depending upon snow type, regularly used have no problem it 1.5 feet as
long as it hadn't turned to ice. But we used chains....
On 10/20/18 10:31 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
When the guy doesn't want to go up in the Hummer I'd like to come by
with the Hyundai and give it a go :)
For anything other than deep snow I've taken the little Hyundai and made
it. I get a running start through the bad spots. Keep the wheels on
the high spots. I think it's an 1800 lb vehicle, so it doesn't bury
itself like an 8,000 lb truck. So part of it is riding on top of the
problem rather than pushing through it, part of it is just the sheer
lack of giving a crap. Like I said I'm not losing much if I trash the
Hyundai, but if it was a $50,000 company truck I'd feel like I had to be
more careful.
When there's a foot of snow your options are limited. You're either
walking or else you're towing a tracked vehicle to the site and then
driving up the access road in that. It wouldn't matter if you had a
Hummer or a 4x4 of any kind. I've walked a couple miles through the
snow pulling a sled behind me with my tools in it. Not saying I liked
it, but I've done it.
On 10/20/2018 7:45 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
I bought military him ee for tower access. I don't like walking up to
tower sites. Besides, some of our towers are at the end of 20 miles of
stuff like that video, with about a mile of twisty hairpin road at the
end.
One of my techs tools me he didn't think even the hummer would make it
up one of our sites again. Time to rent the bull dozer dude to flatten
things out again.
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018, 7:32 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com
<mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Tower access is a whole different thing than a regular field
tech's vehicle.
I took this video while in my favorite tower access vehicle: 2004
Hyundai Accent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS_j2AYU4FM
People tell me I need a truck. I say why would I want to risk a
perfectly good truck on a road like that. If I wreck the Hyundai
I'm only out like twelve bucks.
I have some associates who are in favor of the Honda CRV as an
installer vehicle. They bolt a ladder rack on the roof, and they
use a 3-section extension ladder because it's short enough for the
roof of the CRV. I have complaints about that setup, but I can't
deny that it's a cost effective all wheel drive vehicle.
I know another guy who had a whole fleet of Chevy Uplanders. It's
a minivan with a cargo variant. I thought it was a great
compromise on size and price. They stopped making them at some
point, and I don't know if there's an equivalent cargo-minivan out
there now. If there is, that's what I would use for wireless
installs these days.
-Adam
On 10/19/2018 4:34 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
My techs seem embarrassed to be seen driving a van. Real men
drive pickup trucks. Diesel and dually = especially manly. And
expensive.
If they HAVE to drive one of those sissy vans, then at least it
should be a medium roof height, tall enough to stand up in while
searching for parts and tools, but not so tall that you are
afraid to drive it on a windy day. But the best medium height
option seems to be the Ford Transit, and they also seem
embarrassed to be seen driving a Ford. Ram sounds manly, or
maybe Chevy. Probably a tribal thing, are you a Ford, Chevy or
Mopar guy?
In my somewhat rural area, I don’t think the suspension or tires
on something like a Transit Connect are made for our roads and
winter weather, the ground clearance also seems inadequate.
Getting to some tower sites in winter or after a heavy rain, I
sometimes feel like my Forester is marginal, a Transit Connect
class van would be worse.
*From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com>
<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Paul McCall
*Sent:* Friday, October 19, 2018 3:14 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Renewed discussion on work vans
Been quite a while since I saw this discussed…
What is the preference for work vans these days?
Transit
Nissan
Promasters
Sprinter
?
Paul , PDMNet
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