Boss 3-yard V-Box spreader (street sander)
Truck-mounted 3-yard sand/salt spreader (street sander). It sets down into a dump-truck box and feeds the rear spinner by auger, so any of the plow trucks can sand roads in winter.
PW14, Public Works Office
In service, stored on its stand between uses.
Unit number PW14 is provisional pending city confirmation.
Paper trail
- January 10, 2023PurchasePurchased for $10,665.20source p.11
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, because an estimate or authorization is not money spent.
Truck & plow repairs the claims don't tie to one unit
- September 13, 2017 $2,866.73 Sterling truck and dump trailer, front end and rear springs. The claim does not say which Sterling. (Blaine Brothers Truckaline)source p.7
- March 11, 2019 $4,260.17 Plow blades (equipment parts for the plow trucks) (H&L Mesabi)source p.79
- November 12, 2019 $5,477 Dump truck repairs & maintenance (truck not named)source p.7