Anybody seen one!
They are as rare as hens teeth
We just have tractors with snow ploughs on around here.
Nope!!,
Council says they are out there, only gritting A roads, M25 close junc 8 monday , all the alternative roads, iced, complete gridlock.
I've used up most of my 9 lives on the roads round here in the last week.
I saw one last night and i saw a load of them this morning parked up in their depot (not even loaded with grit).
In Orpington, Kent, they have spared no expense, a man on the back of a quad bike shoveling salt as it goes along!
Yes... loads.
What's the betting that they run out of salt/grit again this year.
Perhaps it's the wrong kind of snow 
loads in yorkshire! Guess they spent all your money on the olympics!
Probably and will still cost an arm and a leg to go see it
Plenty round here, say the advert for 3 months drivers wanted..
Salt pile down the road, Sunderland council have all the roads clear here but pass over into Co. Durham and its different.
You can see the round mark where the Sunderland gritters turn road just over the boundary!
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Originally posted by hampshe
Anybody seen one!
more gritters than cars on the road in scotland lol
All the ones round here are triple axle AWD, ready for anything, apart from in the summer when they sit in the depot gobbling up our council tax..
I've seen one this winter - and he was pootling around in the middle of the day and not scattering grit.
Previous years I've cursed the damn things at it seemed like every time I went out in the dark I ended up with gravel rattling over my bonnet -
certainly not this year!
And what about pavements? Not one pavement on my route to and from work has been cleared, and they're lethal - even this evening I saw some poor
horizontal pedestrian being attended to on the side of the road by a group of people. I'm sure that local authorities (and National Rail) are
using the myth of "liability" as an excuse to not do anything...
[Edited on 23/12/09 by David Jenkins]
Had one down our cul-de-sac last night and a small truck down this morning with blokes spreading by hand. I suspect it being bin day wasn't
unconnected.
All the A/B roads up here seem to be open, only side roads and car parks are in any way difficult.
I live on a very small street, single track alot of the way and the gritter has been down every night!!
I also went past one in the opposite direction this morning who peppered the wifes car in grit.
I'm on a fairly quiet road in the town, an I see them about 5 to 10 times a day !
I think they all come round to buy there lunch in the coop round the corner (scootz knows the one I mean )
even saw one today on the single track roads away up in the hills 
gritting must be the only thing east lothian council are any good at
[Edited on 23/12/09 by mcerd1]
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Originally posted by JoelP
loads in yorkshire! Guess they spent all yours and most of our money on the olympics!
Haven't seen many around here but they will be out soon....it's raining!
I've seen one, i was in the MK at the time so got a face full of grit
They have been peppering my front door every night this week, usualy at around 1am.
Mike
I've not seen any gritters my roads been quite bad, the main roads are ok around here though, but i have seen more than ever of them bob cat diggers the little 4 wheel things scrapping ice off the pavemeants all around the town center
I've seen me shovelling it, if that counts
Not seen any round here. Not surprised really. It's dangerous out there at the moment u know.