(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Marissa Orbanek, Press Secretary for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Middletown, PA) The Pennsylvania Turnpike’s new super snow plow was recently given a new name after a naming contest for it was held between March 4th-11th, 2026. The huge 550-horsepower tri-drive truck that the Turnpike is using is now called “Plow Force One,” which received 400 votes from the public. Turnpike officials confirm that over 140,000 social media users engaged in the contest to name the truck that can clear a path that is 27 feet wide in one pass combined. The public submitted almost 1,200 suggestions for names and after the submissions closed on February 25th, 2026, the top five names were selected. The winning name of “Plow Force One” was chosen over the other nominees of “Big Leplowski,” “Darth Blader,” “Optimus Plow,” and “Sir Plows-A-Lot.”