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You Need a Thneed · 12-21-2008, 09:49 AM

I think the problem in Calgary was the road conditions when the first snow hit. That bottom layer of snow is so dense and packed down (and happened during the day when all the plows were stuck in traffic too), that even the truck mounted plows can't do anything about it now, they just aren't heavy enough. Graders can do the job, but there simply aren't enough of them to do more then the major roads (and then at that, they probobly can only do major roads at night - other then a quick pass.

I know that the truck mounted plows have attempted to plow the bus routes at least up here in Martindale, the result is a little bit of snow pushed off to the side, but there still is a rutty, 100% snow covered road.

Any city that had their snow fall under the same conditions wouldn't be getting the snow of their streets either.

Some people just want the (virtually) impossible done, and then complain when it's not done.

12-21-2008, 09:49 AM	#195
You Need a Thneed Voted for Kodos Join Date: Dec 2007 Exp:	I think the problem in Calgary was the road conditions when the first snow hit. That bottom layer of snow is so dense and packed down (and happened during the day when all the plows were stuck in traffic too), that even the truck mounted plows can't do anything about it now, they just aren't heavy enough. Graders can do the job, but there simply aren't enough of them to do more then the major roads (and then at that, they probobly can only do major roads at night - other then a quick pass. I know that the truck mounted plows have attempted to plow the bus routes at least up here in Martindale, the result is a little bit of snow pushed off to the side, but there still is a rutty, 100% snow covered road. Any city that had their snow fall under the same conditions wouldn't be getting the snow of their streets either. Some people just want the (virtually) impossible done, and then complain when it's not done.