Here are the finalists for MnDOT's 'Name a Snowplow' 2025 contest
The public can now vote on their favorites between now and Friday, Feb. 7, with the eight most popular suggestions being announced in February.
Winning names will then be added to eight plows operating in each individual MnDOT district over the next year.
More than 7,300 submissions were put forward, with MnDOT said it "considered a variety of factors, including uniqueness, frequency of submissions, Minnesota-specific ideas, and names that would be easily identifiable and understandable to most audiences."
Don't let it influence you in any way, but we're fans of Snowtorious B.I.G., 867-530 Brine, and I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered.
Here's a look at the finalists:
867-530 Brine
A Little Salty
Aaron Brrrr, Sir
Accumulus Removeus
Albert Icestein
Anthony Sledwards
Austin Plowers
Best In Snow
Blizzard Buster
Bob Chillin'
Brrrtha
Catch My Drift
Chilly Eilish
De-Iceman Cometh
Don'tcha Snow
Flake Superior
Frosty The Snowplow
Hot To Snow!
I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered
In My Blizzard Era
James J. Chill
Joe Plower
Just Scraping By
Lady Slippery
Land of 10,000 Snows
Little Plow on the Prairie
L'Plow du Nord
Make Snowbegone
Meltin' John
MinneSNOWta N'ice
Miracle On Ice
No Business Like Snow Business
Oh Snow You Didn't!
Orange Peeler
Plowabunga!
Plowin' In The Wind
Plower Power
Rudy GoBrrr
Salt Me Baby One More Time
Say It Ain't Snow
SKOL Plow
Snow Big Deal
Snow Country For Cold Men
Snow Place Like Home
Snowtorious B.I.G.
Sub Zero Hero
The North Plow
We're Off To See The Blizzard
Winter Warrior
You're Welcome
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