7 - Trades, Transport & Equipment Operators

Richard Smith, Heavy Equipment Operator

My Day
7 - Trades, Transport & Equipment Operators
Ploughing days

I may have to travel an hour and a half in order to get to where I can start putting my blade down and begin ploughing.

I get to my destination by highballing, which means travelling with the blade and the wing up. From there I go the end of the road that's assigned to me, taking the snow off as I go.

I have to be back in the yard by three o'clock to fill my machine up and put it away. I don't have time to check it out then, so I do that the next day.