How not to pull out a stuck tractor/snowplower.

[zoiks]

Got this off autoblog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_r-jO3lKE&feature=player_embedded

What kind of station wagon is that? Volvo?

Edit - Duh, it says Ford Explorer on the video.

 

[Slacker]

That explorer owner better hope thats not an emergency no parking zone.

 

[ShawnD1]

That explorer owner better hope thats not an emergency no parking zone.

Why do sanitation people have front end loaders? Usually sanitation is another way of saying "garbage man"


lol one of the comments
"They sure don't make those Fords like they used to. The darn things practically fall apart the minute you attempt to drive through them with a front loader."

 

[quakefiend420]

how the hell did they get that stuck in the first place?

 

[Howard]

how the hell did they get that stuck in the first place?

If what they did in the video is possible, then what happened before the video is also possible.

 

[thomsbrain]

Why do sanitation people have front end loaders? Usually sanitation is another way of saying "garbage man"


lol one of the comments
"They sure don't make those Fords like they used to. The darn things practically fall apart the minute you attempt to drive through them with a front loader."

In some cities they use front-end loaders to scoop up yard waste that the public is supposed to deposit on the street rather than use yard-waste bins. You can imagine what those countless mounds do to the parking situation. Don't know why they'd have one in NYC, though.

 

[simonizor]

How incredibly stupid. How could they not have known they were hitting it right away? Yet, they keep going and running into it over and over until you think it's finally done, but it isn't.. they manage to fuck it up more after they were pretty much clear of it.

 

[CurseTheSky]

It almost looked like they were doing it on purpose to me. Maybe it was someone they had a grudge against and they were planning to bang it up a bit, then claim that it was in a bad / illegal parking spot, hence the damage was not their fault. If that is the case, I bet they'd have a stroke to see that someone was recording them.

 

[SonicIce]

i would have run up to the drivers door and ripped him out of the truck onto the ground and beat his face in

 

[ViviTheMage]

Someone posted this in the OT area too ... I also heard that the truck was the cities too?

 

[exar333]

How incredibly stupid. How could they not have known they were hitting it right away? Yet, they keep going and running into it over and over until you think it's finally done, but it isn't.. they manage to fuck it up more after they were pretty much clear of it.

They are a city worker, they obviously don't care about others' property and (likely accurately) believe their actions will not result in any sort of punishment.

 

[sisq0kidd]

Aftermath:

http://brooklynheightsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/bkheights.jpg

http://brooklynheightsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/bkheights2.jpg

http://brooklynheightsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/bkheights3.jpg

 

[Throckmorton]

TV interview with owner
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/25451#more-25451

 

[Spicedaddy]

What I find funny is that every year cities like New York get these snow storms that paralyze the city for a week. You'd think they'd get a clue and buy a bit of snow removal equipment and train their guys to use them, but it never happens. Replace the bald tires on that loader, and put a snow blower in front instead of a scoop, and even that retarded driver would be able to clean up half of Manhattan.

We get 2 feet of snow here, and it's all cleared up in a matter of hours, and no flights get cancelled. (well, except the ones destined to Eastern US cities, because those airports get closed for 3 days)

 

[goobernoodles]

What I find funny is that every year cities like New York get these snow storms that paralyze the city for a week. You'd think they'd get a clue and buy a bit of snow removal equipment and train their guys to use them, but it never happens. Replace the bald tires on that loader, and put a snow blower in front instead of a scoop, and even that retarded driver would be able to clean up half of Manhattan.

We get 2 feet of snow here, and it's all cleared up in a matter of hours, and no flights get cancelled. (well, except the ones destined to Eastern US cities, because those airports get closed for 3 days)

I just moved from Pittsburgh to Seattle.

Last month it snowed MAYBE 2", and the entire city went apeshit. People wrecking everywhere, buses and trucks jackknifed and abandoned... there was even a 12 mile stretch on I-5 that took 7+hours to get through.

Idiots ruin everything.

 

[MrWizzard]

i would have run up to the drivers door and ripped him out of the truck onto the ground and beat his face in

......yes that would have showed him........lol

 

[LTC8K6]

It almost looked like they were doing it on purpose to me. Maybe it was someone they had a grudge against and they were planning to bang it up a bit, then claim that it was in a bad / illegal parking spot, hence the damage was not their fault. If that is the case, I bet they'd have a stroke to see that someone was recording them.

Right you are. The whole slow down thing about snow removal was a union protest and no doubt this intentional damage to a city vehicle was part of it.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sanit_filthy_snow_slow_mo_qH57MZwC53QKOJlekSSDJK/1

 

[bigdog1218]

What I find funny is that every year cities like New York get these snow storms that paralyze the city for a week. You'd think they'd get a clue and buy a bit of snow removal equipment and train their guys to use them, but it never happens. Replace the bald tires on that loader, and put a snow blower in front instead of a scoop, and even that retarded driver would be able to clean up half of Manhattan.

