Winter Driving
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New Englander
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As a senior driver once told me. "I don't have any bad roads on my route." , "I have roads I don't service in the winter though."
It honestly had taken way too long for me to understand the importance of those words.
It honestly had taken way too long for me to understand the importance of those words.
SumterCountyFlash
Member
no snow here in Cen FL, shorts year round. but we have lots of "bad roads" that dont get serviced daily.. lol
wornoutupser
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You have to be careful in Florida in the winter.
The population triples in my area and we seem to get the worse ones locally. No wonder Florida is called God's Waiting Room!
Ohh... you meant handling the snow. we dont have that here! YIPPEE!
The population triples in my area and we seem to get the worse ones locally. No wonder Florida is called God's Waiting Room!
Ohh... you meant handling the snow. we dont have that here! YIPPEE!
SumterCountyFlash
Member
ever heard of the villages? its gotta be gods emergency waiting room, and its getting pretty pretty full these days. the dont drive cars there, only golf carts.
SmithBarney
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Hey now, if there is one place I would want to live out my days The Villages would be it..
My parents are currently there(have been for 10 years) hopefully at least 10 more.
The villages has one of the most active senior populations I've ever seen.
As for driving in the snow... tap that gas on the new freightliners it makes turning around in cul de sac simple.
My parents are currently there(have been for 10 years) hopefully at least 10 more.
The villages has one of the most active senior populations I've ever seen.
As for driving in the snow... tap that gas on the new freightliners it makes turning around in cul de sac simple.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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DS
Fenderbender
Never ever attempt to drive up a street or back into a dock unless you are 100% sure you can get out.
Watch out for idiots driving too fast for the conditions.
Always have a good ice scraper on board.
Insure you have plenty fuel.
Dress warm...
wornoutupser
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I knew one of your old air drivers at the airport. It seems that most of your next days went to a hospital or were medical supplies!
Babagounj
Strength through joy
Met a Miami driver once who had a desire to come north during his retirement years and do nothing but drive through the snow birds summer neighborhoods really really slow.
Box_Junkie
Well-Known Member
I always have good tire chains, ice scraper, and one of those little extendable shovels.
Snow chains, shovel, ice scraper for windshield, and sleeping bag that I have had to use to keep warm while I waited for a tow. These old relics that UPS have us drive break down real easy when the temperature get down near the Zero mark.
chev
Nightcrawler
Who can argue with that great logic.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
The Portland, OR area is bad when it snows....it doesnt snow often or enough here for people to learn how to drive in it or be prepared, but it does snow often enough to really screw things up when it happens.
Part of my route is in a rural, hilly area that goes up about 1000 feet above the Willamette Valley. I can start my day out in the rain on the valley floor, but if I drive up one road for 10 minutes I will be in 6" of wet slushy snow. I have gotten really good at chaining up, sometimes I have to put them on and take them off several times in one day because they will break if you drive them on bare pavement for any length of time. I also have customers who are well aware of the fact that if there is any snow on the ground I will not even try getting up their driveway.
I have gotten stuck in the snow and been pulled out by a customers tractor on several occasions. There are enough farmers on my route with tractors or 4x4 pickups that I know I wont be stuck for long.
Part of my route is in a rural, hilly area that goes up about 1000 feet above the Willamette Valley. I can start my day out in the rain on the valley floor, but if I drive up one road for 10 minutes I will be in 6" of wet slushy snow. I have gotten really good at chaining up, sometimes I have to put them on and take them off several times in one day because they will break if you drive them on bare pavement for any length of time. I also have customers who are well aware of the fact that if there is any snow on the ground I will not even try getting up their driveway.
I have gotten stuck in the snow and been pulled out by a customers tractor on several occasions. There are enough farmers on my route with tractors or 4x4 pickups that I know I wont be stuck for long.
DS
Fenderbender
when it snows 3 weeks straight you have to deal with it,go ahead and call in/but you know there will be 10 stops from the day before that the swing driver decided was too dangerous....
