PIERRE — The South Dakota Department of Transportation recently announced winners of a ‘Name the Plow’ contest where state residents submitted names for 13 plows within the state fleet. The winning name for the Pierre area is Lewis and Clark submitted by Jackie Heier…
Lewis and Clark is printed along the top of the windshield on a tow plow assigned to clear snow and treat road surfaces along U-S Highway 83 south of Fort Pierre. Dean VanDeWiele, Pierre Area Engineer for the D-O-T says over 800 entries came in to the contest…
The tow plow weighs in at round 88-thousand pounds fully loaded with materials and can clear two lanes of snow at the same time. Heier was given a ride in the tow plow as part her name being selected for the plow. Other names selected for plows across the state include Darth Blader, SnowBeGone Kenobi and Walter the Salter.
Aberdeen – Darth Blader
Belle Fourche – Art
Custer – Mt. Plowmore
Huron – Snow Mater
Mitchell – Blizzard Wizard
Mobridge – Winter Warrior
Pierre – Lewis & Clark
Rapid City – Polar Patroller
Sioux Falls – SnowBeGone Kenobi
Watertown – Thaw Enforcement
Winner – Walter the Salter
Yankton – Frosty the Snowplow
