While we are on this pointless yarn called winter and its too cold to work on the motors I was just wondering why the gritting lorrys dont get
stuck.
Watching them hurtling around it dawned on me they have to run in the worst conditions as the salt is being spread behind them.
Round here, they seem to hurtle full pelt down the streets with their gritters turned up to full - more than powerful enough to hit pedestrians on the other side of a wide street.
Must be 4wd or just very heavy. I guess they get good weather warnings too so can go out before the worst hits down. And if it is bad they can fit the ploughs. It does make you wonder though.
What do you need gritters for if you've got no snow up there
For Ice - The gritters should be gritting before it freezes rather than afterwards.
For Snow - They are 4x4 or 6x6 with quite aggresive tyres and plenty of weight.
If they are out on ice then they have no more grip than anyone else and should then drive accordingly. They will have a fairly big route to cover in
a relatively short period of time.
Apparently the biggest frustration for them is speed humps when they are ploughing snow.
- Jim
All down to weight over the driving wheels, the busses I drove rarely had the back slide as that’s where the engine is but the front locked up or
slide on the slightest bit of slush.
Artic lorries get stuck so easily as their engine weight is over the front wheels rather than the heap at the back so unless they have a huge load
near the front of the trailer they have no hope. It’s also why the old air cooled vw’s are so good offroad
[Edited on 5/2/09 by Mr Whippy]
maybe they should grit with porsche's from now on? 
how do the drivers get to work lol
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Originally posted by Dangle_kt
maybe they should grit with porsche's from now on?
also milk floats never have any problem getting about, not that you see any these days, due to the hooooooooge weight of batteries.
Our milk man drives a Sprinter and we still got milk this morning despite 4" of snow on the road. I used to shunt gritters up the ramp to be steam cleaned after the winter and they were 6WD or 4WD and would pull themselves out of anywhere on tickover in low ratio
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Originally posted by thunderace
how do the drivers get to work lol
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That's the eternal question isn't it, like what are occasional tables the rest of the time?
Cheers
Chris
This guy was on look north the other night - notice how he shovels salt straight out of the back under the rear wheels 
LINKY
I agree it is more how did they get to work!?
People on here have way to much time on there hands if there thinking about thing like this!!!!
bit of planning, the first shift of drivers can clear the routes for the second drivers to get it!
Doctors can get their roads gritted on request.
I've watched one slide merrily down a hill at 45 deg to the road, all wheels churning against the slide but making no effect at all, so they are
not immune!
Road ended up being closed for some time as it came to a narrowing and got wedged between both banks!
The salt trucks here in Canada, put the salt and sand out just behind the cab, before the rear wheels, they bring their own traction.