Helena Headquarters Shop

The Helena shop is responsible for receiving all newly purchased vehicles and equipment and is mainly responsible for the fabrication of winter maintenance equipment and specialized equipment.

The Helena Shop has become famous for its effective fabrication program. The Helena Shop fabricates the snowplow trucks used by maintenance for the winter maintenance seasons. The process is very technical and is the most cost-effective process due to the quality of the skilled employees in the shop.

The following pictures show the various fabrication phases and equipment used to complete a tandem axle snowplow truck.

Following are some of the items that have to be built from scratch:

Step ladders to be mounted on the back of each sander
Step ladders to be mounted on the back of each sander.

Flat Iron is welded to fabricate stakes to mount the strobe lighting
Flat Iron is welded to fabricate stakes to mount the strobe lighting.

The wiring harnesses that had to be built and put together for each truckThe wiring harnesses that had to be built and put together for each truck
The wiring harnesses that had to be built and put together for each truck.

The following pictures are the various components that will be mounted on the cab and chassis (i.e. plow, sander, hydraulic tank, underframe, dump box and wing plow).
Reversible Snow Plows
Reversible Snow Plows		 Underframes & Dumpbodies
Underframes & Dumpbodies
8 C.Y. Sanders
8 C.Y. Sanders		 Wing Plows
Wing Plow
Saddle Tanks
Saddle Tanks

The following pictures depict the mounting of a dumpbox and a plow.
Mounting Dumpbox
Mounting Dumpbox		 Mounting Plow
Mounting Plow

The end product:
2000 Sterling Tandem Axle Snow Plow Truck
2000 Sterling Tandem Axle Snow Plow Truck