New USPS vehicles reportedly struggle on rural roads

[Ruralinfo]

A Hillsboro woman claims the United States Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t powerful enough to make it up her gravel road, raising concerns about how she’ll be receiving her mail.

New USPS vehicles reportedly struggle on rural roads

A Hillsboro woman claims the United States Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t powerful enough to make it up her gravel road, raising concerns about how she’ll be receiving her mail.

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[ATCBigE]

A Hillsboro woman claims the United States Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t powerful enough to make it up her gravel road, raising concerns about how she’ll be receiving her mail.

New USPS vehicles reportedly struggle on rural roads

A Hillsboro woman claims the United States Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t powerful enough to make it up her gravel road, raising concerns about how she’ll be receiving her mail.

ruralinfo.net

Wonder what group of people predicted this?!?!?!?! OH WAIT THE PEOPLE YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED ABOUT A VEHICLE FOR IN THE 1ST PLACE!!!!

Should I go ahead and say it? LLV>>>>>NGDV for the driving

 

[lordhelmetk98]

They should use rhd jeeps instead, much more powerful.

 

[jaymacgthree]

This sounds like a work of fiction with a lot of misinformation and opinion from customers thrown in there. We all know how ridiculous some customer can be. You can't tell me that certain days the trucks can go up a hill and others they don't have the power. This sounds like more staffing issues, either availability or skill. They said they had Metris vans before, those have 2.0 motors producing LESS power than the 2.0 in the NGDV and they are notorious for having terrible traction. Their claims seem to fall apart under scrutiny.

 

[Ally]

We have the duck mobiles. Are all offices getting them? At union meeting a carrier from another office said they are not.

 

[Bucknadhand]

Will love to see them handle the snow areas like colorado or say montana. I wonder if they even have 4 wheel drive or they gonna get stuck in a pile of slush

 

[muttleycrue]

Will love to see them handle the snow areas like colorado or say montana. I wonder if they even have 4 wheel drive or they gonna get stuck in a pile of slush

I am in the northeast mountains. We got all wheel drive. I have no absolutely no doubt they will not be able to handle steep grades with ice and snow. If they even last long enough to get to winter. We got them in June and they started falling apart physically and the electronics are failing almost immediately.

 

[hockey94]

I am in the northeast mountains. We got all wheel drive. I have no absolutely no doubt they will not be able to handle steep grades with ice and snow. If they even last long enough to get to winter. We got them in June and they started falling apart physically and the electronics are failing almost immediately.

Most vehicles will not do well on ice to begin with. Snow is obviously a different story.

 

[Unclewolverine]

 

[BillyBoi]

I am in the northeast mountains. We got all wheel drive. I have no absolutely no doubt they will not be able to handle steep grades with ice and snow. If they even last long enough to get to winter. We got them in June and they started falling apart physically and the electronics are failing almost immediately.

Yeah thats been our office's experience as well. AC broke in a few and of course never was fixed. They were going to force my route to have one luckily a city carrier grievance forced them to change where some of the allotted trucks were going.

 

[Ally]

Post Master asked if I wanted to swap my duck mobile with a city carrier cause his was in the shop. I immediately said yes. Told my coworkers, that after switching back to LLV my back, butt, legs and arms did not hurt. I am also worried about the roads when it snows, cause I know it is only a matter of time that I have to start driving it again.