Payloader gone wild
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JB4310
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99% of the comments on Youtube think they should be fired, It just doesn't get me that upset.
Sure maybe it could of been winched at a different angle from down the block, or from this video it looks like the wrecker could of just lifted the loader's rear off the ground, gotten more traction and possibly drove out with the loader pulled up tight to the tow rig???
But this is all hindsight, This was a blizzard, not a huge snow fall but the wind created 4 foot drifts, to be on the ground at that time, just 2 guys? in those conditions...... I just think no big deal. Because this was caught on film and had the color comentary from the director in the window it got blown way out of proportion IMO.
There were probably 1000 other vehicles damaged during that storm.
JB.
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I think I found them back at the salt shed lol
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Greenmountain Farmer
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A couple of points
first: it looks like the loader is running barefoot, without chains it is useless in icy conditions
second: without a blade of some kind you can only push so much snow in front of you
third:if they had chained from the right side of loader it may not have sild loader into truck
Tom in Vermont
crazyal
Super Member
I agree. In NY they use garbage trucks to plow, they just put blades on the front and off they go. I have a feeling that if they wanted to chain up they would probably be buying a lot of sets of chains that wouldn't get used very often. They couldn't leave them on for the winter so they would have to put them on and then take them off each time they wanted to use them. The chains for my Kubota weigh over 100lbs each, I can only guess how much they weigh for a loader.
crazyal
Super Member
It looks like most of the plowing is done with trucks like garbage trucks and use loaders only in big snow falls. I'm guessing that they don't get much playtime in snow and just are sent out with the idea "how hard can it be to plow snow".
johnrex62
Platinum Member
Ok, that begs the question " Why are cars in NYC so much more fragile than cars everywhere else?" Is it the cars or the tow truck drivers?
I have had cars towed several times with absolutely NO damage whatsoever. I have seen the aftermath of my own car and coworkers cars in several cities around the country and they seldom have ANY damage on on rare occasions have suffered slight scratches on the bumpers or fenders when someone got careless. It is not all that difficult to tow a vehicle without damaging it once it is hooked up properly. I have even had my car towed by a minimum wage non-union worker in New Orleans that was able to accomplish it properly.
So, clue me in. Are the cars different in NYC or the tow truck operators? Please don't try to convince me that union workers are not able to learn as well as a high school dropout in the south.
crazyal
Super Member
As far as I know the drivers are not union, they are private companies who are under contract by NYC to remove cars when called by the police to do so. It's been years since I stayed in NYC so maybe it's different now.
What I saw was drivers who were going to get paid no matter what and the sooner they could get the car to their yard the sooner they could tow the next one. They had zero incentive to not damage the cars while towing them and the people down there just accepted it as the norm. I think a good part of it was that if you went to the city to complain nothing would happen.
MikeD74T
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Loggers in your neighborhood chain & unchain a couple times a day all winter long. Winter's not so unusual in NYC that they shouldn't be able to put on chains. MikeD74T
JB4310
Super Member
Now that may be asking a bit much from the average sanitation worker, I know I struggle with mine.
It's rare that they need chains in the city, that's why they got caught with their pants down, it was an unusual event.
In Manhatten with those canyons of huge buildings and all the heat loss generated, it's a wonder any snow makes it to the ground.
JB.