Slow down for dust!

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It's down by Oneonta.

Then that was cub scouts.

 

[Packmule]

They've been putting some kind of material on my dirt roads. It's black and lasts a lot longer than just a regular grading. A lot smoother too.

That's probably chip seal. Ground up asphalt. They either spread it like gravel and leave it, or spray it with a tar that hardens making it like asphalt again.

 

[Operational needs]

That's probably chip seal. Ground up asphalt. They either spread it like gravel and leave it, or spray it with a tar that hardens making it like asphalt again.

It's kind of like asphalt for awhile then breaks down.

 

[Loyal Teamster]

Once again I got sqwaked at by a rural homeowner for driving too fast past his house and kicking up dust on the gravel road. I was at about 15 mph.

Started me thinking about how states like mine with extremely high rural miles, are a financial drain on more populated states that carry us. Nowadays, probably 80 % of the country stops I deliver are not farm and ranch enterprises, which we all need out there, it's people who are simply choosing to live out there, but how no idea how much it really costs to service them.

In reality there are millions of city dwellers, paying exorbitant shipping rates, so these rurals can get manageable fees, riding on the coattails of farmers. And now they want to drive those costs even higher by demanding we crawl down the road simple for reasons of dust control.

Well, shouldn't that be regarded as their problem? Get your road sprayed, pave it, or move! But stop sniveling about dust when you are already getting a service everyone else pays for!
Am I wrong here?

I have amazon prime, so ship cost is of no significance 4 mw

 

[Loyal Teamster]

Most of the routes I run are mostly rural and I service a lot farmers and Amish people (Mennonites? I don't know) and those ones are always pleasant but there's still more than plenty that just seem to be living out there because they can. Never had anyone whine about dust but in the winter there's people who will cry when I don't come or do an indirect delivery (if they cry about that it gets EC'd till spring).

I feel like rural addresses should be able to be classified as "agricultural" or "non-agricultural", that way the real farms aren't paying out the ass for shipping but everyone else can pay their own surcharge instead of sharing it with rest. Everyone has the right to live wherever they want but they shouldn't expect it to come with same conveniences of living in town.

Amish people's still exist? Have never seen one here in San Diego, only n movies

 

[cosmo1]

Amish people's still exist? Have never seen one here in San Diego, only n movies

Have you ever figured out the difference between your ass and a hole in the ground?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Amish people's still exist? Have never seen one here in San Diego, only n movies

Because they are smart enough not to live there

 

[PT Car Washer]

Amish people's still exist? Have never seen one here in San Diego, only n movies

I see them driving their buggy's along the gravel shoulder of the highway and shopping at HyVee or using the pay phone at the Casey's convenience store.

 

[Packmule]

Better tell them to slow it down! Don't want all that dust in the air!

 

[Loyal Teamster]

I see them driving their buggy's along the gravel shoulder of the highway and shopping at HyVee or using the pay phone at the Casey's convenience store.

What is HyVee and Casey, not n Cali

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

What is HyVee and Casey, not n Cali

Grocery and convenience stores.

 

[PT Car Washer]

What is HyVee and Casey, not n Cali

Midwest regional grocery store and a chain of convenience stores.

 

[sailfish]

I have amazon prime, so ship cost is of no significance 4 mw

Maybe if you try rubbing one off before you log on here, you won't talk about Amazon so much.

 

[cosmo1]

What is HyVee and Casey, not n Cali

WTF is 'n Cali'?

 

[burrheadd]

I like the faded smell, not when it's so strong.

Sure your not thinking of that good skunky weed from the 80s

 

[MAKAVELI]

WTF is 'n Cali'?

Best women, weed , and weather in the continuous 48. Plus 840 miles of beautiful coastline.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Is it "in California" or "North California"?

 

[MAKAVELI]

Is it "in California" or "North California"?

Take your pick there's something for everyone from the north to the border.

 

[MAKAVELI]

From lost coast to the Bay to San Diego to the deserts to the Cascades to the Sierra, we have it all.

 

[BakerMayfield2018]

From lost coast to the Bay to San Diego to the deserts to the Cascades to the Sierra, we have it all.

Who, the blacks???