport off of north lake road

Thanks. I posted it because I thought people might like it. Then, I found out somebody else posted it, too.

Is Charlie still living?

Having driven through that part of New York State in the winter, and see the amount of snow , I am amazed at the work thease early plowe drivers did! Fantastic! Thanks for posting!

You've got some great old footage in these videos; thanks for putting it up!