Minnesota’s Snowplow Name Finalists Did Not Disappoint

Minnesota has never taken snow lightly and that includes naming the machines that save our winter commutes. After more than 6,750 submissions from across the state MnDOT has officially revealed the finalists for the 2025-26 Name a Snowplow contest and wow, the creativity this year is next-level.

If you remember past legends like Taylor Drift, Dolly Plowton, and Plowabunga, you already know the bar is set very high. These names have left their mark - slapped on plows, splashed across newscasts, and casually name dropped every time a big storm hit. In other words, the 2025–26 finalists have some very big boots to fill.

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MnDOT narrowed those thousands of submissions down to 30 finalists. From there eight winning names will be chosen, one for each MnDOT district.

You can vote once and select up to eight names total, so choose wisely. Voting is open until noon on Friday, February 13th.

Some are pure dad joke energy. Some are clever. Others honestly shock me that they haven’t already been the name. Then there are a few that just feel like they belong on every Minnesota road forever.

Which one is your favorite?

The 2025-26 Snowplow Name Finalists:

• 867 530 Brine
• AI Arctic Intelligence
• Below Zero Hero
• Bob Chillin’
• Don’t Flurry Be Happy
• Every Day I’m Shovelin’
• Feelin’ Salty
• Flurrious George
• Here We Snow Again
• I Got Friends In Snow Places
• Jon Bon Snowi
• Just Scraping By
• K Pop Blizzard Hunter
• KaPlow
• Lake Snowbegone
• LL Cool Blade
• Minne Snow ta
• Mission Impassable
• Mr Plow
• O Brother Where Art Plow
• Oh For Sleet’s Sake
• Plowin’ In The Wind
• Salt Shaker
• Say It Ain’t Snow
• Six Sleddin’ Six Sleddin’
• Sled Zeppelin
• The Life Of A Snowgirl
• The North Plow
• Walter Whiteout
• Whiteout Warrior

Ok, Six Sleddin’ absolutely cracks me up, I Got Friends in Snow Places - genius. I also love Oh For Sleet’s Sake, but honestly, narrowing this down to eight feels borderline impossible.

To vote, head to MnDOT’s official Name a Snowplow voting page. 

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