I Just Learned That Michigan Has Hilarious Names For Its Snowplows

In 2022, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) turned the mundane task of snow removal into a statewide sensation. They invited Michiganders to submit names for their fleet of nearly 300 snowplows, and the results were nothing short of hilarious and heartwarming.

From clever puns to pop culture references, the names reflect the creativity and humor of the state's residents.

Some of the most popular names include:

"Scooper McGavin"

"Ctrl-Salt-Delete"

"Scoop Dogg"

"The Abominable Snowplow"

"Sir Plows-A-Lot"

"Darth Blader"

"Derek Sleeter"

But honestly, the entire list is full of gems. If you want to see which snowplows are in your area, you can follow along with them by using the MiDrive website to see where they are in real-time. Here are all 299 of Michigan's snowplow names, by region:

Blue Water Bridge: Blue Water Express, Huron Hero, Ol' Blue, Sarnia Scooper

Bay Region: Beast, Big Bertha, Blade of Glory, Blizzard Boss, Chippy, Coyote, Dreams of Summer, Frankenmuth Chicken, Gordie Plow, Hannah's Hero, Herbert H. Plow, Highway Hero, Ice Princess, Ice to Meet You, I'd Rather Be at the Beach, Large Marge, Ol' Seven Fingers, Pillsbury Plowboy, Plower Power, Polar Patroller, Road Warrior, Rolling Thunder, Salt Salt Baby, Saltosaurus Rex, Slushy, Snow Force 1, Snow Mater, Snowdown Please, I'm Plowing, Snowflake, Sparkles, Spirit of Saginaw, Storm Slayer, The Abominable Snowplow, White Out, Will B. Snoday, Winslow

Grand Region: Aaron Brr, Sir, Applesauce, Arctic Fox, Auntie Arctica, Baby Snowda, Cheerio, Snow!, Clearing Present Danger, Clementine, Derek Sleeter, Driftcatcher, Fast and Flurryous, Flake Michigan, Frost Responder, Gladiator of the Great Lakes, Glitter Gator, Grind Line, Heikki Lunta, Icicle, Jon Bon Snowi, King of Winter, Lumi, Marshmallow, Mitten Muscle, Mr. Salty Pants, Newaygo River Roadster, Northstar, Plowderpuff, Plownelope, Rupert Slushington IV, Scooper McGavin, Sleetwood Mac, Snow Rapids, Snow Wolf, Snows Buddies Business, Sparky, The Big LePlowski, The Great and Plowerful Oz, The Scrape Gatsby, Thunder Blade

Metro Region: Blizzard Wizard, Bringin' Pavement Back, Drift Master, Droppin' Salt Like It's Hot, Ice Ice Baby, Kid Rock Salt, Mr. Snow Miser, PlowMaster, Salt Life, Sleety Pie, Snow Warrior, SnowJoe, Trail Blazer

North Region: Alice Scooper, Bluster Buster, Captain Banks, Chill Out, Drift Buster, Frostin Powers, Han Snow-Lo, Ice Buster, Old Salty, Optimus Plow, Orange Blazer, Orange Slush, Plowzilla, Rusty McSaltmeister, S'no Problem, Salty Dogg, Scoop Dogg, Sno-no-mo, Snow Slayer, Snowbegone Kenobi, The Beast

Superior Region: Biboon Ogichidaa, Big Mac, Blizzard T Snowplow, Catch My Drift, Close Shave, Coldfoot, Da Rumbler, Dr. Plow Good, Drift Crusher, Frostbite, Get Into Scrape, Have Snow Will Plow, I Think I Can, Ice Force One, Ice Sleigher, Laker Scraper, Mighty Mac, Mighty Yooper, Mr. Sandman, Nick Flurry, Orange Crush, Orange Yooper Storm Trooper, Plow Avenger, Plowdy Duty, Polar Express, Shock and Thaw, Sisu, Snobank Maker, Snomac, Snowba Fett, Sparky McChatter, Superior Snowbuster, UP Winter Force, Whitefish Plowder, Winter Fresh, Yooper Scooper

Southwest Region: Almost Summer, Barry Salt-and-Sanders, Beach Buggy, Betty Whiteout, BettyLou Blizzard, Big Kahuna, Big Poppa, Blade Runner, Blades of Steel, Bliz Wiz, Blizzard Buster, Buffy, Buzz Iceclear, Cheese Puff, Chill Bill, Ctrl Salt Delete, Darth Blader, Detroit SnoWings, Frosted Flake, Frosty, Git Snow Git, Hamilton, Hulk, It's Snow Problem, Kalamazoo Canoe, K-zoo, Lady Lake Effect, Lake Effect Collect, Lead Dog, Let It Snow, Licensed to Chill, Lil Snow Peep, Love Mi Plow, Lumber Jack, Machine Plow Kelly, Move It Move It, Moxie, Mr. Plow, Pavement Liberator, Plowabunga, Plowasaurus Rex, Plower Ranger, Plowriffic, Plowthagorean Theorem, Ramrod the Destroyer, Rocky Salterton, Salt Whitman, Salt-N-Peppa, Salty Attitude, Seymour Snow, Sir Plows-A-Lot, Sir Salts-A-Lot, Slush Puppy, Snow Can Do, Snow Captain, Snow Digitty, Snow Hunter, Snow It All, Snow Place Like Home, Snow Shall Not Pass, Snow Shifter, Snowbacca, Snowboni, Snowcrusher, Snowfire, Snowmaggedon, Sodium Slinger, Steve Icerman, The Kraken, Tiger, Winter Commander, Winter Express, Winter Snowdier, Yukon Cornelius

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