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2023 Mack Granite plow truck
The city’s newest and primary plow truck, a 2023 Mack Granite tandem-axle dump with a Towmaster box, front plow, and Force America Patrol Commander plow/sander controls. Plows and sands roads in winter and hauls the rest of the year.
PW03Public Works Office
12,715 mias of 09-18-26
+377 mi since June 2026
Nearly new and in good shape. The dump box shows the normal surface rust that comes from hauling sand and salt.
Paper trail
- 01-30-22PurchasePurchased for $142,665.16 from Nuss Truck and Equipmentsource p.43
- 01-30-22EquipmentAssociated snow and ice control accessory equipment (Towmaster quotation), $139,222 (Towmaster)source p.44
- 02-08-22DecisionRe-approved after the 2021 order (about $243,853) stalled on supply delays and was never deliveredsource p.41
- 08-17-26NoteBudget statements record the completed truck at $344,679 (2024 actual): contingency, tax, and price escalation above the 2022 ordersource p.48
Repair lines are claims of $2,000 or more, hand-transcribed from the claims registers; smaller bills exist but are not itemized, so this is not a complete maintenance history. Amounts are labeled by transaction type: an estimate or authorization is not money spent.
Equipment shared across the plow & dump trucks
- 01-10-23 $10,665.20 Boss 3-yard V-Box spreader (street sander), mounts in a dump truck box; the record does not tie it to one trucksource p.11
Truck & plow repairs the claims don't tie to one unit
- 09-13-17 $2,866.73 Sterling truck/dump trailer, front end & rear springs (which Sterling is not stated) (Blaine Brothers Truckaline)source p.7
- 03-11-19 $4,260.17 Plow blades (equipment parts for the plow trucks) (H&L Mesabi)source p.79
- 11-12-19 $5,477 Dump truck repairs & maintenance (truck not named)source p.7