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Bradcopter t1_j8p5k8l wrote

Fuel companies know to put good tires on their vehicles.

National companies? Not so much. *Cries in driver for national company

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Nickmorgan19457 t1_j8p7l71 wrote

They also have those bad ass automatic chains.

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Bradcopter t1_j8p9ybp wrote

One of our drivers bought a set but it wouldn't come off afterward. Oops.

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Lundgren_pup t1_j8pfwfp wrote

My propane guy's tanker truck has chains with rectangular spiked brackets spanning the dualies.

"Whoa, I've never seen that before."

"Yeah, I made them myself."

I've lived here a long time, and I love this state more every year.

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pork_dillinger t1_j8p8tpb wrote

“If we don’t get heat to the people you can bet the electric company will!”

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ProblyAThrowawayAcct t1_j8pv1qt wrote

... Not in Texas they won't.

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kellogsmalone t1_j95qhxd wrote

Native Texan here. We never had grid issues here until about 2015. That February storm was freakishly cold for Texas . It just doesn't hit -5 here. Couple that with power plants built to stay cool in 105 degree heat and a state that thinks "regulation" is a four letter word and an influx of migrants from everywhere else's in Country and, yeah, things got sideways.

Still so excited me and.ny wife have accepted jobs in Vermont! Personally, I am done with the heat. I enjoy the cold. Im not to keen on paying for it. I see there are some high performance heat pumps on the market now. I wonder what kind of high efficiency boiler solutions there are.

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TheBrockSays t1_j8pgdm2 wrote

Is there a more overused phrase than "only in Vermont" for things that aren't that uncommon elsewhere?

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gravywavves t1_j8prg4w wrote

True and/but I bet they do the same in other states haha

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hideous-boy t1_j8px5dw wrote

yeah like when people say "if you don't like the weather in _________ just wait 5 minutes!"

people say that everywhere. Your weather is probably not that much quirkier than anywhere else

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KingKababa t1_j8q5gqa wrote

It's quirkier than anywhere near the coast, that's for sure.

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nomadicbohunk t1_j8px0to wrote

In my experience they say things like that a lot more here.

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redvis5574 t1_j8rudmt wrote

Yeah propane drivers would never do that in Maine or NH so everyone just freezes all winter

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tom_echo t1_j8soq8s wrote

In southern new england propane drivers would freak out and say they cant deliver. It seems to have happened a couple times in my life.

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whaletacochamp t1_j8pfoig wrote

Mine has to do a 78 point turn around to get in my driveway and he doesn’t even care!

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KingKababa t1_j8q57zl wrote

"And he doesn't even quit on the spot*" FTFY lol

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clamworm t1_j8rqivp wrote

Of course not, he's getting paid by the hour, not the delivery. I always took my time and drove extra careful when I was on the clock. That's the driver's insurance getting surcharged, not the boss', if there's an infraction tagged on their license.

Plus a lot of us are just plain proud of being able to stuff with big trucks in small spaces and want to show off from time to time.

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Wertyui09070 t1_j8pdh3u wrote

I almost took a picture of a fuel oil delivery driver in full cowboy gear. Hat and everything.

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TroubleInMyMind t1_j8pog9l wrote

Flat, liquid water and lots of texture, what's the problem here. Looks good to go.

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OldVTGuy OP t1_j8r4322 wrote

Correct. The part that’s on the hill is in the sun and is sanded. This flat part that runs through the woods that’s a waste of good sand.

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smellyshellybelly t1_j8qpgt1 wrote

Milk trucks, too. Gotta pick up every day in all weather from awkward barnyards on back roads.

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Hipko75 t1_j8piwon wrote

Dang nicest ODR I’ve seen this “winter”

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Tommyt5150 t1_j8pycqg wrote

Here in TX they just shut the whole state down till it melts. Such a joke.

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phantompenis2 t1_j8rioi8 wrote

why is that a joke? it so infrequently snows there it'd be a joke and a waste of money for every municipality to spend tons of money on snow removal equipment

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Tommyt5150 t1_j8sem2r wrote

The state has a 20 Billion dollar surplus. The revenue that along is lost would more than make up for some plows and sanding equipment. But this state uses the excuse, well it doesn’t happen here enough. Just like we won’t build any new power plants, but we keep expanding and build more and more. Good luck this summer. My Generac is set to go. I’ll lose power for a whole 30 seconds till that diesel fires over. Not staying in this state, Vermont will be my home in the next 5 years.

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phantompenis2 t1_j8tr8zn wrote

"texas has a $20 billion surplus and should spend that money on the least of their concerns" is a take you could only find on reddit

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Tommyt5150 t1_j8ttjpb wrote

I guess you don’t like to have your lights stay on. You just sit back and enjoy that afternoon sun the summer when your AC has no power, lol

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phantompenis2 t1_j8tv19y wrote

what does that have to do with texas winters

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Tommyt5150 t1_j8u2127 wrote

Winter Freeze 2021 4 million people no power over 700 people died. Can fix stupid

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Significant-Pound-19 t1_j8rbdfy wrote

Here in VA they don't treat unless politicians get stuck on the highway from two inches of snow.

