(Matt Mikus – Minnesota News) – After receiving more than 7,300 creative names, MnDOT released their 50 finalist names to begin the voting round.

MnDOT Name a Snowplow Contest.
MnDOT
The contest offers people the chance to submit ideas and eventually vote to pick eight winners — with those winning names going on plows in each of MnDOT’s eight districts around the state.
Want to vote? You can pick up to eight names, and voting is open until noon on Friday, Feb. 7. Visit the MnDOT website to cast your vote.
- 867-530 Brine
- A Little Salty
- Aaron Brrrr, Sir
- Accumulus Removeus
- Albert Icestein
- Anthony Sledwards
- Austin Plowers
- Best In Snow
- Blizzard Buster
- Bob Chillin’
- Brrrtha
- Catch My Drift
- Chilly Eilish
- De-Iceman Cometh
- Don’tcha Snow
- Flake Superior
- Frosty The Snowplow
- Hot To Snow!
- I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered
- In My Blizzard Era
- James J. Chill
- Joe Plower
- Just Scraping By
- Lady Slippery
- Land of 10,000 Snows
- Little Plow on the Prairie
- L’Plow du Nord
- Make Snowbegone
- Meltin’ John
- MinneSNOWta N’ice
- Miracle On Ice
- No Business Like Snow Business
- Oh Snow You Didn’t!
- Orange Peeler
- Plowabunga!
- Plowin’ In The Wind
- Plower Power
- Rudy GoBurr
- Salt Me Baby One More Time
- Say It Ain’t Snow
- SKOL Plow
- Snow Big Deal
- Snow Country For Cold Men
- Snow Place Like Home
- Snowtorious B.I.G.
- Sub Zero Hero
- The North Plow
- We’re Off To See The Blizzard
- Winter Warrior
- You’re Welcome


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