I've lived in Lancashire for 13 years now and, despite the matrix signs on the motorways, have never actually clapped eyes on a gritting lorry so to me they're a little like Fred Wedlock's 'Bristol Buses' i.e. 'thundering through our glorious city, seldom heard and never seen'
However, I was sent this today....
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/106/264-150221153656-1064251757.jpeg)
Evidently other names seen on such vehicles have been........
Gritter Thunberg
Skid Vicious
Mary, Queen of salts.
A lot of the councils are now giving their gritter lorries an assortment of dire puns as names, quite a few of them have an annual competition for people to nominate names.
Never seen one with tanks in front of nor under the grit hopper though, wonder if it's some form of deicing fluid?
Quote from: chrism on February 15, 2021, 04:11:42 PM
Never seen one with tanks in front of nor under the grit hopper though, wonder if it's some form of deicing fluid?
Aha, a quick google took me to Bear Scotland's winter portal page, which says that it's brine used to pre-wet the salt which helps it stick to the road and start the melting process.
Doncaster win the internet on this one (https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42026485).
"Gritsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow anti-slip machiney". Spreadie Mercury. David Plowie. Superb!
Manchester is apparently looking at introducing electric bin wagons and one suggestion is "Sparkus Trashford".
Scotlands' gritting fleet
Amber Snowy
Arctic Angel
BFG Big Friendly Gritter
Blizzard Bear
Chilly Connolly
Darth Spreader
David Plowie
For Your Ice Only
Fred
Gangsta Granny Gritter
Grit A Bit
Grit Expectations
Gritallica
Gritney Spears
Gritter Bug
Grittest Hits
Grittie McVittie
Grittle Mix
Gritty Gonzales
Gritty Gritty Bang Bang
Han Snow-lo
I Want To Break Freeze
Ice Breaker
Ice Destroyer
Ice Queen
Jeremy Brine
Lew-Ice Capaldi
Licence To Chill
Luke Snowalker
Meltin' John
Mr Plow
Mrs Gritter
My Name'5 Doddie
Nitty McGritty
Penelope Gritstop
Plougher O'Scotland
Polar Bear Explorer
Polar Patroller
Ready Spready Go
Rumble
Salty
Sandy The Solway Salter
Scotland's Bravest Gritter
Sir Andy Flurry
Sir Grits A Lot
Sir Salter Scott
Slippy McGritty
Snow Bother
Snow Destroyer
Snow Dozer
Snow Trooper
Snowball
Snowbegone Kenobi
Snowkemon Go
Sophie Salt
Spready Mercury
Sprinkebell
Sprinkles
The Golden Great Gritter
The Grittest Snowman
The Incredible Ice Bear
The Snow Buster
The Snow Solution
The Winter Explorer
True Gritter
Yes Sir Ice Can Boogie
With such a fleet, makes me wonder how we couldn't get out of the village for four days this week ::)
That's brilliant :laughabovepost:
You can even track where they are on a web-based map here:
https://scotgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2de764a9303848ffb9a4cac0bd0b1aab (https://scotgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2de764a9303848ffb9a4cac0bd0b1aab)
Quote from: Lawrence on February 15, 2021, 07:08:37 PM
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With such a fleet, makes me wonder how we couldn't get out of the village for four days this week ::)
I don't think that Scotland's gritting fleet cover North Wales :D
Be seeing you
;D
Weird. Such vehicles are totally alien to me, although I'd say they have them at the skifields down the Snowy.
Classic FM have been inviting people to write in with suggestions for suitable names for gritting lorries (they've been getting suggestions like Gritter Garbo ... )
However, they're also been making a big thing of the fact that February is Great Escape month.
So, naturally, I suggested to them that the gritting lorry should be called "The Grit Escapes"
I know Essex county council (stupidly) asked the public to pick a name for their new lorry.
I believe the winner was something like "gritty mcgrit face" :doh:
Whether they followed through with the suggestion I don't know ;D
Saw our local gritting lorry Christmas eve and the driver was dressing in a full santa outfit and beard, Bravo :D :D