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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 451846" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>This is the street in front of my house, which is a typical residential area. The main roads have been plowed, but none of the parking lots or side streets have been. There is around 8" of snow on the road with frozen ruts in it. When it gets above freezing the ice gets wet, then at night it refreezes. The ruts are like solid, ice-covered curbs. You cant drive more than 10mph in this crap, and the ruts pull your vehicle all over the road. Every residential area in the Portland metro area is like this. It is virtually impossible to function as a peak season UPS driver in this mess. You are "penguin walking" on wet ice, wading thru crotch-deep snow to get up to someone's porch, and constantly getting stuck and having to dig your package car out with a shovel or get a pull from a friendly 4x4 owner. In a tight, 30 SPORH resi area, I was barely able to manage 8 or 9.</p><p> </p><p>To make it even better, the main highways have been plowed...which means you either drive all the way out to your area at 30MPH with chains, or install and remove your chains every day out on area. Both choices cost huge amounts of time.</p><p> </p><p>I love the snow, but not this much. I just want it to be over.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]646[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 451846, member: 14668"] This is the street in front of my house, which is a typical residential area. The main roads have been plowed, but none of the parking lots or side streets have been. There is around 8" of snow on the road with frozen ruts in it. When it gets above freezing the ice gets wet, then at night it refreezes. The ruts are like solid, ice-covered curbs. You cant drive more than 10mph in this crap, and the ruts pull your vehicle all over the road. Every residential area in the Portland metro area is like this. It is virtually impossible to function as a peak season UPS driver in this mess. You are "penguin walking" on wet ice, wading thru crotch-deep snow to get up to someone's porch, and constantly getting stuck and having to dig your package car out with a shovel or get a pull from a friendly 4x4 owner. In a tight, 30 SPORH resi area, I was barely able to manage 8 or 9. To make it even better, the main highways have been plowed...which means you either drive all the way out to your area at 30MPH with chains, or install and remove your chains every day out on area. Both choices cost huge amounts of time. I love the snow, but not this much. I just want it to be over. [ATTACH=full]646[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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