Snow Plow Driver Hats

Snow plow driving is a job done while the rest of town is told to stay inside. Plow shifts commonly run past 12 hours, one employee worked 19.5 hours in a single storm, and a driver in the blizzard of '96 reportedly worked three and a half days straight. Crews stop every two to three hours to eat, refuel and reload salt, then go back out at 45 mph or less, with eye strain that gets worse at night. A 26-year operator told one newspaper the nights are the hard part. That is the register these hats are written in. The collection covers both searched job titles, Snow Plow Driver and Snow Plow Operator, then the in-group jokes: HOUR 20 STILL PLOWING for the long storm, A BLIZZARD IS JUST A PAYDAY for the forecast everyone else dreads, and a mailbox line for the one every driver has a story about. PLOWY MCPLOWFACE nods to the name-a-snowplow contests that state DOT offices and towns keep running, with plows really christened Sleetwood Mac and Rise and Brine. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. It makes a natural November gift for the driver in your house, from a spouse who has learned to love the sound of a blade at 3am.