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Tommyt5150 t1_j8sev85 wrote

Ha ha, yeah our lack of simple services in this country is sad.

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hereticvert t1_j8rtv0s wrote

Dude, they've got no other ideas. Therefore, that's the plan. lol

Do not miss TX/OK area.

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aqhamills t1_j8pd1mi wrote

Always grateful for our propane people, ours even brought up our trash can today.

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Otto-Korrect t1_j8pwqb8 wrote

Ha! Propane truck got stuck in my driveway for 2 hours the week before last. His front tire dropped over the snowbank on a turn and that was it, until a huge-ass tow truck pulled him out.

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bond___vagabond t1_j8rqp3n wrote

That was the weirdest thing about driving a semi truck, I delivered to a lot of construction sites, and many times you'd see another big truck just sunk up to the doors, you'd get out to walk around and see how soft the ground was, and it would feel like concrete, just rock hard. But for heavy heavy trucks, they can get so very stuck in what seams like a perfectly good road, hah. Enough to make you paranoid...

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Tchukachinchina t1_j8pyms8 wrote

Good on the driver, but kind of a dick move on the part of whoever is responsible for maintaining this chunk of road though. A little bit of sand goes a long way.

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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j8qy8np wrote

Go get a job working for your local town, or better yet just show up and tell them how to do their job. Should they have put sand down when it’s 40 degrees and there’s water running off the road? Idk about you but I don’t like seeing my tax money running in the ditch.

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hereticvert t1_j8ruj1r wrote

You're not getting a clear road on dirt in VT in winter. Trying to do that is just a futile endeavor. I've learned to dress my car for the weather (to strain the metaphor): studded tires, AWD car. It comes with the territory (literally).

This is the tradeoff. If you want paved roads clear of ice, move to a city. The dirt road and the weather just DGAF.

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Tchukachinchina t1_j8se0fk wrote

I only said something because I live on a dirt road and have a very long dirt driveway. I’ve the years I’ve learned that if my driveway starts to look like the picture, all it takes is a dusting of snow to turn it into a nightmare. A little bit of sand will rough up the surface enough that there’s still traction available.

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hereticvert t1_j8sqtpl wrote

Oh, totally agreed. Having the sand truck is part of the deal. On our town's roads (mostly gravel), the crews do a great job and I have total confidence that they're on it.

In your own driveway, you need that sand, too.

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Gold_ACR t1_j8q8ygi wrote

Happens in Wyoming too!

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TwoNewfies t1_j8rmrvf wrote

Our oil guy was delivering very early this morning. He was delivering to houses on dirt roads before they warm up and become pretty much impassable. Mud season is great unless you need to leave the house!

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blackbeautybunk- t1_j8rq7dt wrote

I disagree. I carried mail in Ohio 40 rears and did that.

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Anxious-Captain737 t1_j8q3kx8 wrote

That stuff is nasty for every thing tough on delivery trucks and ice takes power lines down and crews have trouble getting there to put them up God I love my wood put up a year ahead

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Smeedge_Kilgannon t1_j8qtiiv wrote

That kind of is nothing....It's frozen over but is textured so grip won't be an issue unless your tires are shit, and also it's a heating company in Northern NE. It's a requirement to make it to your customers no matter the condition if you wan to be competitive in this market.

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Honestly, I don't get peoples fascination with posting a bad road or weather. If you've been here for any period of time you've been there and done that when it comes to roads like this. Save these posts for your facebook so your friends back home can see how you're ruffing it now Posting here it just looks needy for upvotes. Sorry if I offend, but oh well it's been a long day.

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hereticvert t1_j8ruvvo wrote

They grew up in the city, and they're still getting used to it.

Or they're reminding themselves that this is my life now and laughing.

Or reminding themselves that some people freak out when they see this because they grew up where there are paved roads and/or no snow/ice.

Just another winter day on r/Vermont, don't let it bother you. :)

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patonbike t1_j8r8cs7 wrote

There’s literally a 12 foot wall of snow (that won’t melt) in front the path to my tank from the plow guy so I haven’t figured out what he’s going to do there.

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truckingon t1_j8sjapt wrote

My family was in the feed business for many years, grain and milk trucks will go anywhere.

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FourteenthCylon t1_j8us2ci wrote

I used to work as a delivery driver for a propane company. Ice is no problem. Tire chains made from hardened steel with V-grips welded to the chains will get you over any ice. What IS a problem is thick hard-packed snow. If you don't ever plow your driveway and just keep driving over it and tramping the snow down, that's fine for a car. However, a truck loaded with five tons of propane will push through the packed snow and will get bogged down. It doesn't help that the packed part is always the width of a car, not of a propane truck. If you want to be sure you can get propane or oil delivered all winter, keep your driveway plowed, and plowed nice and wide.

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Sabababa99 t1_j8pr89o wrote

Most states don’t even know what bad-ass actually is.

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No-Ganache7168 t1_j8t7c1q wrote

I’m always amazed at how our guy backs his truck up our long winding driveway

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