With the inevitable ice and snow fall that occurs every winter, being prepared for a potentially long, frosty and snowy cold season is highly recommended.

During the winter season snowfall disrupts the day to day running of the country, with schools and hospitals taking the brunt of it. As high traffic areas with vulnerable people, hospital and school areas are a priority for snow removal. Closure of a school or hospital - even for a day - is extremely rare, with closure often being the very last option to protect the vulnerable population in these types of conditions. In order to keep these vital routes open during adverse weather, spreaders and ploughs need to be ready to be deployed at a moment’s notice and extremely efficient at their specified job.

It’s even more important to keep arterial roadways to and from hospitals clear for the safe passage of emergency vehicles. This is due to the fact that weather related accidents and medical emergencies in the population rise during heavy snow and temperature drops.

A traditional snow plough does a sufficient job at clearing this snow but in particularly cold temperatures, the slurry that gets left behind can refreeze and become slippery, causing additional problems for road users. With our Unix Plough those roads get fully ‘back to black’ by utilising our innovative clearing technology. The innovative rubber base of our plough blade sits directly on the road surface, ensuring all the snow gets shifted. The flexible base provides a gentle clearing of snow with changes in the road profile such as cats eyes and metalworks. This is possible due to the rubber safely and effectively bending around the obstruction, leaving it completely unharmed.

Another issue the UK often faces during snowfall is accessibility to the single-track roadways and thin city roads that make up our ancient urban and rural areas. This often poses a problem for snow clearing due to the rigid and wide ploughs that are mounted to vehicles. However, the versatility of the Unix plough delivers effective snow clearing for tight corners with the variable V-plough. The Unix has a configuration for every environment; each side of the plough can be independently controlled allowing for a single ‘wing’ to be used for wider spreading applications such as crossroads or a V shape to be used on single track or narrow roads.

Many cities that struggle with the cumbersome size or inflexibility of a traditional snow plough will benefit from the Unix. The adjustable wings mean that traditional use is still an option with the bonus addition of other applications that need the flexibility. Cobblestones, street furniture, small roads and tight one-way systems don’t need to be compromised with our flexible v-plough. It can plough those tough city centres then move on to effortlessly clear major roads in the same duty cycle. 

The fast clearing speed and low noise emissions make this the perfect unit for both urban and rural environments.

This will be the only plough you will ever need.