Snow Removal Being Enforced In New Hampshire

Omg, are you kidding me? There is no way to climb up on top of a van trailer and clean it off that is safe and in anyway acceptable to do without proper equipment that we as drivers have no way to carry with us. That being said: the expense of having every trailer cleaned off by a company that has a ladder or lift will have to be passed on somewhere. The freight costs? The consumer? The driver?

 

@loudtom The difference between flatbed and van is that the top is not usually slick stainless or weak fiberglass. The whole point of a van is to have no leaks, and if you're walking on fiberglass you're just asking for damage. I've walked on plenty of tall flatbed loads and it's a completely different animal from a dryvan. When you slip on the ground you might sprain your ankle, but when you do it 13'6" up you're just looking for a broken neck.

 

Who doesn't want a family member or hospice worker wiping their butt for the remainder of their life, just because a weather event [that has been happening since the advent of motorized transportation and trucking] occurs. In the past and yesterday it was a problem we understood and accepted, today it's an unlawful offense? WTF?

I guess they think truckers have super-powers

 

The roof is covered with snow. You shouldn't be walking on slick fiberglass or steel. If you feel that an area is too sparsely covered, just grab some more snow and drop it where you're going to work.

 

You've obviously never stepped on snow over ice.

 

SMH

 

Let's see how osha would React to this...

 

And there will be no shortage of lawyers standing by

 

You do realize the difference between a Van trailer and a flat bed Is quite substantial in the height..