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Hundreds of US Postal Service delivery trucks are catching fire as they continue to outstay their 24-year life expectancy
Business Insider ^
| 7/10/2020
| Kristen Lee
Posted on 09/18/2020 8:15:01 AM PDT by Gamecock
When you think of a typical United States Postal Service delivery truck, you're probably thinking of the Grumman Long Life Vehicle — the boxy thing with right-side steering wheels and driver's seats so letter carriers can more easily access mailboxes. In recent years, however, hundreds of them caught fire — possibly due to age and a budget crisis, according to this new Vice story.
The LLVs were specially developed by Northrop Grumman for the USPS, per this 1997 report from the US Department of Energy. Based on a Chevrolet S-10 truck chassis, they are powered by Pontiac engines and use three-speed transmissions. They have a 1,000-pound cargo capacity and roughly a 24-year life expectancy. The LLVs have been in service since around 1987, with the last deliveries occurring in 1994.
Since May 2014, more than 407 LLVs sustained damage or destruction from fire
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: automotive; trucks; usps
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:15:01 AM PDT
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Gamecock
To: Larry Lucido; SaveFerris; PROCON
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:15:33 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
("O God, break the teeth in their mouths." - Psalm 58:6)
To: Gamecock
A whole lot more them will and they will be loaded with mail in ballots
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:17:42 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decieions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:17:48 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
("O God, break the teeth in their mouths." - Psalm 58:6)
To: Gamecock
That’s the new ballot box.
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:17:53 AM PDT
by
Williams
(Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
To: DarthVader
Yup. The will no doubt preposition the oldest, worst maintained trucks in Red Districts.
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:18:42 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
("O God, break the teeth in their mouths." - Psalm 58:6)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:19:01 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: Gamecock
I’m not talking about that. The one’s that will catch fire will be in blue districts. Just like lots of things have. Think Beirut!
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:22:50 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decieions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: Gamecock
WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY THIS PRESENTS!
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:24:47 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Sleazy Democrat operatives are whispering into Biden's ear. Trump hears the voices of the Angels.)
To: Gamecock
Hundreds of US Postal Service delivery trucks are catching fire
At first I thought this was a story about mostly peaceful protesters.
To: DarthVader
Only in Republican neighborhoods.
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:24:58 AM PDT
by
MrChips
("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:26:03 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DarthVader
Looks like Democrat operatives are preparing the public again for another of their lame excuses.
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:26:11 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Sleazy Democrat operatives are whispering into Biden's ear. Trump hears the voices of the Angels.)
To: MrChips
I’m not talking about that. The one’s that will catch fire will be in blue districts. Just like lots of things have. Think Beirut!
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:26:36 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decieions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: DarthVader
A whole lot more them will and they will be loaded with mail in ballots
My late mother, who passed away in 2011, received an application for a mail-in ballot the other day.
Harris County, Texas (run by Judge Lina Hidalgo)
To: kiryandil
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:30:17 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
("O God, break the teeth in their mouths." - Psalm 58:6)
To: Gamecock
Wonder how many mail-in ballots will turn to ash?
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:34:46 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Savage Beast
Why do you think POTUS is telling people to vote in person?
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:37:24 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decieions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: Gamecock
Like the drummers of spinal tap
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posted on
09/18/2020 8:52:02 AM PDT
by
Persevero
(I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
To: Gamecock
The LLV is the STUPIDEST vehicle they could have come up with.
For one thing, the rear axle is wider than the front axle. Up north, where you have to drive thru snow and ice, you fish-tail, spin out, etc...
They also have practically non-existent heating/cooling. They are aluminum boxes on wheels. You COOK inside all summer but can hang meat up in winter.
I hated those things.
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