This is the Ventrac sidewalk snow vehicle.
The SSV is a dedicated machine for professional users doing snow and ice control on sidewalks. It's
a machine that provides all of the tools necessary to do that task no matter what the conditions are.
Sidewalk snow removal is a very unique job and the demands of that job require a piece
of equipment that is perfectly crafted to handle those demands. The SSV is that piece of equipment
let's talk about the actual design of the SSV the SSV is a ride-on machine and the general
concept is to take as much power as possible and pack it into that very small compact package.
The SSV is built with a commercial Duty hydraulic drivetrain with four independent
wheel motors and four-wheel drive. The high output 23 horsepower commercial engine and
it has the ability to run powered attachments. The entire machine and all of the attachments
have options to be able to work down to 34 inches so that you can stay on those narrow sidewalks.
This does a couple things, it allows the machine to be maneuverable in those ultra tight areas
like walkways on small sidewalks and it gives the operator the ability to do a lot of work without
exhausting themselves or having a large team this is a machine that allows one operator to be as
effective as a giant team of people we also go to Great Lengths to keep that operator comfortable
those ergonomic features include a suspended platform a soft operator pad heated hand grips to
keep their hands warm and an optional windscreen to keep the elements off of them as well
we offer a full line of attachments and accessories to be able to outfit the power
unit with everything you need for any job on sidewalk snow removal we have salt accessories
that range from pre-treatment to post treatment and that starts with a brine system which gives
the machine the ability to put down brine with a hand wand or with nozzles under the
machine and we also have a granular drop spreader that mounts in between the axles
of the machine either one of those units have the ability to dial the application
rate down to a pre-treat level or to be used during the storm with heavier application
once you move past salt treatment the attachments on the front of the machine offer the ability to
handle any snowfall that happens the broom is capable of clearing down to Bare pavement for
those very strict Zero Tolerance accounts and it works anywhere from a light dusting
up to a light snowfall of a few inches in this application where you're clearing down to Bare
pavement and it's probably a zero tolerance account it's important to also recognize that
you can run the salt systems in conjunction with the broom so whether it's the brine or
the drop spreader you can be clearing with the broom and at the very same time doing a single
pass be dropping salt or brine behind you to help do that whole system in one movement
when snowfall gets above what the broom can handle we move on to all of the blade options that we
have we have three different blades available for the SSB we have a narrow straight blade a
wide straight blade and a v-blade all of the blade options are pretty simple they are great
at moving a lot of snow the reason the blades can move this much snow is because of the ventrac SSD
pushing it it's very heavy for its size it's four wheel drive and it has all of the pushing power of
that strong commercial engine your biggest Choice here is the width of Blade that you want to run
and whether you want to go straight or V all of the blades have the option to run metal edges or
poly edges the poly edges on those blades give you the ability to protect delicate surfaces a
little bit better so if you're working on bricks or pavers they're a great option and the v-blade
is worth talking about by itself because it has a unique patented trip Edge design which allows
it to be a little bit more effective and carry more speed than alternative product that's out
there in the market additionally all the blades are fully hydraulically controlled
from the operator station so it's very easy to make Swift movements and control the direction
of the snow and the operator doesn't have to work at all to make this happen
sometimes the storm comes on too hard and fast for the broom or the blades to keep up and that's
where you switch to the snow blower the blower has the ability of working up to several feet of snow
and it comes with the extra convenience of being able to move that snow exactly where you want it
it has a multi-directional adjustable shoe that the operator can change from the operator station
which gives the snow blower the ability to put the snow exactly where the operator wants it
the last attachment we offer for the SSV is the snow bucket and this is for those weird
cases where you have to dig out of a scenario think about when a City plow truck or something
like that Plows in a set of mailboxes every other attachment is just not quite what you
want to use for that so you put the bucket on the machine and you go dig those areas out and
just physically move that snow around it's a very unique attachment for a machine this size but it's
one of those things that can really save you from shoveling out of really icy and hard conditions
these are true commercial Duty attachments so they can get a lot of work done but
they're also compact enough to retain that maneuverable nature of the whole package
it's also valuable knowing how quick you can change from one attachment to the next
as we know about winter storms oftentimes the conditions change in an instant and
every one of our attachments can come on and off the machine in less than a minute
you also don't have to use any tools so I can go from the broom to a snow blower if things
get really bad out in the field without any shop time and I can do it in less than a minute
when it comes to snow and ice Management on sidewalks this machine is built for it
it's the culmination of many years of r d and professional use which bring us to the current
trim of the SSV and all of the attachments and accessories available everything about
the machine is tuned in to perfectly meet those professional users demands and it gives
everyone that uses the machine the ability to be as efficient as possible at doing this job
at this point the word is out the ventrac sidewalk snow vehicle or SSV is the machine to have we hear
it from professional users in every segment of the market they've come from hand tools
larger equipment even smaller equipment from competitive Brands and they've all landed on the
SSV if you're serious about snow and ice removal on sidewalks this is the machine that you want
foreign