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Insane weather...from snow to floods
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 929806" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>On the worst day of it, I sheeted about 35 stops as "emergency conditions" and brought them back. Most of those were for people who live above 1200 feet and have long steep (1/4 mile+) driveways with switchbacks and hairpin turns. Even when the county got around to plowing the main roads, all that accomplished was to push a 2' high berm of snow onto either shoulder, which completely blocked access to the driveways and took away any chance I might have had to park on the shoulder and walk them off. There was nothing I could do. Without exception, every homeowner I spoke to told me I made the right choice and that under <em>no</em> circumstances should I <em>ever</em> attempt to get up their driveway until they could plow it. A mistake on my part could put the pkg car into a ravine or at the very least completely block the driveway so that they couldnt get in or out. A lot of them own little garden tractors with plow blade attachments, so if they want their pkg badly enough they can scrape the driveway and provide me clear access. Even 4-wheel drive trucks were getting stuck. Im glad that I got no complaints, we package car drivers have it programmed into our DNA that every package has to get delivered but in these types of situations discretion is the better part of valor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 929806, member: 14668"] On the worst day of it, I sheeted about 35 stops as "emergency conditions" and brought them back. Most of those were for people who live above 1200 feet and have long steep (1/4 mile+) driveways with switchbacks and hairpin turns. Even when the county got around to plowing the main roads, all that accomplished was to push a 2' high berm of snow onto either shoulder, which completely blocked access to the driveways and took away any chance I might have had to park on the shoulder and walk them off. There was nothing I could do. Without exception, every homeowner I spoke to told me I made the right choice and that under [I]no[/I] circumstances should I [I]ever[/I] attempt to get up their driveway until they could plow it. A mistake on my part could put the pkg car into a ravine or at the very least completely block the driveway so that they couldnt get in or out. A lot of them own little garden tractors with plow blade attachments, so if they want their pkg badly enough they can scrape the driveway and provide me clear access. Even 4-wheel drive trucks were getting stuck. Im glad that I got no complaints, we package car drivers have it programmed into our DNA that every package has to get delivered but in these types of situations discretion is the better part of valor. [/QUOTE]
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