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Helena Headquarters Shop

The shop at Helena headquarters receives all new vehicles and equipment. It is also where MDT employees fabricate specialized equipment and assembles snowplow trucks used to clear Montana roadways in winter. Fabricating snow plows is technical but very cost effective due to the skill of our well-trained staff.

Fabrication Equipment

Equipment used to build a tandem-axle snowplow truck (pictured below).

step ladders — Step ladders to be mounted on back of each sander

flat irons — Flat irons to mount the strobe lighting

wire — Wire used to make harnesses for each truck.

wire — More wire

Cab and Chassis Components

Various components that will be mounted on the cab and chassis (i.e. plows, sanders, hydraulic tanks, underframes, and dump boxes).

reversable blades — Reversible Snow Plows

wing plows — Wing Plows

sanders — Sanders

underframes — Underframes and dumpbodies

saddle tanks — Saddle Tanks

Mounting Chassis and Plow

mounting the dumpbox — Mounting the chassis

mounting the plow — Mounting the plow

The Finished Plow Truck

the finished plow truck — A brand new tandem-axle snowplow truck