Snow Kidding: Here is the Complete List of 74 Snowplow Names for Southwest Michigan

Remember when MDOT had the contest to name its fleet of snowplows? Here are all 74 of the winners for Southwest Michigan to melt your heart.

Just before the new year, a few were leaked and we found out that Michigan's snowplow names got cuter and more precious for winter 2021. Now, Michigan Department of Transportation has released all 300 monikers that were chosen in the contest that (ahem) snowballed bigger than anyone expected. The Detroit Free Press reports “MDOT employees sifted through more than 15,400 possible plow monikers, all submitted by the public, to select the 330 winners.”

There are 74 plows in our region of the state, with lots of names to like on the list. While Frosted Flake and Kalamazoo Canoe fit perfectly, Lake Effect Collect is also strong. Michigan sports fans will love Steve Icerman, Barry Salt-and-Sanders, and Snowboni. The Simpsons are represented in our area with Mr. Plow and Snowabunga, while movie-lovers will get a chuckle out of Bladerunner, Buzz Iceclear, Darth Blader, and Snow Place Like Home. STEM nerds will giggle over Plowthagorean Theorem and Ctrl-Salt-Delete. The list is not complete without a very special tip of the winter cap and well wishes of eternal rest in peace to Betty Whiteout.

Highlights from other Michigan regions include Yooper Scooper and Polar Express from up north, MDOT's Grand region stole Derek Sleeter from us and is using Baby Snowda. Detroit tapped the Star Wars canon for Snowbegone Kenobi and its rich musical heritage with Kid Rock Salt and Alice Scooper. Honorable mention also goes to the University region's Dolly Plowton and Weird Plow Yankovic.

MDOT Snowplow Names for Southwest Region

1. Almost Summer
2. Barry Salt-and-Sanders
3. Beach Buggy
4. Betty Whiteout
5. BettyLou Blizzard
6. Big Kahuna
7. Big Poppa
8. Blade Runner
9. Blades of Steel
10. Bliz Wiz
11. Blizzard Buster
12. Buffy
13. Buzz Iceclear
14. Cheese Puff
15. Chill Bill
16. Ctrl Salt Delete
17. Darth Blader
18. Detroit SnoWings
19. Frosted Flake
20. Frosty
21. Git Snow Git
22. Hamilton
23. Hulk
24. It's Snow Problem
25. Kalamazoo Canoe
26. K-zoo
27. Lady Lake Effect
28. Lake Effect Collect
29. Lead Dog
30. Let It Snow
31. Licensed to Chill
32. Lil Snow Peep
33. Love Mi Plow
34. Lumber Jack
35. Machine Plow Kelly
36. Move It Move It
37. Moxie
38. Mr. Plow
39. Pavement Liberator
40. Plowabunga
41. Plowasaurus Rex
42. Plower Ranger
43. Plowriffic
44. Plowthagorean Theorem
45. Ramrod the Destroyer
46. Rocky Salterton
47. Salt Whitman
48. Salt-N-Peppa
49. Salty Attitude
50. Seymour Snow
51. Sir Plows-A-Lot
52. Sir Salts-A-Lot
53. Slush Puppy
54. Snow Can Do
55. Snow Captain
56. Snow Digitty
57. Snow Hunter
58. Snow It All
59. Snow Place Like Home
60. Snow Shall Not Pass
61. Snow Shifter
62. Snowbacca
63. Snowboni
64. Snowcrusher
65. Snowfire
66. Snowmaggedon
67. Sodium Slinger
68. Steve Icerman
69. The Kraken
70. Tiger
71. Winter Commander
72. Winter Express
73. Winter Snowdier
74. Yukon Cornelius

Sadly, the names will not be painted on the cabs of the plow trucks, but you can track all 300 in the state by name on the MiDrive map.

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