rocket man
Well-Known Member
you guys deserve hazzard pay good job,
How do you function in upstate New York without tire chains? You get 10X as much snow as we do, around here a few inches is a big deal. Is your route all on flat land?
Life is just full of trials and tribulations and the decisions can drive you insane!!It was challenging here as well. it was cold in the mornings,but in the afternoons it was warm,so i never knew if i could get away with wearing shorts all day,or should i wear pants in the morning and change into shorts in the afternoon.
Sober ups, again and again I'm amazed at how drivers from the NW and NE are able to do this job in such snowstorms, considering how this job is difficult enough without having to worry about the weather. Awesome pictures.
I guess its one of those "country mouse vs. city mouse" deals. A few years back I took my family down to Disneyland and spent a few days dealing with Los Angeles traffic. I remember thinking that there was NO FREAKING WAY that I could EVER function as a UPS driver in Southern California. To me, that place is just one big gigantic traffic jam with gridlocked freeways as far as the eye could see. I would lose my mind if you stuck me in a package car and told me to run a route down there. I'm a country boy.
Our highway departments do an excellent job. I have had both country and city runs and, yeah, have never had to chain up.
You will notice I did not say I have never been stuck in my 23 years.
Where I am at in the pacific northwest it is not cost effective for cities to own snow removal equipment. Snow is too rare. So when we get snow everything shuts down. Because overnights the snow turns to pure ice and the roads are too dangerous to drive on! But we typically only deal with that every few years. for about a week or two at most.
Of all the time I've lived in snow country.....the best street clearing was in Salt Lake City. They are really good at it!
I know what you mean by that sir.I was stationed in Texas (Lubbock) for 4 years and it was funny to watch the locals try to drive on snow or ice.