NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) launched the snowplow naming contest for its second year, and inviting New Mexicans to vote on their favorite names.

Voting is open and will continue through noon Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. 

To vote for your favorite visit: www.dot.nm.gov/name-a-plow/.

New Mexicans are some of the most creative, funny, and witty people on the planet, but the top names are even better than NMDOT could have imagined, they said. Receiving almost 700 submissions, NMDOT communication staff narrowed the entries down to 50 creative and fun names. It’s now time for the public to vote on their favorites.

Once voting has wrapped up, the top 12 names will be announced, assigned to trucks and winners will receive bragging rights for a lifetime. 

These trucks play an important role in keeping communities connected and safe during the winter months—so let’s give them names that reflect their importance and a bit of local flavor:

• Scoop Dogg 
• Blizzard of Oz 
• Clear-o-Pathra 
• Fast and Flurry-ous 
• PINO EXPRESS 
• Sled Zeppelin 
• Anita Shovel 
• Baby Snowda 
• Hans Snolo 
• OptimusPlow 
• Sno’ Mas 
• Sno’ Rida 
• Snowbi-Wan Kenobi 
• The SNOWMINATOR 
• Alice Scooper 
• Chips & Que Snow 
• Feliz Plowvidad 
• Frio Grande 
• I’m Snow Excited 
• No More Mr. Ice Guy 
• Oh, Snow You Di’int! 
• Plow Chika Plow Wow 
• Plow-zilla 
• Red Chilly Brrrr-ito 
• Sno Way!
• Snow BeGone 
• Snow Bueno 
• Snow Kidding? 
• Snow Mater 
• Snow Way, José! 
• Snowppenheimer 
• Snow-torious B.I.G. 
• Taylor Drift 
• 404: Snow Not Found 
• 5-SNOW-5 
• Al FlurryCane 
• Austin Plowers 
• Blading Bad 
• Blizzard Wizard 
• El Señor Plow 
• En-CHILL-ada 
• Frost Responder 
• Frosty The Snow Plow 
• Iron Bladen 
• Mighty-Plow-Wow 
• Ora Sleigh! 
• Plowabunga! 
• Plow-Sole 
• Snow Problem 
• Zia Later, Snow