Truck-Lite said its new LED Snow Plow Kit not only improves overall visibility for the vehicles plowing busy roads and highways, but the lamps also are highly visible by oncoming traffic, improving all-around safety.

“Battling winters harsh conditions and often poor visibility is a constant challenge for our highway departments and municipalities when plowing,” said Craig Hefright, Truck-Lite’s director of new product and market development. “With the advent of our headlamp, we already had the established technology under our belt to implement a more durable and safe solution in the form of our LED Snow Plow kit.”

Truck-Lite said traditional halogen lamps emit light from a fine filament that hasn’t been able to withstand the impact generated by the plow’s vibration. LED products work from electrically charged semiconductor chips that emit light. The semiconductor produces a solid-state lamp that is more durable and virtually impervious to shock and vibration, the company added.

Prior to the product release, Truck-Lite said it worked closely with the town of Leroy, N.Y., to test prototype kits in real-life winter scenarios. Dave Uberty, Town of Leroy Highway Department, reported, “The difference is like night and day. Driving into blind snow banks in high wind situations with our old lights, we could barely see at all. With the LED lights, vision is no effort at all, and most importantly, oncoming vehicles can clearly see us. What’s really scary about this scenario is that if you can’t see the highway as a plow operator, it is quite likely that other vehicles on the road in these extreme conditions cannot see you. The potential for a bodily injury accident is very high.”

Truck-Lite’s LED Snow Plow kit, part number 80863, is composed of a right and left hand lamp assembly, as well as appropriate harness. Each right/left lamp assembly includes an LED headlamp, bracket and pedestal turn signal lamp.