b'WINTER OPERATIONSBIS 55recently purchased a 30-foot-wide Henke box plow and loader combo. Until now, weWhats Insideonly had 22- and 24-foot blades. We planThe new 40,000-square-foot snow removal equipment building at Bismarck to use the new box plow to clear snowAirport (BIS) stores an array of vehicles and accessories:from the large apron used by commercial Case skid steer with attachmentsMB3 Series truck with 24-foot plowairlines. We expect it to work great. Caterpillar front end loader2 Oshkosh H-Series trucks With the buildings new location, there Challenger tractor with 24-foot plowsis also space for future expansion. We have room to build another storage buildingwith snow bucketOshkosh 18-foot broom Clark 290 24-foot plow* Oshkosh P-Series truckjust east of our new one, but that will beJohn Deere 644 front end loaderwith 22-foot plowseveral years down the road. Based on the with 14-foot plowFord truck-mounted 1,600-gallon FAA snow removal equipment calculation sheet, we are eligible for up to 27 pieces of John Deere 744 with 30-foot boxdeice tank with 27-foot boom (forvarious equipment. We only have 12 rightplow and auxiliary snow blower airside use)now, Haug explains. MB4 snow blowerGMC truck with 1,000-gallon This SRE [snow removal equipment] MB3 Series truck with 18-footdeice tank (for landside use)International truck-mounted sander building is really important to us, hebroomconcludes. We have a dedicated staff thatand pre-wet systemworks hard to keep the airport open during* This unique piece is a Vietnam-era tank retrieval unit with a plow self-all kinds of winter weather, and this buildingfabricated by BIS maintenance staff. Several years ago, the airport had two will make their jobs easier and moreother similar unitsone with bullet holes in the cab. Both have since broken efficient.down, but the 24-footer is still a workhorse for the airport. WE GET IT. YOURE BUSY!The bidding processis a pain - but withNASis Sourcewell contract, the runway de-icer qualification process has already been done for you! VISIT US: nasi-tm.comContract # 110122-NCH800.622.4877 x310 nasi_cs@nasindustrial.com SCAN TO LEARN MORE 2024Nachurs Alpine Solutions.All rights reserved.AirportImprovement.comOctober 2024'