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Old Dec 18, 2012, 6:48 am
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shorthauldad
 
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Originally Posted by WHBM
If you go to Helsinki in the winter you will discover that, apart from some very specialised items, the majority of the winter maintenance equipment is just hired in as required from plant & machinery hirers....
Yup. Look at the rather motley collection of tractors in these pics from MUC. Each one fitted with a snowplough blade on the front and a brush on the back. Not exactly rocket science Probably a good chance those very tractors are used to plough fields in the warmer months, too.

Q: Do any UK airports actually publish their "snow plan"? Or is it need-to-know only...
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