210561 ✨ [Q]Its been snowing in Scotland so our hilariously named gritters are out in force this evening
track them at https://trunk-road-gritter-tracker-scotgov.hub.arcgis.com
Gregg "Cabe" Bond@q Ohh some new ones there!
Eeeee Woooo@q such great names. Thanks for sharing. (Y’all. Click on the link. Zoom in to see the names. My fave: Hans Snow-Lo) #TheWeatherOutsideIsFrightful #traffic #ScottishGritters
Sakti 
@q This is so endearing 😊
Col@q my favourite is Basil Salty
Intentionally left blank@q I think my favourite is Gritty Gritty Bang Bang :)
mrjalco@q Gritallica 😂🤘
CharliDuffy6@q love them. Will have to borrow a few for our first snowfall. What is the actual accumulation?
@q I’m guessing a gritter is a plow?
@q and how much snow requires a gritter? An inch or 2 is left for sun here, unless it’s freezing. Now what throws you into panic mode 6+ inches?
Iain MacGilleBhràith@CharliDuffy6 @q Half the time (probably much more even!) it’s not even snow that is the issue but *ice*. Scotland exists with a winter climate bang on freezing!
....and most of these gritters - certainly in S half of Scotland - are not out because of snow but bc of that ice risk.
@CharliDuffy6 @q Oh sorry spotted your first Q: yes and no! A glitter will usually be capable of snow-ploughing but they are for spreading ‘grit’ = rock salt.
Knittingmayhem@LindW @CharliDuffy6 @q Ha ha, well spotted. Bloomin autocorrect.
I’m not editing that though bc we all need a bit of sparkle in our lives...
I’m not editing that though bc we all need a bit of sparkle in our lives...
Ariaflame@CharliDuffy6 Black ice.
@ariaflame as a resident of New England, know black ice well, scary shit. So grit is salt. Gritter is spreader.
@CharliDuffy6 Salt and grit mixture I think. I've not been back in a while, and not been back during snow even longer. But when I did live there I lived above the snow line and in Winter had to wait for the grit trucks to come round before we could drive out. (Snow plough on front, grit&salt dispenser on back I think)
@ariaflame no snow? Can’t think of a worse way to spend winter. Don’t do winter sports but love shoveling and snowblowing, though anything over 18-24” at a clip can get tiring.
@CharliDuffy6 No such thing where I live now. A couple of places get a dusting in the coldest times. Eastern states get some but not my area of the West #Australia
@ariaflame so 😞. Can’t even imagine. Although people in the south always comment, when we get nor’easters, with pics of sunshine and beaches. To which I respond with a pic of hurricane ravaged area and state my snow will be melted and gone soon-how’s the rebuilding going? Two can play that game 😂
Steven Webb@q Gritallica 🤟
TinheadNed@q Michigan has Ctrl Salt Delete
berkes 🐝 🚐 🏄 🌱@q I'm suprised there aren't more "Mr Wilson"s amongst them.
Seasiders2@q What the world needs more of are women and men of grit. How wonderful to have a relationship to a country of real grit.
Parami@q I love these
Natur Liebe Kunst@q Sir snowington 🤣🤣🤣🤣 göttlich
Rob 🌱@q ‘spready mercury’ is my favourite.
Luxury Fella 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 
@q wait what? you have that on tracking?
@copydbwoy one of the better uses of government data!
I AmAnita@q I think Skid Vicious is my favourite 😂
Julie@q Oh, this is so good. I’m now slightly obsessed with your gritters.
irne jawe@q I'd love to boost if this had an image description
Elisabeth 
Joe
Angela Glansbury 🚽@q
Gonnae Snow Dae That hasn't returned this year?
Gonnae Snow Dae That hasn't returned this year?
Louise@q I love this! There are some great names there.
Tiggy@q Brilliant!
Jim Spath@q "For Your Ice Only", "Licence to Chill", and "You Only Grit Ice" are all great Bond movie titles, presumably tributes to Sir Sean Connery the Scot. Guess there won't be an "On His Majesty's Slippery Surface"?
Russ Garrett
Dave@q Ooh, I already see some that I don't remember from last year ^^
Phil Thane ✅@q If you get a green biofuel/hydrogen/electric gritter please name it Gritter Thunberg.
@pthane excellent suggestion, you should send that to Transport Scotland
Stefan Midjich ꙮ҄@q I LOVE that there is no Plow King. Fuck that guy.
CherieAnne@q Brilliant idea!
Mans R@q I hope Spready Mercury isn't too literal.
Jaime Robertson@q Colorado started doing this last year. They need some work on the naming.
bituur esztreym@q i spent a semester in Fort Augustus long time ago, i see it's "for your ice only" in the area!
LadyFluffyOrca@q that’s such a fun thing to do! What about Gritty McGritFace? 😹
Wolfgang Viechtbauer@weaniejeanie53 @q That was my first thought! Turns out, there is (but further south): https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-46002864
@wviechtb @q oh I didn’t realise they’d named them in England too, glad that our choice has been used though. I have to say I’m pleased that the actual polar research ship was named for Sir David Attenborough, who better, but one of its underwater vessels carries the name forward, BoatyMcBoatFace even has its own Wikipedia entry!
@weaniejeanie53 @q That's a nice compromise - did not know that!
Hope 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴 SNP@q they are tongue in cheek amusing and definitely bring a smile to your face…but, ‘hilarious’ no, not really 🤷🏻♀️
Bah humbug moment over…
Bah humbug moment over…
@TheMorrigan each to their own
@q having a Grinch moment lol…I need a mince pie!
@TheMorrigan mince pies are always a good idea!