In the early morning of February 4, a "snow shovel" made by a maintenance technician appeared in the Crab Cape Station of Wuhan Public Transport Company No. 7 Company, causing onlookers to watch. Originally, this was an ordinary forklift used for bus maintenance, but it was modified into a "snow shovel", and with the blessing of this equipment, the snow inside and outside the Crab Point bus station was quickly cleared.
Crews drive "snow plows" to clear snow.
Initially, Wang Peijun, deputy director of the maintenance workshop, got inspiration from the process of forklift operation. He found that the forklift works in the same way as a snow plow: "If the fork head is modified so that the bottom is in contact with the ground, pushing the snow forward can temporarily replace the snow plow." ”
Such an idea has been unanimously agreed by everyone and supported by the leadership. So Wang Peijun drew drawings, processed and made the remaining scrap steel and put them on the forklift head, giving birth to the first generation of self-made "snow shovels". It was 2018.
We have not seen such heavy snow for many years, and the inside and outside of the venue are covered with thick snow, which brings great inconvenience to the operation of buses, drivers and pedestrians, so we moved out this 'artifact' again. Wang Peijun, manager of the maintenance branch of Wuhan Bus No. 7 Company, said that unlike before, the snow shovel has been upgraded, and the "ears" on both sides have been added to make corners, forming a "concave" "type, so that the shovel board can wrap the snow and push forward, without leaking to both sides.
In less than 40 minutes, the 1.5 m long and 90 cm high second-generation snow shovel was made and put on a forklift. "Driving this car to shovel snow eliminates the need to purchase snow shoveling equipment separately, and the production cost of snow shovels is not high, which can be saved and used repeatedly, saving time and effort, and making snow removal work twice as effective with half the effort. Zhang Tianxiong, a chassis mechanic who was responsible for driving the second-generation "snow plow" on site, said.
(Yangtze River ** reporter Liu Haifeng correspondent Chen Xi).