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A number of years ago I got a tour of HIA and took a number of photos. The airport is equipped to completely clear all runways, taxiways and roads every two hours during a storm. The fleet was a combination of Walter , ex-military Oshkosh and sweepers. In the event of a storm, all hands on deck as everyone there had plowing responsibilities including maintenance workers, electricians and others.

Here is a mini tour-

pair of Walter trucks

The airport had recently factory refurbished two older trucks, the A cab shown here for Harrisburg and the other for Capital City Airport. The factory work (possibly some of the last refurbishes completed before closing down), cost $150,000 each and they were glad to have it done. New trucks were running $300,000 each at the time.

HIA Oshkosh

The plan at the time I took these photos was to phase out the older 1959 Oshkosh (see above), maintain the Walter fleet and start switching to adding new tandem dumps for the plow fleet.

1970 Oshkosh with rollover plow

This is a 1970 Oshkosh with a rollover plow.

This truck is a 1969 Walter after the refurbishing, truely better that new!

1969 Walter after being redone

N-cab Walter with folding 28' plow


HIA N cab Walter with 28' plow

A pair of sweepers for runway snow removal

HIA Sweepers for snow removal


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BKrois HIA Truck 24 1 Jul 5 2009, 1:18 PM EDT by Bshoesey
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I was browsing on H.P Fairfield's website, and they have Truck 24 for sale along with a 24' Henke airport plow. The information on the truck says it has 4251 miles. The plow lists being traded in from the airport 9-24-07.
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deckerfire HIA 0 Jan 1 2009, 11:35 PM EST by deckerfire
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I own plow 23 from the airport its a p series and I got all the paper work with it.
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