MINNESOTA SNOWPLOWS GET NEW NAMES

Last year the Minnesota Department of Transportation held a contest to give names to their snowplows in the fleet. Citizens could submit their ideas for new names and then have the public vote on it. It was a huge success! There were many funny and unique to Minnesota names for the orange snow removal force. Since it was so well received they opened it up again this year and the names did not disappoint. With references to the state, the sports teams, and other pop culture references and people the list was impressive. 8 snowplows in the state received their new names yesterday and they are glorious! Over 60,000 people voted on the names and they could pick up to 8 names they found worthy of being associated with the fleet.

The winners, and the districts they will be operating in are listed here.

• Betty Whiteout – District 8 (SW Minnesota)
• Ctrl Salt Delete – District 7 (SW Minnesota)
• The Big Leplowski – District 4 (West-Central Minnesota)
• Plowasaurus Rex – Metro District 
• Scoop Dogg – District 3 (Central Minnesota)
• Blizzard of Oz – District 2 (NW Minnesota)
• No More Mr. Ice Guy – District 1 (NE Minnesota)
• Edward Blizzardhands – District 6 (SE Minnesota)

You can read the entire list here.

• Sir Plows-a-Lot – 10,606
• Catch My Drift – 10,385
• Sled Zeppelin – 10,354
• Lord Coldemort – 9,894
• C-3PSnow – 9,844
• Giiwedin (Ojibwe word for ‘north wind’) – 9,344
• Minnesnowta – 9,272
• Uff Da – 8,366
• Ičamna (Dakota word for ‘blizzard’) – 8,303
• Dontcha Snow – 8,081
• L’Plow du Nord – 7,561
• Mr. Plow – 7,339
• Everyday I’m Shovelin’ – 7,142
• William Scrape-speare – 6,941
• Blade of Glory – 6,221
• How Now Orange Plow? – 6,188
• Oh Fer Snow – 6,045
• Flake Superior – 5,899
• Snowzilla – 5,284
• Snow Big Deal – 5,226
• Below Zero Hero – 5,097
• Say it Ain’t Snow – 5,024
• Coldy Gopher – 4,979
• Not Snow Fast – 4,769
• Thawnos – 4,578
• Plowin’ in the Wind – 4,344
• Scoopy Doo & Scraper Too – 4,250
• Winter Warrior – 4,053
• Skol Plow – 3,989
• Orange You Glad To See Me? – 3,883
• No Business Like Snow Business – 3,775
• Ski-U-Plow – 3,538
• The Iron Ranger – 3,385
• A Snowplow Named De-icer – 3,350
• Timbrrrwolf – 3,083
• Sweet Child O’ Brine – 2,859
• Orange Thunder – 2,812
• Frosty’s Demise – 2,703
• Northern Express – 2,438
• Halloween Blizzard Avenger – 1,916
• Sweet Carol-brine – 1,705
• All About That Snow – 1,401