https://www.dot.state.mn.us/nameasnowplow/ Skip to Content Minnesota Department of Transportation 511 Travel Info * General Contacts * MnDOT A to Z * Search Name a Snowplow contest MnDOT's Name a Snowplow contest returns! The Minnesota Department of Transportation is excited to announce that the agency's Name a Snowplow contest returned for a second year! After 22,000 name ideas and 60,000 votes, it's finally official: Plowy McPlowFace has eight new friends! One new name will be assigned to each of MnDOT's eight districts later this month. The newly named trucks will join last years' favorites in the fleet. 2022 Top 8 snowplow names are Betty Whiteout, Ctrl Salt Delete, The Big Leplowski, Plowasaurus Rex, Scoop Dogg, Blizzard of Oz, No More Mr. Ice Guy and Edward Blizzardhands Top 50 finalists and top 8 winners 2021-22 winners The top 8 winners * Betty Whiteout - District 8 * Ctrl Salt Delete - District 7 * The Big Leplowski - District 4 * Plowasaurus Rex - Metro District * Scoop Dogg - District 3 * Blizzard of Oz - District 2 * No More Mr. Ice Guy - District 1 * Edward Blizzardhands - District 6 Finalists Snowplow name Number of votes Betty Whiteout 40,024 Ctrl Salt Delete 21,372 The Big Leplowski 17,478 Plowasaurus Rex 13,209 Scoop Dogg 13,144 Blizzard of Oz 12,742 No More Mr. Ice Guy 11,198 Edward Blizzardhands 10,664 Sir Plows-a-Lot 10,606 Catch My Drift 10,385 Sled Zeppelin 10,354 Lord Coldemort 9,894 C-3PSnow 9,844 Giiwedin (Ojibwe word for 'north wind') 9,344 Minnesnowta 9,272 Uff Da 8,366 Icamna (Dakota word for 'blizzard') 8,303 Dontcha Snow 8,081 L'Plow du Nord 7,561 Mr. Plow 7,339 Everyday I'm Shovelin' 7,142 William Scrape-speare 6,941 Blade of Glory 6,221 How Now Orange Plow? 6,188 Oh Fer Snow 6,045 Flake Superior 5,899 Snowzilla 5,284 Snow Big Deal 5,226 Below Zero Hero 5,097 Say it Ain't Snow 5,024 Coldy Gopher 4,979 Not Snow Fast 4,769 Thawnos 4,578 Plowin' in the Wind 4,344 Scoopy Doo & Scraper Too 4,250 Winter Warrior 4,053 Skol Plow 3,989 Orange You Glad To See Me? 3,883 No Business Like Snow Business 3,775 Ski-U-Plow 3,538 The Iron Ranger 3,385 A Snowplow Named De-icer 3,350 Timbrrrwolf 3,083 Sweet Child O' Brine 2,859 Orange Thunder 2,812 Frosty's Demise 2,703 Northern Express 2,438 Halloween Blizzard Avenger 1,916 Sweet Carol-brine 1,705 All About That Snow 1,401 Note: Individuals were able to vote for up to eight choices, so the final tallies will differ from the overall number of votes. There were a total of 59,655 unique voters in this year's contest. Previous contest winners 2020-21 winners Below were all 50 finalists and the top 8 in MnDOT's 2020-21 Name a Snowplow contest with the number of votes each name received. The top 8 winners * Plowy McPlowFace - Metro District * Ope, Just Gonna Plow Right Past Ya - District 4 * Duck Duck Orange Truck - District 1 * Plow Bunyan - District 2 * Snowbi Wan Kenobi - District 6 * F. Salt Fitzgerald - District 7 * Darth Blader - District 3 * The Truck Formerly Known As Plow - District 8 Finalists Snowplow name Number of votes Ain't Snow Stopping Us Now 7,969 Babe the Orange Plow 7,266 Blizzard Blaster 6,273 Blizzard of Oz 12,665 Blizzard Wizard 8,364 Buzz Iceclear 11,079 C-3PSnow 13,124 Cold Enough for Ya? 4,719 Darth Blader 20,344 Dontcha Snow 13,736 Duck Duck Orange Truck 25,824 Edward Blizzardhands 13,381 F. Salt Fitzgerald 20,699 Fast and the Flurry Less 6,284 Flake Superior 7,671 For Your Ice Only 7,837 Frostbite 4,045 Frosty the Snowplow 9,108 Giiwedin (Ojibwe word for 'north wind') 16,041 Goldy Snow-pher 5,645 Icamna (Dakota word for 'blizzard') 14,264 Joe Plow-er 5,958 Justin Moresnow 6,676 Kent Brrr-bek 5,955 King of the North 8,099 Lake SnowBeGone 8,061 Live, Laugh, Plow 8,378 L'Plow du Nord 12,237 Luke Snowalker 8,098 Mary Tyler More Snow 6,306 Minnesota nICE 9,003 No Business Like Snow Business 4,990 Oh Snow You Didn't! 9,518 Ope, Just Gonna Plow Right Past Ya 29,457 Plow Bunyan 22,016 Plowabunga! 11,226 Plowin' in the Wind 4,803 Plowy McPlowFace 65,292 Princess Kay of the Snowy Way 5,075 Purple Snow 8,829 Raspberry Brrr-et 11,465 Road Carew 6,621 Sir Plows A Lot 16,212 Snow Place like Home 4,346 Snowbi Wan Kenobi 21,568 Spirit of '91 9,338 Tator Tot Hotdish 10,554 The Truck Formerly Known as Plow 17,549 The Winterstate 4,135 Note: Individuals were able to vote for up to eight choices, so the final tallies will differ from the overall number of votes. There were a total of 122,435 unique voters. * A to Z * Search MnDOT.gov * Contact MnDOT * 511 Traveler Service * Know Your Route * News Releases * Careers/Jobs * Doing Business * ADA and Accessibility * Disclaimer and Legal * About MnDOT * State of Minnesota * Governor's Site * Employee Resources 2022 Minnesota Department of Transportation 395 John Ireland Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55155-1800 651-296-3000 Toll-free 800-657-3774