The numbers
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.
PW14Public Works Office
In service, stored on its stand between uses.
Unit number PW14 is provisional pending city confirmation.
Paper trail
- 01-10-23PurchasePurchased 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: an estimate or authorization is not money spent.
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