West Lafayette Street Department invests in new state-of-the-art snowplow machine The city of West Lafayette is working to find ways to be innovative and recourses. That's why leaders have invested in the "Mutlihog" machine. Posted: Feb 10, 2021 7:09 AM Posted By: Micah Upshaw WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) -- This snowy season now has the West Lafayette Street Department pulling out its new multi-purpose plow machine. It's called the "Multihog" and it's the first of its kind here in the entire state of Indiana. This machine is able to essentially shapeshift into whatever the street department needs. It has a total of at least 60 different functions and attachments that can be added or taken off the machine. It's been able to improve how road crews safely and easily complete road cleaning procedures.