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County highway shop wins OPERA approval for plow-to-loader adapter; procurement to follow
Summary
Crow Wing County highway staff received OPERA (University of Minnesota) approval to fund an adapter plate that lets the county quickly mount truck plows to front-end loaders. County staff said the adapter will save time and enhance safety; the vendor quote shown in the presentation was $5,700 per unit.
Joe Lucksick, lead fleet manager for Crow Wing County, introduced a presentation from Austin Kubish, lead worker at the county highway shop, about an adapter plate to let the county mount front-mounted truck plows to loaders quickly.
Kubish said the product acts as an intermediate adapter between the loader and the plow so crews do not have to modify the plow or the loader. "It is an intermediate adapter to go between the loader and the plow," Kubish said. He said the adapter would normally remain attached to the…
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