We get 2 feet of snow here, and it's all cleared up in a matter of hours, and no flights get cancelled. (well, except the ones destined to Eastern US cities, because those airports get closed for 3 days)

The fact is NYC really only averages about 28in of snowfall a year. So a major blizzard dropping 20 in in the largest city in the US is a little different then what you're little town has to deal with.

 

[ShawnD1]

We get 2 feet of snow here, and it's all cleared up in a matter of hours, and no flights get cancelled. (well, except the ones destined to Eastern US cities, because those airports get closed for 3 days)

That's what most cities do. Edmonton averages 48.6 inches per year (says wikipedia) and the streets are never shitty for more than a day or so. Side roads are what take a hell of a long time, which is what the video shows. The people who are smart buy winter tires and keep a pair of boots, a shovel, and gloves in the trunk at all times. Having to shovel your car out when leaving your block happens all the time, but everyone expects this so the city doesn't really "shut down". It just means you might be a bit late for work.

I just moved from Pittsburgh to Seattle.

Last month it snowed MAYBE 2", and the entire city went apeshit. People wrecking everywhere, buses and trucks jackknifed and abandoned... there was even a 12 mile stretch on I-5 that took 7+hours to get through.

Idiots ruin everything.

I've also heard that people in Seattle drive ridiculously slow. Like they don't even go the speed limit. They just drive some random speed that ensures you miss every single light and it takes 2 hours to get to work. This is what happens when your Prius instruction manual says that you get better gas mileage by driving slower. Idling the engine while you sit at red lights = efficient, apparently.

 

[jlee]

That's what most cities do. Edmonton averages 48.6 inches per year (says wikipedia) and the streets are never shitty for more than a day or so. Side roads are what take a hell of a long time, which is what the video shows. The people who are smart buy winter tires and keep a pair of boots, a shovel, and gloves in the trunk at all times. Having to shovel your car out when leaving your block happens all the time, but everyone expects this so the city doesn't really "shut down". It just means you might be a bit late for work.



I've also heard that people in Seattle drive ridiculously slow. Like they don't even go the speed limit. They just drive some random speed that ensures you miss every single light and it takes 2 hours to get to work. This is what happens when your Prius instruction manual says that you get better gas mileage by driving slower. Idling the engine while you sit at red lights = efficient, apparently.

A Prius uses no fuel while sitting at a red light...

 

[ShawnD1]

A Prius uses no fuel while sitting at a red light.

Well that's just lovely. So the thing is blowing cold air the entire 2 hour drive to work. Good job Toyota. God damn retards. Why on earth would anyone buy that car?

Right now it's -19C outside, which is something like -2F. That can't be good for the engine to have it constantly doing a cold start every couple of minutes.

 

[LTC8K6]

A Prius uses no fuel while sitting at a red light...

IIRC, if it's cold enough outside, it won't do the idle stop as often or even not at all.

 

[LTC8K6]

Well that's just lovely. So the thing is blowing cold air the entire 2 hour drive to work. Good job Toyota. God damn retards. Why on earth would anyone buy that car?

Right now it's -19C outside, which is something like -2F. That can't be good for the engine to have it constantly doing a cold start every couple of minutes.

No, you still have heat. They thought of that. The colder it is out, the less it idle stops. If you have the heat on, it also idle stops less. With an electric pump, you're good to go.

 

[jlee]

IIRC, if it's cold enough outside, it won't do the idle stop as often or even not at all.

As I understand, it'll run if the coolant temperature drops below a certain point, but if the engine is warm it'll turn on and off as needed. I'm no Prius guru, though.

Well that's just lovely. So the thing is blowing cold air the entire 2 hour drive to work. Good job Toyota. God damn retards. Why on earth would anyone buy that car?

Right now it's -19C outside, which is something like -2F. That can't be good for the engine to have it constantly doing a cold start every couple of minutes.

Well we've already had one guy here smarter than the Korean automotive engineers...I guess it was only a matter of time 'till we had someone that was smarter than Toyota's engineers.

 

[ShawnD1]

No, you still have heat. They thought of that. The colder it is out, the less it idle stops. If you have the heat on, it also idle stops less. With an electric pump, you're good to go.

So the fuel saving hybrid system doesn't really work for about 6 months out of every year. Nice!

There's also this comedy video is a prius trying to go up a driveway. It tries to save gas by deciding that you shouldn't be driving up hills :awe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y52iW82dupM

I checked youtube to see if there are any videos of a prius getting destroyed by NYC union italian mafia worker guys but all I could find was a tutorial about how to deal with a stuck prius gas pedal. Apparently it's really simple.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGchIHxqOt0