The new USPS mail delivery truck

[Armybrat]

The new one…..

Oshkosh NGDV - Wikipedia

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[MHtractorguy]

We can rip the choice but it might actually work for suburban routes. Back to the barn and charge and load mail,
less maintenance ( maybe, but thinking so ), swap out battery units when dead. Be interesting to see a honest cost
comparison on some routes.
Still won't fix their biggest issue of poor quality workers, front end is likely designed as a "bumper car" for
a reason.

That bumper looks efficient for plowing through mostly peaceful riots in major blue cities. Make the windshield bulletproof, and it really could work.

 

[Bud0505]

Mail delivery vehicles in my area are privately owned and maintained by individuals contracted to deliver the mail.

 

[el caminero]

That bumper looks efficient for plowing through mostly peaceful riots in major blue cities. Make the windshield bulletproof, and it really could work.

I remember now, why i was appalled to see that vee bumper;
When i was a kid, some inventor proved that it was aces at deflecting headon impacts, and then the gov't did some tests.
It was incredibly far more destructive to straight bumpered cars on frontals, and devastatingly brutal in t-bones, and the program was shut down "with extreme prejudice".
This was just before the court cases attempting to ban fullsize automobiles, as being overly destructive to the new small cars some people wanted mandated. The insurance companies answer was to increase the premiums for the small cars in full coverage, tho nice and low in simple coverage...what yer lil car does to a bigger car aint gonna be a lot....

 

[MHtractorguy]

I remember seeing some old locomotives with a big structure on the front, like that, for clearing livestock and large animals off the tracks.

 

[el caminero]

I remember seeing some old locomotives with a big structure on the front, like that, for clearing livestock and large animals off the tracks.

The pilot, aka cowcatcher. Buster keaton had a well-practiced and masterfully timed short involving that and other lokey parts.

 

[Captain America]

Less maintenance is almost always mentioned when it comes to electric vehicles. My wife drives a 2022 Jeep Compass Trailhawk, after 5 years we will have spent $250 for oil changes and an air filter. The second 5 years the oil changes will cost around $400 plus an air filter, so after 10 years and 80,000 miles the total maintenance costs over a BEV wouldn't cover the extra insurance paid in one year. Most industry writers only compare older vehicle maintenance schedules to brand new BEVs so the math looks better. The new electric delivery vehicles will cost more up front, cost far more to insure, and will be cost prohibitive to repair from an accident or after the battery(only warranted to 70% for 8 years) fails. In addition, charging costs when the infrastructure involved is added on far exceeds that of fueling ICE vehicles, and drive motor life is starting to show severe problems for higher mileage BEVs…it's a disaster that I fear we'll all be paying for in some form of a taxpayer funded bailout.

 

[MHtractorguy]

It is often mentioned that the brakes last longer on EVs because the system uses the motor to slow the car, charging the batteries at the same time.
I don't know if they fixed the problem, but early electrics and hybrids rarely got the brakes hot enough to dry them. This caused serious corrosion to rotors, calipers and brake pads. I have seen some so badly rusted that they needed total replacement in order to function at all.
That is not a maintenance win in my book.

 

[Taterman]

Less maintenance is almost always mentioned when it comes to electric vehicles. My wife drives a 2022 Jeep Compass Trailhawk, after 5 years we will have spent $250 for oil changes and an air filter. The second 5 years the oil changes will cost around $400 plus an air filter, so after 10 years and 80,000 miles the total maintenance costs over a BEV wouldn't cover the extra insurance paid in one year. Most industry writers only compare older vehicle maintenance schedules to brand new BEVs so the math looks better. The new electric delivery vehicles will cost more up front, cost far more to insure, and will be cost prohibitive to repair from an accident or after the battery(only warranted to 70% for 8 years) fails. In addition, charging costs when the infrastructure involved is added on far exceeds that of fueling ICE vehicles, and drive motor life is starting to show severe problems for higher mileage BEVs…it's a disaster that I fear we'll all be paying for in some form of a taxpayer funded bailout.

The new Solyndra.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

I have a client who's a mail carrier and he hates the new trucks. Says they're 10x harder to work out of than the old ones.

 

[caryc]

The pilot, aka cowcatcher. Buster keaton had a well-practiced and masterfully timed short involving that and other lokey parts.

I loved that clip of him sitting on the drive rod going up and down.

 

[hike]

If it's electric, why the long hood? Surely the batteries are not out front??!!
( Assume electric because of the charge cable)

It is an EV! Check the USPS website and the pictures they publish.
It will work great during the hot summer temperatures in the South and Southwest. It will work great during the cold winters of New England, the Mid-west, and the Pacific West.
Great things coming!
More email, cell phone calls, etc. to finally put the USPS out of business!

 

[mr.deerstalker]

im a retired mailman, I say privatized it, let a business man run it. the lemmings who run it now are as dumb as they come.

 

[Bob Wright]

Function vs style?
It's not how it looks, it's how well it works.

It only works as well as its driver/operator.

Bob Wright

 

[Bob Wright]

Rural delivery in my area is done in Jeep Wranglers. They have two, a red one and a blue one. They also have two USPS vans for the areas closer to the PO where the roads stand a better chance of being plowed. Four small towns, one zip code, one post office. Since my roadside box kept getting wiped out by plows, I no longer have one and have been getting my mail at a PO box for about 20 years. But I see the blue Jeep in my area regularly. I met the woman who drives the red one a few years ago after finding her wallet in the PO parking lot and returning it.

Why do they plow your road? Isn't it paved?

Bob Wright

 

[ex13F]

 

[t-reg]

My mail is delivered in a Dodge Caravan.
The chick driving it is awesome. If that Dodge were to quit, I'm guessing she would grab the mail and keep right on delivering.
She drives the half mile down a muddy, sandy two track to get to my 200 yard driveway when the others before her were chicken. As long as I have it plowed, she brings it.

 

[Mobuck]

" Our mailman drives an old beat up vehicle that has 4 different tires, rattles and bangs, at times is very difficult to start and then it sounds so bad while trying to start, you don't want to be near, runs on most of its cylinders, and smokes"
If the carrier's vehicle isn't performing to meet the requirements of the job, action may be taken at the local level. While I was Postmaster, I had to poke the carrier a few times when he failed to complete his route on time and forced him to upgrade to a more dependable vehicle--it can be done.
In the past, 'Rural Letter Carriers' provided their own vehicle but this will soon or already has changed-at least in some areas. My Dad and Grampa (both rural letter carriers)played the game of making profit from their vehicle allowance (compensation) for DECADES and I was Dad's chief mechanic/tire repairman so I know how to make it pay. When I began my second career as a USDA employee driving my own vehicle for similar compensation, I also followed the tactics I'd learned. At the rate of compensation per mile, my latest vehicle (15 year old Silverado 1500) driven @ 60 MPH was making me as much profit as my hourly wage(PLUS, this compensation is not taxed as income).

 

[Jeepnik]

im a retired mailman, I say privatized it, let a business man run it. the lemmings who run it now are as dumb as they come.

Wasn't that the idea when the government shoved it off by it's lonesome over 40 years ago. It was supposed to be self supporting. never did work out.

 

[caryc]

Had to stop in the post office today. I asked how much was the postage on a letter. $0.73 ! Surprised the heck out of me. I'm still running on "Forever" stamps.